AllTheCoolNamesAreTaken
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Well, that could be a general question, but I mean specifically about music.
I know it's standard for every generation to complain about the music of later generations, but really it's always true. Barring some massive revolutions music has been on a general decline through the 20th/21st century. And I say this as a kid of the 80s: I knew, listening to my parents' music, that it was better than the music I was hearing.
Occasionally I will have the misfortune of hearing some modern music and I'm just amazed at how uncreative and boring it is. Right now we're experiencing a new love affair with the 'singer' (even though all modern singers use AutoTune and other nonsense) so musicianship isn't a huge thing ... but still, the music is pretty lazy and uninteresting.
I have seen some drummers try to fight this perception by learning and teaching technique to play modern music - there's a video of how to play dubstep on the drumset, for example. But it just depresses me. It's so basic and boring. Compare that to the mid-1900's jazz greats, or some of the better 60's/70's rock drummers, or even some of the grunge drummers (Matt Cameron, Jimmy Chamberlain) and it's just ... sad.
Makes me wonder what will happen to the instrument over the course of this century. Will drums as we know them exist in 2099?
I know it's standard for every generation to complain about the music of later generations, but really it's always true. Barring some massive revolutions music has been on a general decline through the 20th/21st century. And I say this as a kid of the 80s: I knew, listening to my parents' music, that it was better than the music I was hearing.
Occasionally I will have the misfortune of hearing some modern music and I'm just amazed at how uncreative and boring it is. Right now we're experiencing a new love affair with the 'singer' (even though all modern singers use AutoTune and other nonsense) so musicianship isn't a huge thing ... but still, the music is pretty lazy and uninteresting.
I have seen some drummers try to fight this perception by learning and teaching technique to play modern music - there's a video of how to play dubstep on the drumset, for example. But it just depresses me. It's so basic and boring. Compare that to the mid-1900's jazz greats, or some of the better 60's/70's rock drummers, or even some of the grunge drummers (Matt Cameron, Jimmy Chamberlain) and it's just ... sad.
Makes me wonder what will happen to the instrument over the course of this century. Will drums as we know them exist in 2099?