Current Events > Do you guys think we're in a golden age of music right now?

(+) Yeah! (+)

With artists like Phoebe Bridgers, boygenius, and Better Community Oblivion Center, etc that we have right now, how could you not?
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I see The Tiny Desk is strong with you.
You are right in one thing. There is some good music, it just doesn't get the spot light.
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Yes, but not because of one artist and two bands shes also in

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Yes

Mostly because now anyone with a musical vision can have it realized and heard by other people through the internet, so you hear a lot of creative stuff
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every decade is a golden age in music
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16-BITTER posted...

MarqueeSeries posted...

No

Mostly because now anyone with a musical vision can have it realized and heard by other people through the internet, so you hear a lot of amateur rehashes of once creative stuff

Ftfy

fifty what?
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GodardOnGodard posted...

fifty what?

FTFY = fixed that for you.

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Hahahahahahahaha no
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Music died after 2010
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MarqueeSeries posted...

Yes

Mostly because now anyone with a musical vision can have it realized and heard by other people through the internet, so you hear a lot of creative stuff

You forgot the other side of this

Most of it - both the amateur and professional stuff, is trash, so as a percentage, we're in a low
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Only people who suck at search engines will tell you music has gone to shit
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awesome999 posted...

MarqueeSeries posted...

Yes

Mostly because now anyone with a musical vision can have it realized and heard by other people through the internet, so you hear a lot of creative stuff

You forgot the other side of this

Most of it - both the amateur and professional stuff, is trash, so as a percentage, we're in a low

what kind of music do you listen to?
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Not for popular music.

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awesome999 posted...

MarqueeSeries posted...

Yes

Mostly because now anyone with a musical vision can have it realized and heard by other people through the internet, so you hear a lot of creative stuff

You forgot the other side of this

Most of it - both the amateur and professional stuff, is trash, so as a percentage, we're in a low

I didn't forget shit. I just don't see it that way
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i mean, i'm finding new music at an okay pace but none of it is from today's artists.
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it's only the golden age because we have easy access to every previous decade's music, but not because new music is any good

I think music is at an all time low

coh posted...

it's only the golden age because we have easy access to every previous decade's music, but not because new music is any good

have you been looking at current music at all?
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you're boring as fuck if you can't find any good current music tbqh
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MarqueeSeries posted...

Yes

Mostly because now anyone with a musical vision can have it realized and heard by other people through the internet, so you hear a lot of creative stuff

this, when people think of music today they usually just think of like mainstream top 40 stuff or whatever and say "wow this sucks listen to all the different music we had back in the day!" or something, but there is music of pretty much every genre being made today and with newer/better instruments and techniques and technology etc. the only thing is that you have to look for it yourself but it's out there and it's great
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fuck no we are in autotune hell no one can actually sing anymore
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TheMikh posted...

every decade is a golden age in music

I agree with this.

There hasn't been a bad decade of music, it's forever changing and music from the last decade leaves an imprint.
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No.

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I listen to Hip Hop & R&B and I say shit yeah. Of course, my taste changed through the years so I don't hold the older shit in as high of regard as I use to either. Most the stuff I listen to is on the radar but not in your face at all. Gotta do very minor digging.
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bump
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No but I do listen to mostly modern rap.
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Sucks now a days.

Tbh it was the 80's
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Modern popular music is horrendous. And popular music has the broadest net of appeal and therefor influences young folk the most. Skill takes a backseat to image almost 100% and it's fucking all but annihilated R&B.

But accessibility keeps the underground healthier than ever, it's almost over saturated. Though I still think R&B is dead..
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fenderbender321 posted...

OwlRammer posted...

MarqueeSeries posted...

Yes

Mostly because now anyone with a musical vision can have it realized and heard by other people through the internet, so you hear a lot of creative stuff

this, when people think of music today they usually just think of like mainstream top 40 stuff or whatever and say "wow this sucks listen to all the different music we had back in the day!" or something, but there is music of pretty much every genre being made today and with newer/better instruments and techniques and technology etc. the only thing is that you have to look for it yourself but it's out there and it's great

There was probably good music written by people who we have never heard of 30 to 400 years ago.

You and Me by Penny and the Quarters sat in a record studio for 40 years until Ryan Gosling's ass found it and wanted it in a movie of his. Ended up being featured in a Oreo commercial and blew up.

There's definitely a bunch of great songs that are dead written by unknowns that we'll never get to enjoy.
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evil_zombie11 posted...

Tbh it was the 80's

Absolutely this.
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For me personally it is because the underground music I listen to isn't very old

AdmiralStiff posted...

Only people who suck at search engines will tell you music has gone to shit

Pretty much this

BettyWhite posted...

Modern popular music is horrendous. And popular music has the broadest net of appeal and therefor influences young folk the most. Skill takes a backseat to image almost 100% and it's fucking all but annihilated R&B.

But accessibility keeps the underground healthier than ever, it's almost over saturated. Though I still think R&B is dead..

You're not looking hard enougg
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I just skimmed the topic, but did no one else notice that TC only mentioned Phoebe Bridgers projects?

I like her btw, though I prefer Julien Baker. Had an edible before one of her shows and it was an awesome performance. Pure emotion when she sings.

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The 80s was the best pop decade, but since it's so easy to listen to everything now, it's not unreasonable to consider this the best. It's just that the radio sucks.
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glitteringfairy posted...

Music died after 2010

*2009
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Garlands_Soul posted...

The 80s was the best pop decade, but since it's so easy to listen to everything now, it's not unreasonable to consider this the best. It's just that the radio sucks.

radio is dead who listens to that anymore. we have playlists
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we're living in a golden age of information sharing. which includes art, which includes music. so sure?

There's a ton of good music out there, but a lot of top 40 is a dumpster fire as usual
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GodardOnGodard posted...

With artists like Phoebe Bridgers, boygenius, and Better Community Oblivion Center, etc that we have right now, how could you not?

Who the fuck are those? You obviously are young or don't know shit about music
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70's-90's were peak music ages, it's been downhill from there
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Garlands_Soul posted...

The 80s was the best pop decade, but since it's so easy to listen to everything now, it's not unreasonable to consider this the best. It's just that the radio sucks.

I can still go back to the 80's and love it. It's timeless.
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inloveanddeath0 posted...

GodardOnGodard posted...

With artists like Phoebe Bridgers, boygenius, and Better Community Oblivion Center, etc that we have right now, how could you not?

Who the fuck are those? You obviously are young or don't know shit about music

How do you even not know who those are? Like if you kept even a minimum attention to music, you should have at least heard of them
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No. There is no real quality filter these days. Everyone can have a soundcloud or youtube channel full of over produced mumbling or over sampling other songs. You have to wade through torrents of shit to find anything decent.

Then on the big scene, its the same tired shit over and over. Modern pop and rap and all that all suffer from the over use of samples from other songs or drowning out lyrics with fake instruments and computer generated sounds pumped in during post editing. I hate it
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SH_expert44 posted...

No. There is no real quality filter these days. Everyone can have a soundcloud or youtube channel full of over produced mumbling or over sampling other songs. You have to wade through torrents of shit to find anything decent.

Then on the big scene, its the same tired shit over and over. Modern pop and rap and all that all suffer from the over use of samples from other songs or drowning out lyrics with fake instruments and computer generated sounds pumped in during post editing. I hate it

No it isn't dude. You can just google "best albums of 2018" and easily find good stuff. You don't have to wade through tons of s-word

@SH_expert44
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GodardOnGodard posted...

best albums of 2018

lets take a peek shall we. Im gonna go through the rolling stones top 50 list and ill report back.
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