music Is music dying?

[Kerberossz 1,929]

 

 

Music is only dying in its quality, not quantity.

 

The truth has been spoken.

 

Sadly today's music is mostly about what the music publishers can sell insted of making qualitative songs. Personally, I don't like pop music, the tune is almost all the same for me and the lyrics are just...meh. In order to avoid any misunderstanding, I'm talking about today's pop music not the 80' 90'.(I like retro.)

[Gestum 2,493]

Music isn't dying. You just dislike it. 

 

I personally like rap. However I prefer Swedish artists such as Timbuktu and Panetoz. 

[xenozfan3 189]

Does will Smith count as a rap artist? I like his songs. As far as I can tell the only genre of music that is dying is the Christian type. Its sales over the past 20 years has gone down dramatically. But with other ones like country the most popular songs sound alike. https://youtu.be/FY8SwIvxj8o

[Scootaloodle 1,623]

Does will Smith count as a rap artist? I like his songs. As far as I can tell the only genre of music that is dying is the Christian type. Its sales over the past 20 years has gone down dramatically. But with other ones like country the most popular songs sound alike. https://youtu.be/FY8SwIvxj8o

 

Yep, Will Smith is/was a rapper. Personally whilst I like rap and liked his song's I prefer him as an actor tbh.

 

Christian music is un-original crap musically speaking, there's the occasional rapper or dance producer etc but it seems the majority of Christian music is just bands that all sound like U2, it's become so clique 

[Sommar 1,289]

Just because one genre may seem bad to you, doesn't mean that music as a whole is dying. Every single one of us has their own musical tastes. For example, I like classical, but I dislike rap. Artists take time and effort to create music pieces, so the music industry is booming. It's true that some genres aren't as popular as others, but that just shows people's taste in music nowadays.

[221BTardisSt 101]

Personally I love soundtracks, contemporary Christian, 40s-50s swing, and some acoustic/indie. I also like to listen to electronic when I'm studying. So yeah, my music tastes are definitely a minority. 

 

I agree that good, meaningful music is fizzling out and being replaced by meaningless, repetitive choruses or rap that always talk about drugs, alcohol, or physical stuff.  :comeatus:

Edited June 9, 2015 by 221BTardisSt

[APegLegPirate 168]

I don't understand. The definition of music is: "vocal or instrumental sounds (or both) combined in such a way as to produce beauty of form, harmony, and expression of emotion."

In this case, whether you consider rap to music or not is irrelevant because it is in fact music. Same with any other musical genre out there. How can you consider music to be dying? 

 

Music changes just the same way fashion does. Asking if music is dying is the same as asking is fashion dying. It's a stupid question. I don't like or dislike genre. I just listen to whatever as long as I like what I'm hearing.

 

The reason there's a lot of rap music being produced today is because that's where a lot of the money is. The moment that changes so will the music being mass produced. Besides, if you don't like rap music don't listen to it. It's not just rap music produced now. There's plenty of producers and artists writing and releasing other genres of music. 

 

And why would people listen to it for other people? You're making it sound like people listen to it just to fit in. That's a ridiculous reason. I really see no sense in this question. 

Edited June 9, 2015 by APegLegPirate

[ThatOneComrade 1,091]

Music isn't dying because more people prefer one genre than the other. That's silly, and your reasoning for thinking it-- music is dying because a lot of people like rap-- is silly. Rap is a music genre. Would you be saying music is dying if it were classical or jazz? I love those to death but I know very well that just because not as many people enjoy it doesn't mean that music is dying.

 

That's silly.

[Guest]

Hail Kanye. 

 

OT: Nah, music ain't dying. On the contrary, it's on the rise. Now, I love rap and I still don't understand why so many people don't consider it as "music". Why? lol

 

If you don't like mainstream then by all means, go underground. I'm sure you'll find something.

Edited June 9, 2015 by Guest

[Shou 100]

Music is still evolving and will continue to evolve for many more years. To say music is dying is simply not true.

[Attack of the Pwns 894]

Well, first off I think part of the reason many think that music today is dying is because of the way that the music industry, and the world, has changed. In the 1950s-70s, you didn't have universal hit songs like you do today, you had local artists singing covers of songs. Some tunes would hit big enough to be heard everywhere, but most of the time a good song would only hit in certain parts of the country, and then local artist would take the song without copyright and do their own rendition of it. Did you know that "Hound Dog", debatably his most famous peice, was not the work of Elvis Presley but that of an unknown blues artist and was written in the early 1950s, before Elvis had even pursued a career in music? Or that Herman's Hemits version of "Wonderful World" actually sold more records than the original Sam Cooke version? Or that there were about 20 documented versions of Eddie Cochran's "Summertime Blues" recorded in about 20 years, with artists ranging from Marty Robbins to Blue Cheer? Of course, today artists have to have their own lyric work made for them, because of increased enforcement of copywriter laws. This created a demand for songwriters that wasn't there before, and led to the birth of mediocre lyrics IMO.

 

As far as the rise of rap, that came about because young urban blacks felt that their plight was being ignored, and if you listen to songs like Grandmaster Flash's "The Message", you'll understand that rap actually started as a meaningful art form. Commercialization of rap came about big time in the 90s, when record executives found out that the "explicit content" warnings weren't detrementle to the music buying public. They let artists like Snoop Dogg and Tupac Shakir record whatever they wanted, and from that point on rap has been mostly about taboo subjects, like gang wars and sex.

 

Remember, there are popular artists today that haven't sold out to rap. One republic, Sam Smith, Bruno Mars, The Neighborhood, Fun, Chromeo, Paramore, Justin Timberlake, just to name a few. Songs like Pharrell's "Happy", Daft Punk's "Get Lucky" and "Lose Yourself to Dance", and Mark Ronston's "Uptown Funk" actually show that rap may slowly be forming back into more of an R&B type groove reminiscent of the late 1970s. So, while rap is immensely popular, it isn't the only game in town now like it was circa 2007.

 

But, yeah, if you're more of a rock guy then times probably do look a little rough. At least the classics are now more accessible than ever.

 

Remember, there's no reason to be miserable. If you don't like pop radio of the modern day, listen to what you do like and don't let those who have nothing better to do than hate make you enjoy it any less.

[Guest]

Hah... the title of this thread.

 

If music was dieing I would not be living. It's growing and you got to search out new and upcoming artists and support them. Music isn't dying anytime soon.

[Chacobos 160]

Music is a part of society & culture and is always in a constant change, it wont die till the last human on Earth does. 

[Omega Centauri 317]

Depends on what your definition of "dying" is.

 

Music has always been a big part of every culture. Cultures will go through change, so, inevitably, that culture's music will too. Different kinds of music will rise and fall in popularity.

 

Though, when it comes to the popularity of music, it's generally the less popular artists that make the best music. I know that makes me sound like a hipster, but I can't help but see pop music as nothing more than the product of a corporation trying to stuff their wallets. (With a few exceptions)

[Empty Room 512]

Nope. Far from it, in fact.

 

Are all of your favourite records still in circulation? Yes.

 

Are there songs and albums still being released on a common basis? Yes.

 

Are discussions about music still relevant? Yes.

 

There you go. Music, as long as humanity exists, is not dying and probably never will.

[Admiral Regulus 2,769]

Music is changing as it always is... but it won't ever die. For as long as humanity survives there will always be music with us.