We all heard our parents claiming that the music today is
garbage; “Music back in my time was real music” or “This is not music…let me
show you what music is” as they busted out an old cassette or even a record. Of
course we all brushed it off, thinking our parents, even grandparents, were the
ones who didn’t know what good music was. I know I did. But now when I consider
the music that is coming out now, I think they might have been right. I am
hip-hop, rap fan and I’m seeing a complete decline in that genre.
While
technology resulted in faster distribution and even emergence of many genres of
music, the pitfalls of it are beginning to outweigh the benefits. Consider rap
artist such Christopher Wallace or Tupac Amaru Shakur; their music,
while not having the refining of autotune, digital equalizers, and FX effects
available in multiple music creation software, had audible, meaningful, cleaver
lyrics, hooks, and refrains. Now fast-forward to today with the emergence of
Future, Migos, or Desiigner: you can’t even decipher what they are saying. The
essence of lyrics has been replaced by base synths, rifts and loops developed
by advanced music software. I find that alarming. More alarming is that people
are drawn to this more than before. Is the future of music industry going to
centered around rhythm tones that were virtually impossible without technology?
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