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Originally Posted by DIGITAL SCREAMS
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I do appreciate that old analogs are hard to come by. They need to be looked after and they are expensive to buy. