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Nobody (not even professionals) can always exactly play a song the same way, there will always be more or less big deviations. Passages sometimes work well, sometimes they fail, that’s the nature of things and that’s what makes them “alive” and interesting. New recording techniques are radically changing this, however, and computer-generated and computer-correcting software is now eliminating such human inaccuracies across the board in the music industry. Here is a video on this topic with impressive practical examples of dull “equalization”. Of course it’s useful to pimp your game technically in individual cases, but you shouldn’t overdo it.
Dieter
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Yep, it’s all true. There are lots of Youtube videos about why modern music sounds so bad. My theory is this: It’s all having to do with our brains. People have become used to having mostly passive entertainment as they scroll endlessly through TikTok and Instagram. Their brains are no longer able to appreciate complex music created by humans. That’s why jazz has faded away to nearly nothing, just as people’s IQs have faded away to nearly nothing. So if you want to hear proper complex music, go to a place where the average IQ is higher: Universities. The playlists of university students (and staff) is quite different from mainstream society. Like designed to stimulate your brain, rather than numb it.
I have also noticed that here in New Zealand, people younger than about 25 are totally rejecting rap, hip hop, pop, etc and choosing local lesser known bands that play what sounds to me like: Rock! Yes, there is an underground rock movement amongst the kids of New Zealand. Sure, they may save up their money and go to a Coldplay concert at a stadium, but more often they go to a small venue in a pub, a community hall, or even some farmer’s field. And if a band plays some cover songs, it’s likely to be Led Zeppelin, Bob Dylan, or Fleetwood Mac – not Katie Perry or Beyonce. The kids of today will save us!
Sunjamr Steve
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Hi Steve, I also hope that parts of the younger generation will find their way back to handmade music. The fact that something like this is happening in New Zealand is of course pleasing, but unfortunately I haven’t noticed anything like this in Germany yet. The trend in this country is more towards cheap “solo entertainers” who sing to digital backing tracks and strum a bit of simple guitar or keyboard accompaniment, to silly alpine pop music to clap along to and, of course, to mass-produced music on streaming services, and so on. There is also a lack of suitable performance opportunities. Even with active melody, it’s realistic to say that it’s still mainly older age groups who are interested and active. But I don’t want to be resigned, after all, there has always been good music and it will probably not die out in the future either.
Dieter
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I think the music industry has always been guilty of pandering to a ‘recipe for a hit’. Back in the seventies I can remember reading newspaper articles about an endless production line of ‘disco’ tracks. In the eighties it was electronic music and the imminent death of the guitar. In both cases there was a wealth of dull songs that sounded just like last one. Throughout it all would be genuinely innovative and different songs that stand out to become the hits we look back on.
I don’t think the motivation is that different today except the ease with which music can be made along with all the points this guy makes means that the number of songs that are produced to a production recipe has increased exponentially and it feels overwhelming (because it is!). Our consumption of music has changed too as Rick Beato pointed out in a video posted on the forum recently (I think it was on the forum). With vast archives of music available through our phones, the collective ‘we’ graze through tracks with little investment or intent to listen a second time so that is probably reflected in how music is produced now.
Still I’m going to remain optimistic that the next generation will kick off with something new and different if only for the reason they wouldn’t be seen dead listening to what their parents listen too. That doesn’t apply to what the grandparents listen too though, I’ve got younger friends who’s kids are heavily into 60s and 70s rock and prog rock and my son has friends who are in a rock band that play local venues. So there’s hope! -
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