Whats a good genre to make music in 2019

The Batlord · 07-30-2019, 03:08 AM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

I dunno what constitutes "too hard"

nothing wrong with setting out like "We're a goth band" or "We're a post-rock group" or whatever

I think there's a lot of things wrong with setting out to be a post-rock band.

**Frownland** · 07-30-2019, 03:10 AM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

nothing wrong with setting out like "We're a goth band" or "We're a post-rock group" or whatever

True, but artists who form their music around a genre concept tend to paint themselves into a corner.

Norg · 07-30-2019, 03:29 AM

you should make a album were each song is a different genre :P

debaserr · 07-30-2019, 03:40 AM

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Originally Posted by doug mcclasky

i think there's a lot of things wrong with setting out to be a post-rock band.

lol

Lucem Ferre · 07-30-2019, 08:23 AM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

I dunno what constitutes "too hard"

nothing wrong with setting out like "We're a goth band" or "We're a post-rock group" or whatever

When you're just repeating tired old cliches to fit a mold with no heart and soul gone into it.

DriveYourCarDownToTheSea · 07-30-2019, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by DriveYourCarDownToTheSea

Somebody needs to invent a whole new genre.

Here's something I've been thinking about. Rules for a new genre.

1. No repeating melodies. An entire song has to be one long, continuous verse.
2. Similarly, no choruses or refrains. Absolutely nothing repeating anywhere.
3. To the greatest extent possible, there should be no discernible beat. Ideally it wouldn't even be in a time signature ... though I guess technically any kind of music could be pegged into some sort of time signature (I'm sure somebody could figure out what time signature a Merzbow song is in if they really wanted to).
4. Not in any discernible key.

That would be a good start. There would probably have to be some rules for melodies and harmonies as well.

**Frownland** · 07-30-2019, 08:14 PM

^You should check out Henry Cow. There are a lot of serialist classical composers who could also fit the bill but they tend to only avoid melodic repetition and I can't think of anyone who checks all of the boxes.

Mondo Bungle · 07-30-2019, 08:23 PM

the amount of artists that fit that bill completely is a number that if written out in 12 point font would stretch beyond the confines of our solar system

DriveYourCarDownToTheSea · 07-31-2019, 05:17 PM

I actually kinda got the idea from some classical composers' songs ("lieder"). If you listen to, say, Schubert's or Schumann's lieder they don't repeat very often, have weak beats, often they have no refrain or choruses and so on. But I was thinking to take that a step further. Plus maybe add some melodic or harmonic rules, as I said. Maybe something like, no major chords, or only major chords, or something.

DriveYourCarDownToTheSea · 07-31-2019, 05:34 PM

Another idea for a new genre would be songs patterned after bird songs.

Play these at 1/4 speed.

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Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	^You should check out Henry Cow. There are a lot of serialist classical composers who could also fit the bill but they tend to only avoid melodic repetition and I can't think of anyone who checks all of the boxes. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

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DriveYourCarDownToTheSea AllTheWhileYouChargeAFee Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Kansas City Posts: 1,174	I actually kinda got the idea from some classical composers' songs ("lieder"). If you listen to, say, Schubert's or Schumann's lieder they don't repeat very often, have weak beats, often they have no refrain or choruses and so on. But I was thinking to take that a step further. Plus maybe add some melodic or harmonic rules, as I said. Maybe something like, no major chords, or only major chords, or something. __________________ Stop and find a pretty shell for her Beach Boys vs Beatles comparisons begin here

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DriveYourCarDownToTheSea AllTheWhileYouChargeAFee Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Kansas City Posts: 1,174	Another idea for a new genre would be songs patterned after bird songs. Play these at 1/4 speed. __________________ Stop and find a pretty shell for her Beach Boys vs Beatles comparisons begin here

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Norg Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 2,358	you should make a album were each song is a different genre :P