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<blockquote data-quote="The Theory" data-source="post: 61283092" data-attributes="member: 2802"><p>I think that part of it is that music tends to play such a crucial role in our teenage years that whatever it is we favored then becomes our gold standard by which we judge music which comes along. </p><p></p><p>However, through the natural change of society, musical aesthetic goes through change. Probably a part of it is generations finding their own voices in the creative landscape. While it isn't bad to become cemented into preferring the music one prefers and to consider what younger generations listen to "trash", that doesn't mean that the demographic for that music isn't being musically served.</p><p></p><p>It's probably not kosher to reference South Park on this forum, but I'm going to do it anyway. I recently watched an episode where a mother forbids her son to listen to the music his friends liked (a not-so-subtle reference to Dubstep) because she thought it sounded terrible and wasn't music. When his parents tried to force their music on him, he didn't connect with it at all.</p><p></p><p>Yet, aside from aesthetic, there is a real reason why people make blanket statements like "Is music getting worse?". It boils down to the industry.</p><p></p><p>I'm not quite music-history-literate enough to make a great argument, but the music industry today is not about putting out music--it is about making money. And as with many businesses, they've taken a low-risk route where they think songcraft can be a formula that can be utilized to crank out hits. This wouldn't work if the majority of the public <em>cared</em>, but instead most people never question what they hear on the radio.</p><p></p><p>And those who do seek out better music.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Theory, post: 61283092, member: 2802"] I think that part of it is that music tends to play such a crucial role in our teenage years that whatever it is we favored then becomes our gold standard by which we judge music which comes along. However, through the natural change of society, musical aesthetic goes through change. Probably a part of it is generations finding their own voices in the creative landscape. While it isn't bad to become cemented into preferring the music one prefers and to consider what younger generations listen to "trash", that doesn't mean that the demographic for that music isn't being musically served. It's probably not kosher to reference South Park on this forum, but I'm going to do it anyway. I recently watched an episode where a mother forbids her son to listen to the music his friends liked (a not-so-subtle reference to Dubstep) because she thought it sounded terrible and wasn't music. When his parents tried to force their music on him, he didn't connect with it at all. Yet, aside from aesthetic, there is a real reason why people make blanket statements like "Is music getting worse?". It boils down to the industry. I'm not quite music-history-literate enough to make a great argument, but the music industry today is not about putting out music--it is about making money. And as with many businesses, they've taken a low-risk route where they think songcraft can be a formula that can be utilized to crank out hits. This wouldn't work if the majority of the public [I]cared[/I], but instead most people never question what they hear on the radio. And those who do seek out better music. [/QUOTE]
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