Originally Posted by Uncas23
Another factor is that everyone likes the music that he/she isn't used to. I mean if you listen to music of the same genre or the same influence a lot you will always get bored of it. And you look for something new. In this interesting case the old songs are the new ones, they sound different. And there are so many variations in old songs that you will less likely get bored of them.
Totally agree. I play in a band specified on reggae music and can't listen to reggae outside the rehearsals very much, because it gets boring.
Additonally, I think that you can learn so much from old songs. The variations are very interesting and nothing goes over that good old vynil sound. But also some new electronic genres and songs are quite interesting when you know what work the artist put in the music. Virtual Instruments also have a really large(!) spectrum of sounds and harmonics.
I like listening to "old" instruments compared with some matching synths.
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A lot of writers in music don't seem dedicated nowadays it all feels like it's on a whim, I want to hear complex song structures and powerful vocals. Today you can't tell if someone has a good set of lungs and throat through the over produced music.
Old school music had talent everywhere due passion, seclusion and liqour.
Today talent is few, not many have the same drive, too many distractions (Facebook, twitter followers, and YouTube) they find a comfort zone and tend to get trapped there.
And overall aren't that great at story telling and visuals.
Also I like some nu music, so I'm not ripping on it entirely.
Old school music had talent everywhere due passion, seclusion and liqour.
Today talent is few, not many have the same drive, too many distractions (Facebook, twitter followers, and YouTube) they find a comfort zone and tend to get trapped there.
And overall aren't that great at story telling and visuals.
Also I like some nu music, so I'm not ripping on it entirely.
The way i see it is time is a filter some of the best classics from back in the day like Billy joel's piano man or stix renegadeare still well known but that doesn't mean all the songs today are terribad i honestly love bruno mars' Uptown funk and alot of taylor swift songs the 50's had some pretty bad songs to but society remembers the one's they love to listen to
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You're all talking about pop music, and that music didn't really change over the years. Classical music is an entirely different thing though, with music slowly evolving into an artform. Compare vivaldi to Wagner, Schoenberg, rautavaara etc, and you will see great differences in harmony.
The way I see it, the biggest influences in music are
+the introduction of electronic music (not just oscillators and amplified instruments, look up eg Stockhausen)
+cultural exchange (Steve Reich and glass being inspired by Buddhist chants)
+the destruction of the tonic and tonal harmony, xenharmony, atonality
Sorry for the sloppy post but it's hard enough to write on phone and I just wanted to add fuel to the fire or something.
The way I see it, the biggest influences in music are
+the introduction of electronic music (not just oscillators and amplified instruments, look up eg Stockhausen)
+cultural exchange (Steve Reich and glass being inspired by Buddhist chants)
+the destruction of the tonic and tonal harmony, xenharmony, atonality
Sorry for the sloppy post but it's hard enough to write on phone and I just wanted to add fuel to the fire or something.
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