I'm a bit guilty of this regarding Nickelback and Justin Bieber. Both artists have huge amounts of songs in their own catalog that sound alike. It's just a bit grating after a while. I try not to be a condescending prick about it, but I do like to voice my hatred for the bland music that plays on the radio all the time.
I am a musician, so I can understand that people don't demand as much from music as I do. Someone once told me that I analyze music too much instead of enjoying it. That could be true, but I get a huge kick out of analyzing music that I enjoy, and really digging into the inner workings of the song. That is what I want from music. Pop music doesn't give me that, so I don't enjoy it.
I think that anyone who shows even a little elitism, myself included, should just do their own thing and not worry about what other people enjoy. I should really take my own advice.
Oh yeah. The not being an elitist thing. I failed at that.
I am a musician, so I can understand that people don't demand as much from music as I do. Someone once told me that I analyze music too much instead of enjoying it. That could be true, but I get a huge kick out of analyzing music that I enjoy, and really digging into the inner workings of the song. That is what I want from music. Pop music doesn't give me that, so I don't enjoy it.
I think that anyone who shows even a little elitism, myself included, should just do their own thing and not worry about what other people enjoy. I should really take my own advice.
This sums up my feelings exactly as a musician. I can't get into something that feels like it didn't take much work. Auto-tune is disgusting.Ranorak said:Because I respect their skills as musicians, not just as artists.
To me, it's infinity harder to play a good guitar solo, live, with 3 or 4 other band members while staying on key, and all on the same 1,2,3 and 4's.
Opposed to standing on stage lip-syncing while your back ground dancer put more time in their work then you ever did.
Or earning your fortune by having the auto-tune squeeze your voice is such a way that even GLaDos sounds human.
I have respect for bands like Iron Maiden, still touring, still making great albums for more then 20 years, while current pop-stars are not artists, they're products.
Oh yeah. The not being an elitist thing. I failed at that.