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Why does most new music suck?

Ok I will have some exclusions to my statement. I'm not talking about classical or jazz. My comment is mostly pointed to rock and pop releases. Don't even get me started on rap.... I don't consider it music. I will admit that I'm an old foggy but come on, where are some talented new groups? I grew up with the Beatles, Who, Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Hendrix etc. I sample a lot of new music and the recordings are terrible. The engineers should be fired for producing over compressed shrill garbage. The talent seems to be lost or doesn't exist. I have turned to some folk/country or blues music. It really is a sad state of affairs....Oh my god, I'm turning into my parents.
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acman3
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Frogman, 1st thing I thought of ,off the top of my head. Reminds me of the Who live, without the windmill.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=937P9X_jsXA&feature=player_embedded
mlsstl
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Frogman, the dictionary definition of "progress" is movement toward a goal.

With that in mind, not everyone has the same goals as you. So a style of music or artist can certainly be progressing but still leave a lot of people unimpressed.
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nonoise
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I like music from all time frames but would not like being stuck in some era and do my best to make it sound good, only to come to the conclusion that the gear doesn't matter, it's the music. Why have this hobby? It's the fox and the sour grapes analogy. Older recordings can only sound so good and simply can't be rescued. Some can sound really good, but just some. It can be a great piece of music, but too bad it wasn't recorded with todays equipment.

Another overlooked aspect is when someone doesn't realize they no longer really like the music but long for the times when it was made and use it as a device to anchor themselves in the past.

C'est la vie.

As for what sounds good, haven't we all had this discussion before? It all boils down to personal taste and no one here is correct. No one here is determinant in their perspective to the point where we all acquiesce.

For me, the gear makes it possible to get lost in music and if it's great music, all the better.

All the best,
Nonoise
martykl
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Frogman,

My point about progress is that as music moves forward, it may lose me from time to time. Maybe I'll catch up, maybe I won't. Maybe the music took a bad turn and there's nothing to catch up to, because the way forward may involve some temporary steps backward.

All I'm saying is that I tend to view my own dissatisfaction with....say electronica...as a disconnect rather than an inherent problem with the music (or with me, for that matter) .

Music is such an abstract art form that I'm hesitant to be dismissive of new and unfamiliar variants. I feel comfortable making judgements about rock n roll (though I don't expect everyone to agree with me) because I have a context in which to judge it. I don't feel like I can discriminate good electronica from bad electronica, so I conclude that I don't "get" the genre, rather than conclude that the genre sucks

Hope that makes sense.

Marty
acman3
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Doesn't Suck.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZ-_4A4gGjg
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