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Why Lots of Current Music Sounds Miserable...

Hi everyone! I haven't posted here for quite a while. While going through the pile of "Professional Trade Magazines" I receive at my video editing and media duplication company; I came across a copy of "Electronic Musician". As I'm sure you all probably know by now, the vast majority of recorded music being churned out these days is done on digital workstations. There on the cover in bold letter was the title - "Make Your Mixes As Loud As Possible". So next time you get a CD so hopelessly loud and compressed it makes your ears hurt, just keep in mind that that's what music
"professionals" are being urged to pump out.
avideo
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papertrail
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Let's hope that modern music is in a state of flux and will eventually evolve into something better. (I guess things are always changing.) I was listening to some of the old "talking blues songs" recently, ala Townes Van Zandt, Bob Dylan, Woddy Guthrie, Johnny Cash (especiallly "I've Been Everywhere, Man"} and I couldn't help but hear "rap" in there somewhere. I don't think that many, if any, rap mucicians would ever admit to being influenced by folk/country. I'm not a mucicologist but I would bet that rap and talking blues hearken back to something from the roots of music; let's just hope that it evolves into something better.
chadnliz
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I see alot of great points on here, face it POP music stinks, Rap is the worst followed by the divas, the Idols, blah blah blah...yada yada yada, I am also curious why there is someone so intent on finding out what everyone is listening to?
chadnliz
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Nevermind my last post, I didnt notice Ben was a reviewer. my bad
entrope
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Ben-

To name a few:

70's - Santana -self titled
Aerosmith-Get your wings
Led Zepplin - self titled

80's -Beastie Boys- Liscensed to Ill
Ozzy Osborne-Speak of the devil

90's Aerosmith-Pump (technically 1989 but fits the bill)

00's- Avril Lavigne & Brittany Spears (courtesy of my teenage daughter)

All heard on different iterations of my system through the last 5 years. Do I have your permission to have an opinion now?
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