so my theory is that all music from now on will come from small fractured subgroups/cultures and we have finaly reached the end of the rockstar era
with the advent of technology and message/boards/forums people have delved deeper into subgenres and/or created new genres entirely but their has yet to been a massive global megastar since their has been easier to the internet
for example dubstep,
dubstep was for a moment something revolutionary and organic musically, but was only a flash in the pan it never grew into something bigger and will just be a footnote in musical history
from now on their will never be another nirvana, guns n roses, beatles or michale jackson their will never be another great global mega musical movement
this isn't necessarily a bad thing it just means with new technology the oligarchs of music no longer control the direction music, now instead it has become decentralized and is now in the hands of the consumer of music/art and now people can fill their niche desires in the arts more easily and readily
we are at the frontier of a new era in music/art and now it is no longer something just reserved for the bourgeoisie but has become more democratic and is now in the hands of the common man, now anyone can make any kind of music which one so desires
so Yea Forums my question is this, what are your thoughts on the future of music/art and the direction of it? and is this a good/bad thing for the arts?
were nirvana even true megastars? i mean they never even had a number one single on the billboard chart. doesn't really make sense to talk about them as if they were on the level of michael jackson
Nathan Cruz
we are at the frontier of a new era in music/art and now it is no longer something just reserved for the bourgeoisie
this isn't the 18th century
Ryan Foster
I don’t know how you can honestly say that when the culture industry has never been more explicitly active.
Adam Lopez
>their will never be another great global mega musical movement trap
Isaac Jackson
Who is she?
Elijah Jackson
grimes is cute.
Kevin Hill
Also, I don’t know how you can call this a case study when it is just a large scale generalization of musical culture.
Wyatt Davis
that's grimes? they clearly made her nose smaller
Carson Rivera
Everything is faster now so it's very hard for anything to stay relevant. I think it's good in a way that it forces the focus on albums or songs rather than the people who put them out. However it may as well be the beginning of a global cultural decline, when something starts changing faster and faster it is doomed to end up in nothingness at all just like vaporwave.
Nathan Rodriguez
everything can be shared too quickly before it's given a chance to develop
Samuel Butler
it also helps that people have more say in what media they consume. youtube can shill plants by forcing them into people's recommendations but i don't think it's as effective as tv when there was only a handful of music channels you could watch.
Daniel Rivera
This is also good in such a way that by providing alternative takes to people it forces them to recognize a possibility of plurality. Now it is much harder for people to believe that there is just one way of looking at things. Something I find very interesting though, although we have this immense output of music along with decentralization of media outlets we still experience surge of trends. How are we to explain dubstep drops or trap beats with those hihats that are everywhere from electronic to rap to pop music? Why this and not something else for example?
Carter Reyes
>dubstep was for a moment something revolutionary and organic musically, but was only a flash in the pan it never grew into something bigger and will just be a footnote in musical history
I hate when americans talk about dubstep like they know what it is. What you think of dubstep is a deformed mutated form of the original.
The original form was minimalist with a huge emphasis on sub base designed for consumption live with huge sound systems. It was a mix of reggae dub (dub) and uk garage 2step (step)
as this got popular throughout the UK in the mid 2000s somehow this became screeching fucking synths. but the scene still lives on underground.
mid 2000s:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtElB7CYv1s
2019:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4DUEuOhEMA
Luke Bailey
You have to be 18 to post here.
Andrew Jackson
>that canthal tilt >bloated, puffy cheeks >doughwoman but no teets or bum Only an incel would be a fan
Gavin Green
Mentally ill
James Russell
Nah
Big labels have more power than ever
Dubstep was just one case of a music fad that went out of fashion quickly, people said the same thing about trap and not only it didnt disappeared but it keeps dominating modern music.
