Rock music is dead, now what?

[john]

4 hours ago, CapM said:

 

This is only one way to measure popularity.  It could even be argued that record sales shouldn't be the main determinant, because we all can consume music which we used to have to pay for in years past.

 

Another way to gauge popularity would be gross receipts from touring (concerts).  Thus far in 2017:

1. $151.5million – Guns N’ Roses
2. $118.1million – U2
3. $98.2million – Justin Bieber
4. $88million – Metallica
5. $68.2million – Depeche Mode
6. $60.5million – Red Hot Chili Peppers
7. $59million – Adele
8. $57.2million – Ed Sheeran
9. $54.5million – Eric Church
10. $52.7million – Bruno Mars

Read more at http://www.nme.com/news/music/highest-grossing-tours-2017-far-2113046#26Dz5uKLzqYU7qhx.99

 

 

It's a good point on general popularity and fan loyalty... and goes along with the biased presentation of Rock music. What would be really interesting would be to know what the new fan recruitment levels are. Rock fans are very loyal. There are 3 main areas of measurement and they don't produce public charts for one of them... sync rights, use in productions... then obviously tour receipts and record sales. The other dimension is of course geographic. For live and record sales there would be new fans and existing fans and just out of interest I would love to see media figures for airtime for genres. I don't think it exists, though there are a lot of industry specific charts you can access if you have the money.

[Rudi]

On 11/16/2017 at 11:10 PM, MonoStone said:

thought you liked to play Madness and other stuff that was definitely pop when I was a kid? I might be wrong, maybe  thinking of the wrong member... although you playing it doesn't necessarily mean you rate it anyway  

 

I have played a lot of stuff I dont care for. Fortunately most of it has been changed to interpretations I can like. 

Meanwhile, keep on coming MS. 

[Just1L]

Those new social media share icons groped me.

[john]

20 hours ago, Just1L said:

Those new social media share icons groped me.

 

They were always on the page... just at the bottom!

[Just1L]

14 minutes ago, john said:

 

They were always on the page... just at the bottom!

 

They must have got me on their way to the top. 

[Just1L]

9 minutes ago, Rob Ash said:

 

 

 

You know... I actually got a glimpse of Tom, lurking in the shadows and giggling maniacally, right about the time you made that first post about being groped.

 

I wonder....

 

 

 

Shhhhh. He wears a cape now too.

[john]

Typical icons. Randy Fumbles, Sounds like a porn star lol

[Just1L]

Randy Fingers … sounds much better.

[Maings]

Rock has been around for a while and now pop has come and took it over. I like pop, rock, and country, but the rock is out of the pic. Hopefully, someone decides to come and fix the dead music. Rock is important to some and it's dead, next will be country.

 

 

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[Rudi]

To me, ragtime isn't even dead.

I dont care who buys what or what doesnt sell.

 

 

[Steve]

If you think Rock is dead, you're looking for it in the wrong place! Go to Scandinavia! It's alive and kicking over there. The USA and the UK are not the only places to find music.

[Rudi]

What is the easiest to language to learn? Norwegian, Swedish or Finnish?

 

I've got my bags packed.

[Todd M]

For me, this is why I am here. 

I don’t think rock n roll is dead. Maybe asleep. Not dead. I am a rock fan, who writes rock music. Not horribly either. I think there is still another Beatles, Stones, Zep, out there! 

Maybe someone just needs to try harder to write that “hook” to a nice bluesy grimy rock n roll riff, instead of a dj. Hang up the pro tools and put your butt in the studio with your band and record the songs in a day, instead of a year. Just my take on that.🙂