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funeralcrasher) wrote2006-02-19 08:09 am
funeralcrasher) wrote2006-02-19 08:09 am
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No unheard music
Goth music can never be new and dangerous again no more than rock & roll or country or rap can be. it's all established genre. all that's left now is human variation on proven themes, and once in a while an interesting project will surface, be copied and fade into obscurity by a new wave of kids who weren't around to appreciate the real thing and won't be bothered to find out.
Few bands, even many of our modern favorites, truly break form and offer compositional themes that haven't been run through the mill by hundreds if not thousands of bands from times past. Unfortunately that places contemporary goth bands at a slight disadvantage.
Re-recording variations of post-punk & deathrock with modern recording gear doesn't qualify danger or innovation. It may just mean that you have enough smarts, money and charisma to recognize and capitalize on opportunity when you see it. And that you happened to be in the right time at the right place.
Creating unheard music allures many to pick up a bass or guitar but we shouldn't delude ourselves. Offering personal perspectives on established genre is really the best any of us can hope for -- and maybe, just maybe we'll write something interesting enough to hold someone's attention for more than a minute or two.
Maybe I'm growing old and jaded. My compulsion to write and play has more to do with self-expression and dare I say FUN than anything else.
Few bands, even many of our modern favorites, truly break form and offer compositional themes that haven't been run through the mill by hundreds if not thousands of bands from times past. Unfortunately that places contemporary goth bands at a slight disadvantage.
Re-recording variations of post-punk & deathrock with modern recording gear doesn't qualify danger or innovation. It may just mean that you have enough smarts, money and charisma to recognize and capitalize on opportunity when you see it. And that you happened to be in the right time at the right place.
Creating unheard music allures many to pick up a bass or guitar but we shouldn't delude ourselves. Offering personal perspectives on established genre is really the best any of us can hope for -- and maybe, just maybe we'll write something interesting enough to hold someone's attention for more than a minute or two.
Maybe I'm growing old and jaded. My compulsion to write and play has more to do with self-expression and dare I say FUN than anything else.
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After playing music (bass) for 18 years and having been a DJ for 3, I had come to a similar conclusion. The whole concept of sampling is blatant plageurism wrapped in new clothing, but the music industry and critics herald it as innovation. While I don't have a problem with sampling, don't attempt to make it something it's not, either. Sampling aside, there are only so many chords or notes on a guitar and after so long a musician will run out of new combinations, simply adding different intonations to what was already done before.
Perhaps culture in general is in the same situation though. It seems as if everything continually repeats itself, with the only variable being the people involved and what spin is put on it.
btw, if you're wondering who the hell this is, I'm one of the girls from Callies board. :)
Hmmm.
Re: Hmmm.