i like tom's post a lot. i'm not my opinion is...the more music you listen to and experience in your life, the less you can expect it to dazzle you the way it did when you were younger. it has nothing to do with current trends. even if it's the craziest chit you ever heard, it still won't hit you the way it would have at a different time and place, at a different age. you either have to reconsider what you appreciate and look for in music, and how you appreciate it as you get older, or fall out of love with music.
also i find this whole attitude a little paradoxical, and the reason you are going to be unsatisfied. there is music out there that you haven't heard that will knock your socks off if you seek it out. it's not going to fall in your lap, you can't sit around waiting for it. it certainly doesn't have to be "new" either. i find the whole attitude a little wrong-headed, no offense..we all go through those phases...i know guys twice our age who still freak out over music, more than i do these days...it gives me a lot of hope, and really drives home that enjoying music is about much more than getting a fix on something that sounds new & fresh etc.. On 10/31/07, Michael Pujos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : > > I don't know why this occurs to me after just coming into the house near > > midnight after watching "Control" (which I thought was thrilling) but I > > guess this is the sort of thing that people sometimes like to gas about on > > this forum ;-) > > > > I keep waiting around for the next exciting new form of music. Maybe I'm > > getting old and not appreciating what's out there but I've been waiting a > > while now. > > > > OK I'm just saying something peepz on here have said plenty times recently - > > and I bet others have said down the years as their opinion hardens that > > what's out there now doesn't match what they remember in "their time". > > > > However my particular take on a familiar theme this time is: > > 1. It seems like we can synthesise just about any crazy sound we want now > > (just take hold of those dots and make a wave any shape we want) or > > reproduce any naturally occurring sound at will with modest equipment. > > 2. As far as I know (and this may be a weak point as I'm short on expertise > > here) is that we've explored and to a certain extent become familiar with > > most of the world now and there doesn't seem to be any large culture or > > ethnic group who's music we have yet to hear / be blown away by / magpie > > some bits of into our own popular music. > > > > So is the reason that it seems to me that there's no new ideas about but > > just the same old being rehashed is that instead of being liberated by all > > this freedom to produce as we like and all this wealth of sounds from around > > the world we have to examine that if there's nothing strange and new > > prodding us along (instruments that sound unlike any we've used yet, a new > > vibe from another land) we run out of steam a bit? > > > > Still I guess not having new instruments didn't stop Berg, Mahler and > > Schoenberg (or punk - but you could argue that was more of a fashion thing > > than music that was revolutionary). > > > > > > I can relate to what's your saying: listening to electronic music since > '90, I have zero patience for crappy stuff > and I'm more and more picky on what I consider quality. > Too much music today is formulaic and same sounding, it's been said many > times. Too many producers are doing a crappy quick job, some > for money and other by inexperience or lack of musical knowledge. I wish > more techno/house producer had a musical formation background. Take St > Germain for example, > he has a classical music background and in most of his music it shows. > What I want to say is that if now we can produce every sound we want, > it's not sufficient > for making great music if good songwriting and composition does not go > with it. My main concern is that most of tracks produced today from > looped bangers to so called minimal techno go nowhere: > the track has no satisfying struture and you have the impression the > artist didn't know where he wanted to go, or just abandonned the track. > I guess not every guy is Carl Craig. > So to me the main area I'd like to see progress is good track > composition and less generic stuff. However I'm sceptical it'll change > much as it's so easy to release crap nowadays (digital labels). > A paradox is as yopu say we didn't have so much freedom sound wise until > today, yet a lot of stuff is samey sounding as if the producers used the > same software and production techniques. > Good news is that hidden deep under the deluge of release there's still > some interesting stuff released that has some lasting power. > > > >
