quoted 2 lines I don't understand why people must insist on degrading everything out now,
>I don't understand why people must insist on degrading everything out now,
>cause it's not "innovative".
Part of the problem is that there is just an overwhelming amount of cds and
vinyl being released every week. I mean I read and value the reviews on the
list, but if I actually tried to gather all the recordings that people spoke
highly of I'd go insane, not to mention beyond flat broke.
Secondly, being "innovative" is very important because without innovation
any genre will shrivel up and die. At least lose interest for me. Look at
reggae, blues, rock, metal, grunge. Nothing in those styles will ever
inpress me ever again because those styles have developed conventions or
"rules of the style" and they've all been done to death and there will never
ever be anything "new" about them.
The good thing about this argument for electronic music is that because thes
sounds are largely a product of technology, it will evolve and progress as
technology evolves and progresses. Do you think Richard Devine would be
making music if all we had were DX7s and Linn sequencers? Born at the right
time I guess.
Thirdly, I think it is just human nature that we more easily find words of
criticism than words of praise. Why this is I don't know, but I know I'm
guilty of it myself.
To demonstrate this, I'll mention that I'm liking the Confield less and less
upon repeated listenings. The constantly shifting meters and tempoes
(tempi?) detract from the album's appeal. Other artists in a similar vein
that I'm more likely to listen to would be OST, Magnetophone or maybe even
Phthalocyanine.
Just points for argument...
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