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re: To the people that say there is no good music being made

Posted on 2/3/24 at 8:54 am to
Posted by OceanMan
Member since Mar 2010
20734 posts
Posted on 2/3/24 at 8:54 am to
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There's lots of talent out there, there's just very few good songs and even less good albums. I listened to a bit of EJ's Goodbye Yellow Brick Road the other day. Nothing today even comes close and it wasn't necessarily the best of it's time.


It’s so true. With most new music I feel like I am forcing myself to like it.

I sort of blame the way the music scene has evolved from club acts to stadiums and festivals. There is just not as much energy behind it. Young people want their picture to post they don’t want their face melted.

Music production, just like movie production, has been neutered by tech. Things being able to be “fixed” after recording robs creativity

That and for whatever reason we have moved away from showcasing rare talent. People are still touring from 50 years ago because they are incredible pianists, guitarists and singers.

At the end of the day, you hate the feeling that I have heard every song I’m ever going to like. I want to branch out and do hear some thing I like, but finding a band that I can listen to an entire album hasn’t happened in over 10 years.
Posted by witty alias
Member since Nov 2012
1491 posts
Posted on 2/3/24 at 8:56 am to
The people that say want to be back in high school/college. Also, they don’t want to look for anything.
Posted by cgrand
HAMMOND
Member since Oct 2009
40776 posts
Posted on 2/3/24 at 10:05 am to
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Young people want their picture to post they don’t want their face melted.
some of them do. Go to a Billy strings show
Posted by Nutriaitch
Montegut
Member since Apr 2008
8855 posts
Posted on 2/3/24 at 2:22 pm to
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Are you unaware of bands such as:



I have literally never heard of any of those bands.

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If you can't fine good new music, you're not looking in the right place


not that long ago, you didn't have to look. It was everywhere.
no searching whatsoever. It just came on the radio.

a new song came out, and it played on the radio. If you liked it, you went buy the album and heard the rest of that band's music.

everything switching to streaming ruined how people discover music.
if you don't already know a band's name, you're likely to never stumble upon them.

and if every time you click on "what's new" it sucks arse, eventually you're going to quit clicking on it and you won't find it when something actually good comes up.
Posted by rebelrouser
Columbia, SC
Member since Feb 2013
11373 posts
Posted on 2/3/24 at 2:39 pm to
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if you don't already know a band's name, you're likely to never stumble upon them.


I get a Discover Weekly from Spotify that is tailored to my musical tastes every Monday, and I discover a lot of new music that way.
Posted by Brosef Stalin
Member since Dec 2011
39996 posts
Posted on 2/3/24 at 4:03 pm to
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At the end of the day, you hate the feeling that I have heard every song I’m ever going to like. I want to branch out and do hear some thing I like, but finding a band that I can listen to an entire album hasn’t happened in over 10 years.

I'm in my mid 40s and my music taste is constantly growing. I still enjoy most of what I listened to as a teenager but I'm finding new stuff all the time I would have never listened to back then. Maybe I'm just different but finding new music is still exciting for me.
Posted by mdomingue
Lafayette, LA
Member since Nov 2010
33342 posts
Posted on 2/3/24 at 6:30 pm to
I'm 62, been hearing that sort of thing since I was a preteen. It is usually a statement that no one is making new music that is stylistically what I like.

Most of us get comfortable and prefer to stay in that spot. know I do it a lot. When I force myself to actually listen to newer music I always find some unexpected gems. But I also usually circle back to my comfort zone. Pitfalls of getting old, I think.
Posted by sweatyfreddy
Member since Feb 2024
129 posts
Posted on 2/3/24 at 7:54 pm to
Saw Lydia Loveless last night. She's great.
Posted by parrotdr
Cesspool of Rationalization
Member since Oct 2003
7548 posts
Posted on 2/3/24 at 8:17 pm to
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There is always something new coming out. A lot of people here just seem to be stuck in the past.


Not necessarily. I think it's just that the "better" original music these days isn't what's spoon fed to us. In the past "album rock" was all over the radio. Now you have to wade past all the pop trash to get to the stuff that's creative. I realize it's all at our fingertips on our phones/computers, but we just have to dig.
Posted by Dirk Dawgler
Where I Am
Member since Nov 2011
2893 posts
Posted on 2/4/24 at 12:29 am to
I am still catching up to old music that I like and never listened to in the past. New York Dolls, Steel Pulse. Chuck Brown and the Soul Searchers, Megadeath and Motörhead, Pantera, Moe Bandy, Sam Cooke, Buck Owens and a few others. I’m not saying I never heard a song or two from each of them and liked them but I just never explored their stuff any deeper than their biggest hit song.

