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What is the greatest thing to ever happen to music?

Posted on 12/11/11 at 7:48 pm
Posted by Pectus
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Posted on 12/11/11 at 7:48 pm
This is a really open-ended question because I want to see all different kinds of perspectives and stimulate discussion.

You can approach it from any angle you wish. For instance:

- History: a muscial era.
- Technology: an instrument, recording, playing, sharing.
- People: producers, artists.
- Bands: Game changers.

You can even go existential with it because I mean music in every sense of the word. Maybe a list would work?

To get you started:

quote:

Music - an art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms through the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony, and color.


Have fun with this!
Posted by Brettesaurus Rex
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2009
38259 posts
Posted on 12/11/11 at 7:53 pm to
Worst thing to happen to music was the dawn of the single instead of the album.
Anyone can put out one good song every year, but to put together a cohesive album actually takes effort.

Posted by BCLA
Bossier City
Member since Mar 2005
8058 posts
Posted on 12/11/11 at 8:03 pm to
I gotta go with the creation of the mp3. The fact one can store 1000s of songs on a device smaller than a cassette, download music anywhere, at anytime, and artists can share their newest creations with the world with just a single click is amazing and keeps people like me in the loop again.
Posted by beaver
The 755 Club
Member since Sep 2009
46861 posts
Posted on 12/11/11 at 8:05 pm to
Rebecca Black
Posted by Pectus
Internet
Member since Apr 2010
67302 posts
Posted on 12/11/11 at 8:05 pm to
quote:

Worst thing to happen to music was the dawn of the single instead of the album.
Anyone can put out one good song every year, but to put together a cohesive album actually takes effort.


I could have gone that angle, the negative angle, it would be easier. But I'm an optimist.

This is a celebration of music!
Posted by Napoleon
Kenna
Member since Dec 2007
69047 posts
Posted on 12/11/11 at 8:06 pm to
the switch from analog to digital.
Posted by Marciano1
Marksville, LA
Member since Jun 2009
18402 posts
Posted on 12/11/11 at 8:07 pm to
quote:

What is the greatest thing to ever happen to music?

come on....there is only one answer







Everything changed once these guys hit the music scene. Everything.
This post was edited on 12/11/11 at 8:08 pm
Posted by TickledTiger
Down & Out
Member since Dec 2007
2837 posts
Posted on 12/11/11 at 8:08 pm to
The Beatles
Posted by OMLandshark
Member since Apr 2009
108098 posts
Posted on 12/11/11 at 8:10 pm to
Justin Bieber. He's clearly what Ludwig Van had envisioned when he made Symphony No. 9.
Posted by chinese58
NELA. after 30 years in Dallas.
Member since Jun 2004
30347 posts
Posted on 12/11/11 at 8:10 pm to
"Muddy waters invented lectricity"


Seriously, like the greatness of many other things we take for granted, the printing press.

I was 1st chair trumpet in the fifth & sixth grade bands but haven't played since then & have forgotten how to read music. I don't know much about instruments or recording devices either. I really do think printing lyrics and music is an important part of music overall. I also think mass printings of many different written words is one of the world's greatest advancements.
Posted by Brettesaurus Rex
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2009
38259 posts
Posted on 12/11/11 at 8:15 pm to
Good one
Posted by Marciano1
Marksville, LA
Member since Jun 2009
18402 posts
Posted on 12/11/11 at 8:18 pm to
Greatest thing to happen to music:

The Beatles





Worst thing to happen to music:

Nirvana
Posted by Draconian Sanctions
Markey's bar
Member since Oct 2008
84831 posts
Posted on 12/11/11 at 8:29 pm to
File sharing

it killed the corporate structure that stiffed creativity unlike any other force possible.
Posted by OMLandshark
Member since Apr 2009
108098 posts
Posted on 12/11/11 at 8:30 pm to
quote:

it killed the corporate structure that stiffed creativity unlike any other force possible.



If SOPA happens, thats exactly what we'll be going back to.
Posted by 13SaintTiger
Isle of Capri
Member since Sep 2011
18315 posts
Posted on 12/11/11 at 8:32 pm to
Autotune.

/thread
Posted by CottonWasKing
4,8,15,16,23,42
Member since Jun 2011
28601 posts
Posted on 12/11/11 at 8:37 pm to
The best thing to ever happen to music was the dawn of the file sharing age.
It is now easier than ever for a indie band to get noticed and get their music out there.


Just so happens that it was also the worst thing to ever happen to The music industry
Posted by Superior Pariah
Member since Jun 2009
8457 posts
Posted on 12/11/11 at 8:40 pm to
Bob Dylan

/thread
Posted by BayouBengal504
Member since Nov 2011
3851 posts
Posted on 12/11/11 at 8:42 pm to
the doors, or the rolling stones
Posted by Jumbeauxlaya
LSU
Member since Jan 2011
18083 posts
Posted on 12/11/11 at 8:59 pm to
Auto tune?
Posted by TickledTiger
Down & Out
Member since Dec 2007
2837 posts
Posted on 12/11/11 at 9:05 pm to
quote:

Worst thing to happen to music:

Rap
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