Examples of music that's ruining music...

Wpnfire · 11-08-2014, 10:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Rexx Shredd

There are also some of us that like (some) mainstream music and don't feel that "mainstream" is necessarily a bad thing

This.

wedoitfortheloveofmusic · 11-13-2014, 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by CoNtrivedNiHilism

...along with the labels that are no longer about signing the bands, acts, singers, or whatever that have the talent and something to say. This is music that I firmly believe is really slitting the figurative throat of good music, while the aforementioned good music is pushed aside in a bloody mess...metaphorically.

You've got stuff like...

And...

Nicki was in a movie a watched with my fiance called The Other Woman. And yeah, just like her music, she really bombed in the movie and annoyed the hell out of me with how she talked, just like with her music that annoys the hell out of me. People buy this ****? Come one...stop buying music just because it's fun to listen to, even when it's bad music...just stop. Buy the albums that are worth buying, support the bands or artists worth supporting. Not this trash...

Moving along...

Lorde won an award for best rock video. Really? Give me a break...a pop star winning the award for best rock video. Fire everyone behind that awards show, get people in there that know their music and this won't happen anymore.

The statement I'm making with this thread, is simply that I have an issue with this kind of music, how so many call these people talented when their music is just laughable. They win grammy's, have platinum records. It's a problem everyone. I have an issue with the people that buy records from artists like this, that allow them to stay around and continue making this...this garbage, and they're praised for it! This past week, I was at my mall and overheard some woman, mid twenties...say, around 26, and she was praising Kesha and how talented she is. I nearly lost my mind hearing that? She's part of what's wrong with the music these days! The good music seems to not even matter anymore, the genuine artists or bands with talent, and something to say don't seem to matter anymore, pretty much to hardly anyone! It aggravates the hell out of me.

I guess the record labels have to make money somehow. And to just cut ties with the acts they know will get them that money because they can manipulate them to making the music that's popular, top 40, so on and so forth, would be like cutting the jugular. I just feel like talent isn't important at all to labels anymore, or to people in general. It's all about that money for the labels, and to ordinary people, they just want music with a phat beat and no point to it. Shoot me in the head and put an end to my misery...

Who else feels this way?

Well great music is out there. In fact with the internet it has now become possible to find new artists that we actually like. Back in the day we we're so dependent on radio and mtv for that latest sound. This isn't the case anymore. Don't get me wrong it's not as easy as it sounds. The market is flooded with music that is less than favorable but I think it just makes the artist that you eventually find that much more appreciated. Being the industry that we work in, we're constantly looking for that unique sound. We've featured Heavy Metal bands from Kenya, Rock bands from the Ukraine, and artists all over America. It's great finding a sound that you never would have expected. Great music is out there, you just have to find it.

Oriphiel · 11-15-2014, 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Ninetales

BRING BACK THE NON TRIVIAL MUSIC

Very clever.

Jade_City · 11-17-2014, 08:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Rexx Shredd

There are also some of us that like (some) mainstream music and don't feel that "mainstream" is necessarily a bad thing

Never said all music that's mainstream is bad. I love happy by Pharrell amongst other stuff

minimal minimal · 12-17-2016, 07:48 AM

I completely agree, mainstream music that is designed to be catchy and shallow offers nothing.
It keeps people away from music that is composed by people that they actually like what they play and they are not pointed towards a specific direction that only favors the mainstream music industry.

Music is very important, it helps us to evolve spiritually, mentally and also physically because there is energy in music.

Now, with all this trash on commercial radio...

Thelonious Monkey · 12-17-2016, 11:22 AM

I agree, very intelligent post you have there.

~~Cuthbert~~ · 12-17-2016, 11:35 AM

Not the same point as the OP but since it was bumped, the many examples of second rate Hip-Hop being passed off as Grime.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00...XBA75D1W5F7KE9

Track 1 is appalling.

Ol’ Qwerty Bastard · 12-17-2016, 01:16 PM

i see that happening a lot. lot of my friends hate grime because of it, they won't even give JME or early Dizzee a chance

~~Cuthbert~~ · 12-18-2016, 05:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Qwertyy

i see that happening a lot. lot of my friends hate grime because of it, they won't even give JME or early Dizzee a chance

A shame that. No matter how much I criticise Grime and it's faults, BIDC is a superb album.

Ol’ Qwerty Bastard · 12-18-2016, 11:10 AM

skepta is doing a great job of expanding the scope though, couldn't believe the size of the crowd when I saw him live. think he'll be a big bridge between hip-hop and grime in the coming years.

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minimal minimal Groupie Join Date: Dec 2016 Location: Greece, Μάτι Posts: 2	I completely agree, mainstream music that is designed to be catchy and shallow offers nothing. It keeps people away from music that is composed by people that they actually like what they play and they are not pointed towards a specific direction that only favors the mainstream music industry. Music is very important, it helps us to evolve spiritually, mentally and also physically because there is energy in music. Now, with all this trash on commercial radio...

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Thelonious Monkey Caesar is home. Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 876	I agree, very intelligent post you have there.

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~~Cuthbert~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Black Country Posts: 8,827	Not the same point as the OP but since it was bumped, the many examples of second rate Hip-Hop being passed off as Grime. https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00...XBA75D1W5F7KE9 Track 1 is appalling.