There's the usual negativity by people who like older music, but now the hatred of the RIAA by the file sharing community is making people even more cynical.
RIAA is the problem:
Hi napho,
Well I see things differently. The usual criticism old school people make on today's music has more to do with nostalgia. The RIAA today is paying the rip off it imposed on us for many years before the advent of P2P. How many times did you purchase a CD only to find yourself listening to 1 or 2 songs among the 12 you paid for? What justifies the actual price of a CD? If it's not the bad and dishonest business model the RIAA tries to push on us. Without a despotic organization such as the RIAA, today we would be able to purchase a blank CD for less than $1, burn songs we would purchase directly from artists for $1 and we would have a $12 CD (If I burn 11 songs) but we would also enjoy and listen to all 12 songs. All we are asking is that we get what we pay for.
Unfortunately, the lack of initiative from the artists themselves pushed us to create our own revolution against corporate greed. Truthfully, I do not think there would be single free P2P software out there if the RIAA allowed the networks and the artists to deal. In my opinion the RIAA should disappear. Nothing justifies its existence with today’s technology. The organization may have been useful 10 years ago but now it's time for it to face the consequences of years of dishonest practices.
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Linkin' Park.
I like to stay open minded, but I really can't stand rap! Other new music...I'll let you know in ten years after it grows on me.
i am always trying to pickup on new bands and music. but on the whole i find myself listening to the older more established groups (soul/blues/rock). if you consider what types of radio stations there are, and what their formats are, you'd have to agree that the older music must still be in huge demand. and i notice that the groups like the stones/doors/zeppelin etc.. are still some of the most downloaded groups at web sites offering an entire range of music.
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Before the internet and new media, the only media you had that you could own was albums. Older music has higher quality, I think because it is mostly analog and there was larger demand. Most new music sounds dated after 10 years.
Before commerical sausage radio, there was real competition and interest (you could argue a larger market) for cd's and tapes. After a few years most music has little value.
The greed and consolidation in the music industry has hurt cd sales. Every new release is also competing with the established art. (Try to recreate what has allready been done, for example, and you are seen as a rip off.)
Great art holds up over time, and still has value. Add all of the cheap high quality synths and electronic sound enviroments, music does not have the position in the society that it once had when you had to learn to play.
I could lament more about this, but you get the general idea.
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I'm not that old, only 27. But I cant stand 95% of the noise they release that is supposed to be music.
In the UK the charts are more often than not dominated by manufactured boy and girl bands, or pop idol winners (and losers).
Whether it's rap, rock, or dance, very little of it is of a listenable standard, and what is good enough to listen to is produced by more estbalished older artists.
Where has all the talent gone?
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I listen to all kinds of music even some mainstream music. I listen to whatever sounds good. I wouldnt say that the riaa has curved what I listen to. I just believe that for myself the music I listen to has to be according to my mood swings.
I do listen to pop music if its good.
right now I am sort of experimenting with music, i am really looking into instrumentals. I like all mix music, which consist of instrumental and techno.
There are somethings that the riaa has done to change the way music is listened to. One thing they have done is control what is played on the radio. They charge to much for the music.
As far as what I listen to once again I have to say it depends on the artist that I am exposed to.
I listen to what I like, even if it may be a artist or song others hate.
I like music that is hmm rocking.
thats all folks :O)
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I don't like 90% of new music, but then again, I didn't like 90% of new music 25 years ago either.
Popular music has always sucked for the most part. Every once in awhile, something good will pop up in the pop-culture radar, for example, Blondie in the late 70s or The Hives in 2002, but as long as there's three chords and a garage, you can bet that somebody, somewhere, will be making good music, even if nobody ever hears it.
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i like it all, and get tired of alternative radio and listen to ROCK KDGE =) I always love trance and techno, we got one station for it.. but its edited.. maybe i like to listen to the full 10 minutes of a song.. new bands now days can be great as well as suck.. Look at Seether, Chevelle. awesome.. LInkin park, not so awesome =(
I use to listen to the older tunes ( Led Zep, AC/DC, blues, jazz etc. etc) but there are so many times you can listen to Stairway to Heaven,, if it was not for P2P tech, I never would of listen to Hip hop, techno, trance etc, etc. If anything, being exposed to the "new"music that I normally would not listen to before p2p has improved my view of "new" music
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i have an open mind as far as music is concerned, and people have the right to listen to what they want without being slagged off...i prefer guitar based rock, but also listen to swing, jazz, opera..etc. i do feel that sexually explicit lyrics in songs such as my milkshake by kelis or work it by missy elliot are a bit hard to take when your 14 year old teenage daughter is blasting her cds through the house....not good role modelling...
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NO STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN!Originally Posted by Gregory_JJ
Waynes World
Radio station formats are too damn narrow these days. I can take classic rock for about a half hour before they start re-cycling. How many times can you listen to "Stairway to Heaven"? Nostalgia aside, I have to change the station! "Modern Rock" has turned into what I call "Angry White Boy Music." Not one song by a female artist. And, just about everybody sounds like Soundgarden or Creed. "Adult Comtemporary" puts me to sleep after about fifteen minutes. Nora Jones is good, but we need something with a beat to break it up a bit. "Country" is the same: good for a while, but, come on! How much twanging can you take? Actually, if it weren't for the internet, I wouldn't have half the albums that I listen to. The following groups are never played by radio stations in my area: Stereophonics, Big Head Todd and the Monsters, Los Lonely Boys, The Thrills. These are just a few of the bands that I have discovered using file sharing and listening to streams from radio stations around the world. Granted, I would get sick of even those if they were played over and over again on a limited format. I even like the new Cypress Hill CD, eventhough I generally do not like the new rap (the old stuff is great!), but I've yet to hear it on any radio stations. Of course, it all has to do with taste. But, variety is important too. Corporate Crap Radio like that given to us by Clear Channel does not provide this.
I think the main criticism has to do with a decrease in talent.The usual criticism old school people make on today's music has more to do with nostalgia.
I think it gets old after a all while, when in ever song, the phrases "interstate", "road", "truck", and "I just raped my goat" are present..........."Country" is the same: good for a while, but, come on! How much twanging can you take?
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Ok, so maybe I made the goat thing up, but come on! Creativity is nice.
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Yep. People have the right to listen to whatever they want.and people have the right to listen to what they want without being slagged off
People also have the right to "slag" other people off..............................err....you know, that doesn't sound right.
Well, see ya later. I'm going to go slag off.
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