Music sucks nowadays and it's the fault of the internet

[Lobo Tommy]

With the internet, sites and programs like Myspace, Youtube, and the bastards who use Limewire" it has become too easy to find music and there is too much of it. So, naturally there is a ton of unoriginal shit. People can only be creative when they are limited. The greatest musicians ever only had guitars they found out of trashcans, etc. We need to be limited. Technology in the long run is bad for us.

R.I.P music.

Now before you say "Well, your using the internet right now!" I'm on a forum. It's different, fuck you.

[Tadao]

Yeah, thanks for creating great music for us to listen to Lobo.

[Dixie]

Not everyone is talented enough to make great music. Sure there are alot of good musicians out there, but songwriting is the ultimate tragedy. There are fewer and fewer good song writers out there, and fault does not lie with the internet. It lies with uncreative douchebags trying to recreate things that have already been done.

[pac-man]

No one sells their soul to the devil to become a great blues musician anymore.

[Lobo Tommy]

There has always been shitty songwriters, but they weren't able to get as much exposure as they do now.

Tadao, it's not that simple. One person can't make a difference.

[MattJack]

i def think going back to having a handful of record companies controlling my options is a plus :rolleyes

[Tadao]

I would loved to get signed by Warner Bros. :rolleyes

[Lobo Tommy]

i def think going back to having a handful of record companies controlling my options is a plus :rolleyes

You're right, MTV controlling your options is much better.

[Fathom Zero]

Good music will always be good music and people will buy the albums and go to the shows. That's all there is to it.

[Jeanette X]

People can only be creative when they are limited. The greatest musicians ever only had guitars they found out of trashcans, etc. We need to be limited. Technology in the long run is bad for us.


There's great bands on the Internet if you know where to look, you whiny neo-Luddite. Besides, I never would've learned about a lot of awesome bands that have been around a long time without the Internet. I never would've even heard of bands like Girlschool, The Plasmatics, and Rock Goddess if it hadn't been for my searching.

[Sacks]

Music isn't a problem if you're good at music. Lobo Tommy isn't good at music.

[Angryhydralisk]

VINYL FOR THE WIN, BITCHES. :lol

[Esuohlim]

If you hate music nowadays then continue listening to old stuff. Who cares?

[Lobo Tommy]

If you hate music nowadays then continue listening to old stuff. Who cares?

Because it's pathetic and nobody gives a shit enough to change it.

And fuck you Sacks.

[Esuohlim]

If you think all music is pathetic then why are you looking for music? Music isn't for you, I guess! Try a book!

[Tadao]

Read a book :censoredword

[Lobo Tommy]

If you think all music is pathetic then why are you looking for music? Music isn't for you, I guess! Try a book!
Maybe you should try to understand what I am saying. The shitty music out weighs the good more then ever.That should change, and could very easily.

[liquidstatik]

Nah man, the internet is a great way to find good music. If not for the internet, i'd have to listen to pussycat dolls and nickleback all day D:

[Esuohlim]

Instead of whining on a message board maybe you should try to put your energy toward something productive. Like creating awesome music! Or losing weight.

And seriously if it weren't for the internet I'd still only like about four bands, but now it's like 50. And still growing.

[liquidstatik]

lobo i think you're just dumb and don't know how to use the internet

[Lobo Tommy]

Instead of whining on a message board maybe you should try to put your energy toward something productive. Like creating awesome music! Or losing weight.
.

I do. I write music all the time. But, I'm one person. I can't change face of the music business. There is too much shit.

[liquidstatik]

CAN I HEAR SOEM OF YOUR AWESOME MUSIC?

[Tadao]

lobo i think you're just dumb and don't know how to use the internet

ahahahahahahahahahahahah
ha
heh

[bigtimecow]

i can't agree that the internet is a major cause for music sucking, but i do wish sometimes that music was harder than it actually is

that sounds totally fucked, but let me try to clarify: the standards for music and the creative process of today are so goddamn low. there are so many local bands that all sound exactly the same because they put barely any thought into what they are doing; just trying to get kids to "mosh" or "be brutal" or what the fuck ever. i'm in a couple local bands and i'll tell you that nine times out of ten i'll go play a show and then leave because every band we play with is repackaged and unoriginal. unless of course the band is striving to do so, which they aren't, because all of their band statements will be something like "we just try to be original and something different." when in reality they are just the same as every other band

i would go off on a similar rant about art school but this isn't the appropriate thread

>: fuck music

[Tadao]

There was a ton of shitty bands before the internet.

Ratt
Poison
Quiet Riot
Etc.

[Sacks]

ROUND AND ROUND

[Tadao]

GOOD LOVE WILL FIND A WAY JUST GIVE IT TIME

[Sacks]

This thread just got 400% better.

[Aries]

I definitely agree about the pervasiveness of dodgy bands these days, but I think that's mainly a result of marketing. Every time a new band comes along, there's some hipster blogger who insists they're the greatest band since [insert name of last band written about by hipster blogger]. Suddenly they're the hottest new band of the year and their records sell like crazy. The labels realize this and push their acts on myspace, forums, etc. On the upside, plenty of worthy acts get exposure they might not have had otherwise (M.I.A., Editors, Santogold). On the other hand, how many people are still into Arctic Monkeys and Franz Ferdinand? It doesn't even matter, because the hipster bloggers have already moved on to something else. That's why there are very few artists out there who will have careers lasting a lifetime. We will never see another Prince, Madonna or U2. That kind of stuff doesn't exist anymore.

[Girl Drink Drunk]

Madonna didn't really do a lot of good for music anyways.

[Vanhelm13]

hey, everyone. I've got a great idea, instead of arguing about it we can all agree to scapegoat someone, right?
There's tons of great things to scapegoat!
Gays, Muslims, Jews, Rock Music, Communism, The Liberal Media...
Think of the possibilities!

[Sacks]

I pick Lobo Tommy.

[Tadao]

And his imaginary band.