Why bands are disappearing: 'Young people aren’t excited by them'
www.theguardian.com
Maroon 5’s Adam Levine was scoffed at for suggesting there ‘aren’t any bands any more’ – but if you look at the numbers, he’s right. Wolf Alice, Maximo Park and industry insiders ask why

I was looking into why I just don’t see cover bands at my local venue but this hits a bit deeper at the issue.

I wonder if how niche music tastes have become has something to do with it.

  • @AttackBunnyEnglish
    -2•1 year ago

    Apple Music, Amazon music, pandora etc.

    It’s all just so…… fake. Everything is auto tuned to shit.

    Drum machines of the 80s were equally shit sound imo. It happens every generation, but modern music seems to have nothing organic about it now.

    I don’t think it’s a bad take, it’s just that verbally speaking, I don’t like modern music. As I said in my original reply, I know there are exceptions, but blanket statement holds true for me.

    • JoYoOPEnglish
      1•1 year ago

      one way I tweaked my algo suggestions is by asking the fediverse for non english language bands that I might have missed.

      that opened the floodgates for all the genres I enjoy.

      • @AttackBunnyEnglish
        0•1 year ago

        I accidentally found “baby metal” that way. It’s great. No idea what they are saying though.

    • wolfshadowheart
      1•1 year ago

      I think a fair addendum would be popular contemporary music. Plenty of artists from the good old days are still making music true to what they were writing for. Whether they are popular or not though, I think something important to remember is people like you or I who go after making music.

      Check out local performing arts centers, especially youth performance ones. You also can find some interesting stuff at open mics. I think there’s an amazing space for music for artists who have never even tried to get an outreach of even 100 people. It’s not modern music that’s the issue but the modern music industry and discoverability.

      I definitely don’t disagree with you but as I said, I think it’s fair to try to adjust your phrasing to specify :)

      • @AttackBunnyEnglish
        2•1 year ago

        Fair. What was trying to comment on, more than the actual style of modern music, is that the warmth/soul is gone from modern music. Everything is digital/auto tune now.

        It’s like your favorite album (vinyl) you remember listening to over and over vs the digitally remastered version. yeah the digitally remastered version is cleaner, but it’s lacks its soul, to me. Or the difference between seeing a really good musician live, vs listening to the recorded version of the same show. It’s not the same.

        There are some catchy modern pop songs. They get stuck in tour head well. That’s the point, but am I going to be going looking for that song in 5years? 10? Not likely.