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Originally Posted by Jinn
I really wish I understood why so many people get hung up on 'originality' vs 'selling out' or 'contrived' or 'manipulated' or 'engineered' or anything really. It's fucking entertainment. If they "entertain" you, it's doing its job. Maybe I have no standards, but I'm "entertained" by Britney Spears as much as I am by Beethoven's 9th. They're doing what they do to make a buck and to entertain. If they can't sing, they're free to use a machine to make it sound good. If they want cool beats, use a machine. I don't care. If it's catchy and works then who am I to tell them they're contrived or whiny or can't sing.
See comment above about music snobs.  |
Who said anything about getting "hung up" on originality vs. selling out etc.
You are correct that some genres of music are entertainment. Others are art and are not really meant as entertainment so much as they are to be thought-provoking or provocative.
Like I said ... I don't personally care for the way autotune and beat correction software is used these days. That's my choice as a person and a musician. I never said that the use of these applications was wrong in any way.
In regard to the question of changing styles ... I don't expect any artist (whether I like them or not) to do anything they don't want to do. The last band I was in used formulaic song-writing. It was a little more complex than Top40 stuff but it was still Pop. I think that the bands you mentioned are just boring (this includes Goo Goo Dolls). It's mostly because I have different taste in music than you. You would probably think most of the music I listen to is boring and pretentious. That's fine. I'm not going to lose sleep over it. I understand your opinion.