America's music taste is degrading

^ Exactly, and thats the wrong with music today. Mainstream only happens because people are just too damn lazy to search for better music! :(Bloodseeker23

[QUOTE="Bloodseeker23"]^ Exactly, and thats the wrong with music today. Mainstream only happens because people are just too damn lazy to search for better music! :(no_more_fayth

Step one: get an XM radio.

Step two: pick a random station; listen to it for that whole day.

Step three: choose a different station; slowly choose a favorite.

scratch all that, just log onto pandora.com and you'll get plenty of artist recommendations for the music you like. why pay?

[QUOTE="Bloodseeker23"]^ Exactly, and thats the wrong with music today. Mainstream only happens because people are just too damn lazy to search for better music! :(MistressMinako

i think he was referring to people who complain about today's music yet only listen to what's on the radio...

[QUOTE="no_more_fayth"]

[QUOTE="Bloodseeker23"]^ Exactly, and thats the wrong with music today. Mainstream only happens because people are just too damn lazy to search for better music! :(lazerface216

Step one: get an XM radio.

Step two: pick a random station; listen to it for that whole day.

Step three: choose a different station; slowly choose a favorite.

scratch all that, just log onto pandora.com and you'll get plenty of artist recommendations for the music you like. why pay?

*shrugs*

I have Sirius radio on my cable.

It's literally the best thing about Dish Network.

[QUOTE="MistressMinako"][QUOTE="Bloodseeker23"]^ Exactly, and thats the wrong with music today. Mainstream only happens because people are just too damn lazy to search for better music! :(lazerface216

i think he was referring to people who complain about today's music yet only listen to what's on the radio...

[QUOTE="lazerface216"]

[QUOTE="no_more_fayth"]

Step one: get an XM radio.

Step two: pick a random station; listen to it for that whole day.

Step three: choose a different station; slowly choose a favorite.

no_more_fayth

scratch all that, just log onto pandora.com and you'll get plenty of artist recommendations for the music you like. why pay?

*shrugs*

I have Sirius radio on my cable.

It's literally the best thing about Dish Network.

sirius is great (i love my howard stern show, even post artie), but for the people low on funds pandora is great, or even last.fm (which isn't nearly as great IMO)...

[QUOTE="no_more_fayth"]

[QUOTE="lazerface216"]

scratch all that, just log onto pandora.com and you'll get plenty of artist recommendations for the music you like. why pay?

lazerface216

*shrugs*

I have Sirius radio on my cable.

It's literally the best thing about Dish Network.

sirius is great (i love my howard stern show, even post artie), but for the people low on funds pandora is great, or even last.fm (which isn't nearly as great IMO)...

XMU (the indie channel) is pretty freaking great.

So is Coffee House (all acoustic).

:)

[QUOTE="lazerface216"]

[QUOTE="MistressMinako"] Maybe they like the music? No need to search if they feel that the radio gives them their music needs.MistressMinako

i think he was referring to people who complain about today's music yet only listen to what's on the radio...

most terrestrial radio stations are horrible nowadays though, do you not agree? internet radio is better in every single way, it gives way to artisits and bands you've never heard before. not the same **** over and over again everyday.

America is degrading.kuraimen

...as is the rest of the world babe.

You forgot Bruce Springsteen in that list of amazing American artists. And he's still going.

Hmm... I thought Madonna is British? magicalclick

madonna is from detroit.

[QUOTE="MistressMinako"][QUOTE="lazerface216"]

i think he was referring to people who complain about today's music yet only listen to what's on the radio...

lazerface216

most terrestrial radio stations are horrible nowadays though, do you not agree? internet radio is better in every single way, it gives way to artisits and bands you've never heard before. not the same **** over and over again everyday.

Your looking at the mainstream too much perhaps you should go underground and listen to amazingly talanted bands.

You forgot Bruce Springsteen in that list of amazing American artists. And he's still going.

DumbPanda

[QUOTE="PannicAtack"][QUOTE="ColonelVodka"]I love that piece, but it's definitely not his best work.

no_more_fayth

I'm pretty sure he was thinking Moonlight Sonata.

[QUOTE="DumbPanda"]

You forgot Bruce Springsteen in that list of amazing American artists. And he's still going.

PannicAtack

Excellent showmanship.

[QUOTE="PannicAtack"][QUOTE="DumbPanda"]

You forgot Bruce Springsteen in that list of amazing American artists. And he's still going.

DumbPanda

Excellent showmanship.

[QUOTE="DumbPanda"]

[QUOTE="PannicAtack"] Also not a very good singer.PannicAtack

Excellent showmanship.

Yes, but they are both stillquite good singers.

[QUOTE="DumbPanda"]

[QUOTE="PannicAtack"] Also not a very good singer.PannicAtack

Excellent showmanship.

...just like jimi hendrix, just like mick jagger, just like david byrne, just like ian curtis etc...

lol come to think of it, great singing is pretty overrated.

[QUOTE="PannicAtack"][QUOTE="DumbPanda"]

Excellent showmanship.

DumbPanda

Yes, but they are both stillquite good singers.

