Music is getting worse, unless of course it isn’t
- Peter Kirn
- 1 mars 2016
- 1 min de lecture
Complaining about pop music is probably the safest form of musical clickbait imaginable. ... There’s just one problem: is the argument that music is getting progressively worse actually true – or even asking the most relevant questions?
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Music production itself is poised to become more diverse.
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Pop music on its own is not drowning out originality. But just as getting stuck on commercial success absolutely can destroy originality, so can getting stuck in the past. If anything, the Internet is proving that finding and promoting originality is a challenge. Rather than rant about what’s at the top of the charts, we should champion what’s failing to chart at all.
And don’t worry about how many chord changes or syllables you’ve got. Just turn off that brickwall limiter, please.
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