I understand what you're meaning but Armin v. B. for instance released his fisrt album at the age of 30 with most of his fans being younger.
There are probably lots of bands/artists who got famous when they were young and didn't add anything new but there's also a vast number of them who continued making new songs while gaining new and thus younger fans.

 

off. but have u seen there will be lethal weapon 5
Richard Donner 87, Mell Gibson 61, Rene Russo 63, Danny Glover 71, Joe Pesci 74

 

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Hmmm...even Timbaland is struggling lately. Perhaps, the only place for old heads in music is in mixing and mastering--leave the musical innovation to young people who only care about the energy and the feeling...

Perhaps, old folks need to stay in the background, "helping" with post-production.

 

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Which styles of music have made and left deep and indelible impression on your thinking?"


any styles that utilize the whole language of music.

styles and genres that don't get very deep into the language of music only have small aspects that i enjoy.

here is a cool video to spark ideas into you by using the language of music

here is a video of bill evans a musician that utilized the whole language that is music, listen to how powerful it is.

here is herbie hancock

 

Classic Rock was the musical genre of the 20th century, exemplified by the ubiquitous "Power Trios" -- classic rock bands consisting of sequencer/tonebank/drumbox. "Quartets" (adding a 303 to the lineup) were invented circa 1990, catering primarily to the degenerate subcultures which sprang up during the decadent fin de siecle -- IV drug addicts, sexual deviants & young adults.

 

Rock is a Blues corpse pretending to be alive.

 

Sir, with all due respect, musicians did not become sex-crazed, drugged-up degenerates in the 90's--they've always been that way!

 

My favorite group is Queen. I mainly love metal but also Mike Oldfield and Vangelis work, for the calm beauty of the latter. I love choirs.

I'd love to make a good instrumental metal/guitar based track, like the Metallica ones, even the Toy Dolls ones (guitar plus jokes ), Paradise Lost "Deus Misereatur". Or just Eric Levi's "Sempre d'Amore", to change the genre.

I'm in a hurry more info later ))

 

I changed the title for not creating another one.

 

What you look for is your own voice. You may try things out a bit to begin with but in the end it's your own voice. It's almost always a particular style and you work on it for years. Ask me when I'm dead about my whole life.

 

I wasn't expecting a somewhat nice and interesting thread, so I'd like to elaborate on my post a bit.

I've always really liked a lot of different music and styles. It's actually easier for me to say what I don't like. I generally dislike music that is not made out of heart, love for music and of course my feeling is subjective. I usually don't find those musical qualities in pop, striptease music [Miley Cyrus, Jennifer Lopez... ], elevator music, dance music and in cheesy folk music, although sometimes I could get loose on some pop hit and dance music, even folk music. I also like indigenous native music of every continent, which is not to be confused with cheesy folk music.

I think musicians should not constrain themselves to making music in just one style, nor should they listen to just one style of music. A real musician, in my mind, should actually like most of the music and should be able to recognise the quality in most of the different genres of music. Yes, those qualities are very subjective, but in my experience when musicians get together to listen to various music it's always the same names that come up, for some reason. I grew up with music and musicians and I've always appreciated what they have to say, no matter their preference of style of music.

Having said that, besides Depeche Mode, Leaether Strip, Ministry, Joy Division, Cabaret Voltaire, Human League, Soft Cell, New Order, The Smiths, Throbbing Gristle, Sex Pistols, The Clash... [yes my musical taste is highly influenced by the Sheffield, Manchester, London scene of the 70s/80s/90s] I also really love to listen to Jean Michel Jarre, Laibach, Kraftwerk, Skinny Puppy, Nine Inch Nails, Nitzer Ebb, Covenant, Rammstein, Clock DVA, Click Click, Fluke, Front 242, Front Line Assembly, Sisters of Mercy, Orbital, Bjork, Amon Tobin, AC/DC, Rolling Stones, Motorhead, Talk Talk, Ultravox, Tears for Fears, Chemical Brothers, Underworld, Future Sound of London, Red Hot Chili Peppers... and the list goes on and on. [I like blues, 50s, 60s a lot, too. Dean Martin cracks me up, love the guy! ;)]

I suppose all of these somewhat influenced the way I perceive and make music, but Depeche Mode especially because they are an interesting band that changed so much during the years, deserving the name "Depeche Mode" [fast fashion]. Many artists that I like more or less still sound like themselves. They stick to their style. Not to say that Depeche Mode aren't immediately recognisable and don't have their own style, but they did change and every album sounds a bit different. I find that really interesting about them.

The point of writing all of this is that I think musicians should keep an open mind about any, or most kinds of music, take the best parts from all of them and make something new. That's my point of view, anyway.

Cheers! Keep rockin'!

 

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