As far as newer stuff I like Dirty Honey, The Cold Stares, Mac Saturn, The Struts, GVF, Stick Figure, The Elovaters, The Tesky Brothers.

Cant stand any of the newer country music except Sturgill Simpson. He reminds me of Waylon Jennings and sounds like authentic 70s era country.
Posted by WaltTeevens
Santa Barbara, CA
Member since Dec 2013
11150 posts
Posted on 2/4/24 at 1:44 am to
If you like lo-fi/indie I can't recommend David Dean Burkhart's YouTube channel enough. It has nothing but the newest releases, and I've discovered a lot of artists that way over the years. Not every song is my style, but the good thing about this over the radio is the next song is just a click away. Compact Cassette is his Spotify channel. Not updated as frequently as the YouTube, which has new songs every day.

I second whoever rec'd Caroline Rose. She has some great stuff. Some I've been digging a lot recently:

R Missing
HighSchool
PRESSYES
A Beacon School
Butter Bath
Blondshell
Djo
Posted by Nutriaitch
Montegut
Member since Apr 2008
8855 posts
Posted on 2/4/24 at 8:15 am to
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I get a Discover Weekly from Spotify that is tailored to my musical tastes every Monday, and I discover a lot of new music that way.




and how does one go about using that feature?
Posted by Marciano1
Marksville, LA
Member since Jun 2009
18897 posts
Posted on 2/4/24 at 11:05 am to
Rival Sons
Joe Bonamassa
The Struts
Crobot
Dorothy
This post was edited on 2/4/24 at 11:08 am
Posted by TexTigah81
Member since Nov 2013
560 posts
Posted on 2/4/24 at 3:04 pm to
Your list confirms it…
Posted by RealityTiger
Geismar, LA
Member since Jan 2010
20474 posts
Posted on 2/4/24 at 4:24 pm to
Blackberry Smoke
Posted by OceanMan
Member since Mar 2010
20734 posts
Posted on 2/5/24 at 5:57 am to
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I'm in my mid 40s and my music taste is constantly growing. I still enjoy most of what I listened to as a teenager but I'm finding new stuff all the time I would have never listened to back then. Maybe I'm just different but finding new music is still exciting for me.


My musical taste is still growing, but it is usually something older. Like in the last two years I’ve gotten much more into early disco and more recently R&B like Stax type stuff.

I’m really not bored with music, it’s really quite opposite, so I don’t necessarily feel compelled to find much new. I’ve always been someone that listens to things over and over.

Admittedly, I am biased toward guitar driven music, and I am not getting out to live shows. Those things are limiting.

Nevertheless, even the stuff by artists that I liked what they were putting out 10 years ago, I find a bit boring and just don’t hear much with staying power. I feel the same with movies and tv.
Posted by Hobie101
Member since May 2012
603 posts
Posted on 2/5/24 at 7:39 am to
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No King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, no care


What about Pigeons Playing Ping Pong?
Posted by rebelrouser
Columbia, SC
Member since Feb 2013
11373 posts
Posted on 2/5/24 at 8:31 am to
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I get a Discover Weekly from Spotify that is tailored to my musical tastes every Monday, and I discover a lot of new music that way.



and how does one go about using that feature?


If you let Spotify know what music you like they create that playlist for you. I like to go for an hour bike ride on Monday after work while listening to it. I green check the songs i like and then form new playlists. Kind of builds on itself with their algorithms.
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
82922 posts
Posted on 2/5/24 at 8:43 am to
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there is no good music being made
I have seen no one say that. Saying that the state of current music is shite is not the same as saying there is no good music being made.
Posted by Hobie101
Member since May 2012
603 posts
Posted on 2/5/24 at 9:29 am to
A lot of reasons for this.
- People are definitely more connected to music from youth. The way we are influenced changes. What parents like their kid's music? I'm too distracted now to connect to new music.
- everything has been done already. IMO, it's got to be harder for artists to come up with original stuff.
- there is good music out there, but it just doesn't seem very ground breaking exciting
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