Rick Beato making clear what is happening on the music scene just as Cory Doctorow or Adam Conover talk about the Internet. Please remember to use frontends like Grayjay, NewPipe, Freetube or invidio.us to watch videos like these.

  • CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    Almost all my favorite music was made before I was born. The rest was made mostly before the year 2000. And music has mostly been generic forgettable schlock since then. Rick’s analysis is spot on.

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      And music has mostly been generic forgettable schlock since then.

      Mainstream* music.

      Plenty of amazing artists out there who are not part of the music business machine.

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          6 days ago

          Except that mainstream music is not “mostly”. Even in the 80s, 0.1% of the music produced globally was played 99% of the time on the radio.

          But I understand what you’re saying.

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      Wait, you’re saying your favorite music is from when you were young?! No way! That certainly has not always happened to the majority of people since time began!

      /s

      Snark aside, this is what happens to the majority of people as they get older.

      Is there a lot of garbage out there these days? Absolutely. But this is in large part due to the fact that there simply is a lot more music coming out now than ever before because of how easy it’s become for anyone to make and distribute their own songs. Yet is there also a lot of great music out there these days? Absolutely. And it’s due to the exact same reason

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      Old people hating new music. I’ve never ever heard that before. Definitely Spotifys fault.

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          Sure, fair enough, but it’s just another variation on everyone else is wrong. The video is actually bitching about metrics. Music is easier to find than ever and the artists were never paid except at the top. You are always going to have folks chasing mass market appeal.

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            There’s no such thing as ‘everyone else is wrong’ when it comes to taste in art. I was just providing my viewpoint that was in agreement with Rick’s. I don’t think he even discussed compensation to artists in this video, he’s just talking about how much people value music today vs in years past.

            There’s nothing wrong with enjoying mechanical music. I love some of it, in fact I’m currently on a big psytrance kick. But I agree with him that most of it coming out in the last 20 years is garbage. And it’s perfectly ok to disagree with that. I never said people suck if they like modern stuff. I just think it’s mostly shit. :)

            Edit: fact is, most of the music coming out at ANY time is garbage, and always has been - we only remember the good stuff from the past because everybody forgot about all the other trash