download generation
I recently came across a BBC story regarding research on the people downloading music. It backs the noticeable trend of music being less appreciated. It says the high accessibility has reduced music to a commodity. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4599340.stm
I'm probably just the latest critic to say a majority of contemporary music is formulaic banal rubbish. Surely a minority of people from every generation have said so, but truly, music is more commercialized than ever. Give me something creative, don't market to my demographic. Sadly, a vast number of people passively let their taste conform to whatever is fed to them. This effect is present in all forms of media, so it is very relevant.
The next time you buy music, books, or even magazines, ask yourself: Do I want this because I appreciate it or because I'm a consumer?
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"I would love for more people to listen to music as a sole activity. I think it’s a really transformative way that that art form can touch you. Aside from live music, which I think is really important to being human—to be a part of a crowd experiencing music—recorded music is like literature when you allow yourself to sit and listen. I mean, you know. That’s all you did when you were growing up; that’s all you needed to do. You found friends that could sit and be quiet and not f—in’ ruin it; those were your friends, you know? If somebody couldn’t do that, you couldn’t hang out with them. I don’t care how cool they were; they were not cool," Jeff Tweedy of Wilco (Paste Magazine) http://www.pastemagazine.com/action/article?article_id=2421&page=4
"With the advent of the internet and MP3 players, which play downloaded material, music has become a soundtrack to everyday life, rather than something life-changing and special," said Dr. North, University of Leicester researcher.
I'm probably just the latest critic to say a majority of contemporary music is formulaic banal rubbish. Surely a minority of people from every generation have said so, but truly, music is more commercialized than ever. Give me something creative, don't market to my demographic. Sadly, a vast number of people passively let their taste conform to whatever is fed to them. This effect is present in all forms of media, so it is very relevant.
The next time you buy music, books, or even magazines, ask yourself: Do I want this because I appreciate it or because I'm a consumer?
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"I would love for more people to listen to music as a sole activity. I think it’s a really transformative way that that art form can touch you. Aside from live music, which I think is really important to being human—to be a part of a crowd experiencing music—recorded music is like literature when you allow yourself to sit and listen. I mean, you know. That’s all you did when you were growing up; that’s all you needed to do. You found friends that could sit and be quiet and not f—in’ ruin it; those were your friends, you know? If somebody couldn’t do that, you couldn’t hang out with them. I don’t care how cool they were; they were not cool," Jeff Tweedy of Wilco (Paste Magazine) http://www.pastemagazine.com/action/article?article_id=2421&page=4
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