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Pondering


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As I was sitting here today thinking, a thought crossed my mind. If you look at what's popular today, most of it has made a subtle, yet dramatic change. TV went to Reality TV. Motocross/Skateboarding, "extreme sports" took things to a whole new level in the past decade or so after X-Games started. News has gone 24/7. What did music do? It went to TV to create reality TV shows. It didn't change music (well it did, but I don't think it took it forwards really), just exploited a hole that needed to be filled in the Reality TV business. So, what has music done? I've heard bands pushing the envelope a little bit but nothing extreme. What bands do you think are pushing the extremes? And how? Does music need some sort of "take it to the next level" awakening? Hell, I don't know. What could music do to take it to the next level?

 

Randy

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Good point. It didn't really change music itself though as much as it did on how we consume it. I guess good music will always be good and that may be enough. Maybe it doesn't need much of a change.

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You may be underestimating the effect that American Idol and the likes have had on the music business. To me, that's the biggest thing music has done that I would consider positive (even though I personally don't really think it's all that positive.)

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Ah, I see. Different opinion then, as I do see them as reality shows, just a different form as the people in both types of shows aren't "characters" or "actors" so much as just people. I guess that still leaves me with the big question of What has music done to up the game?

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