joemags54
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Thanks Shred!... Computers ARE good for some things....HA!
+1 :salude
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*edit* Music appreciation (for whatever reason) seems to be generational... I'd be interested in what the parents of forum members who were kids when Zeppelin, Hendrix etc were cutting edge thought of it. Did your "Glen Miller era" parents like it or think it was a bunch of noise? :hmm
>>The biggest problem right now is the consolidation of radiostation ownership combined with collusion with the recording arm. Most of the big shifts in music from previous decades were large market independant DJs playing new sounding acts they were aware of... That does not happen in a way that reaches the masses in an effective way and will not until there is a way to introduce new stuff to accepting ears. Most youtube searches are for material the individual already knows they like. Radio was a unifying force to bring in new material in the context of old. Things are either too fragmented (youtube, satellite etc) or too uniform (corporate controled radio).
Both of the fine gentlemen you so kindly posted have definitely spent a lot of time listening to King Crimson. Both are fantastic. Tosin Abasi in particular just completely gobsmacked me. That piece has an awful lot going on. I think he has more taste then Felix, good as he also is. Thanks for opening my ear to someone new. :salude
There is a growing stoner rock movement, predominantly in Europe, with new bands emerging on a weekly basis almost. That scene consists mostly of people who are generally sick of electronics and computers in rock music. It's back to loud valve amps, jamming, recording on tape, buying vinyl and smoking weed.
None of those are gonna be big rock stars. Those days are over, and to be honest, I am kinda glad. It got artificial and unauthentic pretty quickly. For me it feels like a healthy change, with many going back to the roots of blues and rock n roll. To name but a few...
Simeon Soul Charger, Colour Haze, All Them Witches, Sundog, Mount Hush, The Picturebooks...
So don't worry. It's gonna be fine.
"Stoner Rock" - Now that has some potential! Great thread. I think I've read similar here before. As pointed out, it's a time honored argument. There was a brief period when my kids were growing up that we liked the same things. I thought something was very wrong! It wasn't, because that soon changed. From Joe's perspective, it is certainly unnerving to watch the virtuosity of master and his instrument be 'reduced' to perfunctory, man-behind-the-curtain, e-music.
Meanwhile, I'll continue to plug my Lester's into fire-breathing valve amps and dream I am a rock star, wake up in the morning and return to my mundane day job and thank my lucky stars it isn't all slipping away. But wait, it is! I "All glory is fleeting...." - George Patton