Class-ical was an educational pursuit.

 

The trousers had a wide flare at the bottom.
The hair was long and covered the ears.
The bags were mostly made of leather.
Some shoes had high heels.

 

Because it's obviously true.

 

Synth Britannia Documentary

Great documentary on the development of electronic music in England. Enjoy all the out of this world footage from OMD, Depeche Mode, The Normal, Human League, Cabaret Voltaire and super interesting interviews with members from those bands.

Before Gary Numan: How Synth-Pop Became Synth-Pop

A vision of the future that never properly arrived, Synth-pop was an ever present staple of the British charts in the early 1980s. A canny fusion of pop-suss and technological invention, its height reflected the increased affordability of commercial synthesizers from the late 1970s onward. But that doesn’t mean that the likes of The Human League, Ultravox, OMD and Gary Numan were the first to splice synths and pop together. So who were the pioneers? What were the essential steps along the way, the key tracks and influencers? And how did we get to the point where “Are “Friends” Electric” got to number one? This is how Synth-pop became Synth-pop.

 

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In 50 years, AI will scan and analyze this forum for veracity and important, usable information.

Possible AI result: 99% belief // 1% truth
Possible analyst result: 1% belief // 99% truth

Then, in the year 2076, they simply agreed on 50% truth and 50% belief, not wanting to offend anyone.
That's how it was recorded in the history books, which is, of course, a fabrication. Truth isn't for everyone.

Everyone has a different perception of reality; the same thing can be seen in multiple ways, and
depending on one's level of consciousness (or lack thereof), things can look quite different.

 

I'm kind of tired of searching; I have a great collection of music and I can't possibly listen to it all!

 

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The point is moot since time does not actually exist.
It is an illusion created by the collapse of the wave function due to human observation

 

I think he's referring to Potato-headed Bobby. Or, it could be Evelyn, the Modified Dog...

 

Musicians in the past didn’t spend their time in forums and social media… end of story!

 

Wrong.

Time exists as wholly built a two way street we can only explore one instant at a time.

Unless we take massive amounts of ketamine.

(pro tip : don't do that, the trauma of seeing time for what it actually is NEVER goes away)

 

I do not know if you are one, but I know a lot of people who had the misfortune of hearing a really bad TV commercial ditty that had a hook line that you kick yourself over, for unconsciously whistling or humming it. While I agree with you for the greater part, that is one horrible exception to the rule.

 

because the producers and singers of the past opened the doors for music.. the rest is just followers now

 

Music today is just as good as the music of yesteryear, there are golden ages in Art, the 50's to 70's was one such era for music, history is already proving that.

Musical intervals are just that, intervals, they only have one function, it doesn't matter who uses them, you me, AI, The Beatles, Beethoven, Calvin Harris, the result can only be one of three choices, good, bad or indifferent. Period.

An interval is created when two voices are played in unison or in motion, that's it. Period.

It's not rocket science, you only need a pair of ears.

Music is different today, that's all, and far more sophisticated in its production than it ever was, viva la difference, don't knock it, no mean feat to knock out a popular massive blistering dance anthem, jus try it eh.

 

For me there is a problem with ear fatigue. Most things produced after 2015 has such amount of saturation, fatness, and undefinable reverb that there are almost never a quiet moment and i cannot say excactly what kind of reverb or room is used because its all over smeared. This makes my ears tired very quickly and also makes elements less clear and less punchy. Its not one single process but a bunch of different ones and the ability to use 20 reverbs and 20 saturators and 60 compressors in every mix that together makes everything sound very sameish. Its like pouring sugar on everything.. Even if its different genres it all taste a bit the same to my ears.

About songwriting, i think styles come and go and i dont really have an opinion on what is good and bad, as for me that is a subjective taste thing.

 

you will get it when you have 70 years old.. some day.

 

Have you seen idioocracy? This is where we are headed.
There is good music out there, sure, but technology ( now with the aid of AI ) has made it possible that every idiot can release tunes on the internet and we are bombarded with so much shit content.
There are no more rock/metal bands in the charts. Sure, you could say fuck the charts, but it is just one of many indicators that it has turned from all you can eat buffet to being served only one shitty mcdonanalds happy meal all the time.

Real rooms, mics, amps, drums, performances, sinergy of the band has been replaced by a guy in the bedroom using midi keyboards with samples and plugins.
You get what i am saying?
We are imitating life and pretending it is the same thing.
Same with movies. Dirty alleys and ugly people with personality were replaced with super models and a green screen.
Everything is too perfect and fake these days.

 

IMO It's a cognitive bias. It's called rosy retrospective. The only thing it prouves is that you're getting old and, as expected, you'll rant about it a lot. We humans tend to be frightened about our own decline so we put that decline in everything we see/hear/experience instead.

Each period as it's own zeitgeist. Which one is "best" is completly subjective to each individual. The nostalgia bias has been there since the sapiens-sapiens roams the world.

 

That's true in many areas but were not talking about 'oh in my day kids could play in the park' etc, the arts do have defined and expertly documented renaissances, dark ages, golden ages, movements, innovations, and periods where the arts become stagnant and innovation slows right down.

In last 20 years a massive change in how the arts are consumed has happened.
It has been overwhelmed by risk and innovation averse corporate systems.
Grass roots innovation is very rare right now across most mediums.
And we are constantly recycling ideas and IP from the last great golden age - the 20th century.

I think its fair to say we're in a stagnant come down phase, where we hopefully work out how to detach the arts from the grip of capitalism.

 

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