mikeylips

I was thinking about this as I was watching Evanescence's performance on the Billboard Music Awards...why are orchestral instruments so popular in rock music now? It seemed like it was a really cool idea years ago when you didn't hear it all the time but now it seems like every band has some kind of strings in the background of their music. Especially in "My Immortal", which I love don't get me wrong, the strings are simply unecessary. Besides creating a texture to the music that in my opinion is already getting beaten into the ground there is nothing going on with the string parts that help the song.

Also, who is writing these parts because they aren't anything complex. I've been thinking about this for a bit now and I'd like to hear all of your opinions. Especially on the radio it seems like I hear a lot of orchestra stuff with rock music. To wrap this up I think I'd either rather hear a really well composed orchestra part for a rock song, a good rock song at that not some main stream crap that needs some radio air time, or I would rather just listen to the band. Comments?