Hey, word is getting out!

steveinaz
steveinaz Posts: 19,538
edited July 2012 in The Clubhouse
http://news.yahoo.com/pop-music-sounds-same-nowadays-171714762.html
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,590
    edited July 2012
    steveinaz wrote: »
    http://news.yahoo.com/pop-music-sounds-same-nowadays-171714762.html

    Steve, its not a good thing. See the quote below:
    Instead of lamenting the deafening dullness of contemporary pop music, the researchers suggest ways in which their findings can be used to revamp old hits for today's audience.

    "An old tune rerecorded using modern techniques that allow for increased loudness and with slightly simpler chord progressions and new instrument sonorities could be perceived as novel and fashionable," Serr? said in a statement.
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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  • rooftop59
    rooftop59 Posts: 8,121
    edited July 2012
    This is very interesting data, and of course as far as billboard chart hits we already knew this based on anecdotal evidence. I do wonder, however, how much indie music was used in the data set? I don't mean top 40 "indie" stuff, but all the artists that are harder to find and don't sell as many records. I would venture to say that once you venture (wow two ventures) outside the mainstream this changes significantly. I mean have you ever listened to a paste magazine music sampler? There is often all kinds of crazy on those. Not as loud, unusual instruments, unpredictable chord changes, you name it. But again, I am not surprised about the music of the mass consumer...
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  • zingo
    zingo Posts: 11,258
    edited July 2012
    EndersShadow wrote: »
    Steve, its not a good thing. See the quote below:

    Agreed. Very scary idea to take older songs that "aren't popular" and apply their popular theorem. :cry:
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  • obieone
    obieone Posts: 5,077
    edited July 2012
    Great. Some moron, will interpret that article, and re-record Sgt. Peppers as Techno. :cry::evil:
    I refuse to argue with idiots, because people can't tell the DIFFERENCE!
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,957
    edited July 2012
    ....and we needed a study to verify what we already knew ? LOL !!
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited July 2012
    So, all those "starving" musicians who are drinking themselves into the grave or waiting tables for obnoxious customers be damned. Forget about the fact that they've already written 1000s of "new" tunes that they'd love to share with everyone and make a little money, besides. Let some Fat cats steal old hits and retool them while downgrading their sound!.

    What will they think of next? It's never about the "art"!

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  • headrott
    headrott Posts: 5,496
    edited July 2012
    tonyb wrote: »
    ....and we needed a study to verify what we already knew ? LOL !!

    [sarcasm]Yes, but this study makes it "real". Remember most audiophiles are only hearing crazy things in their deluded minds. Until it's "verified" with a study it's not "real".[sarcasm]
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