I think even Bob Dylan's called himself a bad singer.

history only remembers the great artists of the period not the crap that surrounded it....in another 20 years people will only remember the 2 or 3 artists that were great....not the rest of the crap....and people of that time period will talk about how great music use to be...Omni-Slash

[QUOTE="PannicAtack"][QUOTE="DumbPanda"]

Excellent showmanship.

lazerface216

...just like jimi hendrix, just like mick jagger, just like david byrne, just like ian curtis etc...

lol come to think of it, great singing is pretty overrated.

Just hearing a singer in popular music with vibrato is a breath of fresh air.PannicAtack

[QUOTE="Omni-Slash"]history only remembers the great artists of the period not the crap that surrounded it....in another 20 years people will only remember the 2 or 3 artists that were great....not the rest of the crap....and people of that time period will talk about how great music use to be...EasyStreet

[QUOTE="PannicAtack"][QUOTE="DumbPanda"]

Excellent showmanship.

lazerface216

...just like jimi hendrix, just like mick jagger, just like david byrne, just like ian curtis etc...

lol come to think of it, great singing is pretty overrated.

Yeah, it is. I find that having a distinctive sound to one's voice is more important than technically excellent singing.

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[QUOTE="PannicAtack"] ... "That piece?" I said "Beethoven sonata." I never specified which one. >_>PannicAtack

I'm pretty sure he was thinking Moonlight Sonata.

... and Moonlight Sonata is the most popular one.

I don't see how it's quite a conclusion to jump to.

The entire audio industry is going downhill as people stopped caring about quality. Both in the artists and in audio equipment. It won't be very hard to find someone listening to a 128kbps MP3 Lil Wayne song on an iPod with Monster Beats headphones.

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[QUOTE="matastig"] well i'm a musician since 1990 and i have a question for you , can you please explain how Bieber and Gaga are talented?!??lol

matastig

No offense, but how do we know you're any good?

Gaga has a strong singing voice and can play piano and can definitely write a memorable pop song (Bad Romance).

Beiber has a little bit of singing talent even if his music is not very good.

Gaga has a strong singing voice! really?? can you even read music sheets? at least to tell the difference when the correct note is produced!

oh and this 5 years old girl want to say hi to your Gaga.

and this armless guy want to teach Gaga how to play the guitar you know just in case she loses her breasts or something.

and again No offense to you at all!! but to those false prophets..

Wow, you got pretty mad, didn't you?

First of all, you have no idea what age I am. Hint: I'm not a teenager.

Secondly, who said I was a fan? I respect her talent and I like some of her songs, but that doesn't make me a fan.

Thirdly, one can hit all the correct notes they want. That doesn't neccesarily make them a good singer. Seriously, Gaga may not be the greatest vocalist, but she has a better singing voice than the average person. By far. That means she is talented in that area.

Lastly, we still don't know how good of a musician you are, so you could probably stand to scale the bravado down.

[QUOTE="EasyStreet"][QUOTE="Omni-Slash"]history only remembers the great artists of the period not the crap that surrounded it....in another 20 years people will only remember the 2 or 3 artists that were great....not the rest of the crap....and people of that time period will talk about how great music use to be...Lockedge

[QUOTE="Lockedge"][QUOTE="EasyStreet"]We have a winner, if anyone goes back and looks at all the artist that are so loved from the sixties they will notice most of them are nowhere near the pop charts. EasyStreet

Lastly, we still don't know how good of a musician you are, so you could probably stand to scale the bravado down. GreySeal9

well if you care that much, i studied the Piano, guitar, violin and i play the harmonica, bass guitar and the drums so if you like to come over i'll be happy to play and sing some for you :) and again i don't have to prove myself to you cause i don't really have the time for this kind of arguments, and you said "Lastly, we still don't know how good of a musician you are" so are you a musician in the first place to argue about that or to judge my skills or even talk about talents? if not please don't quote me again, No offence to you but i really don't have time for endless useless debates.

1. Justin Bieber is Canadian.

2. Rebecca Black is not a hugely promoted artist. She was some small time girl that paid to have a video made by an obscure company. It went viral because it was so bad. She's not really a bigtime recording artist.

1. Justin Bieber is Canadian.

2. Rebecca Black is not a hugely promoted artist. She was some small time girl that paid to have a video made by an obscure company. It went viral because it was so bad. She's not really a bigtime recording artist.

sonicare

It still completely baffles me how people are actually putting this on their iPods...

I miss classic rock and grunge.

You forgot Bruce Springsteen in that list of amazing American artists. And he's still going.

DumbPanda

I agree. I loved his song from "The Wrestler"

I miss classic rock and grunge.

Pikdum

[QUOTE="Lockedge"][QUOTE="Pikdum"]

I miss classic rock and grunge.

KlownMaster

[QUOTE="PannicAtack"]Just hearing a singer in popular music with vibrato is a breath of fresh air.Lockedge

[QUOTE="no_more_fayth"]

[QUOTE="PannicAtack"] ... "That piece?" I said "Beethoven sonata." I never specified which one. >_>PannicAtack

I'm pretty sure he was thinking Moonlight Sonata.

Mainstream music is always garbage.

When you hear a song that resembles noises a couple would make in their bedroom being sold like hotcakes, that's a warning sign right there.

I know! I stopped listening to American music after 2005.XiaolinPrincess

Likewise :)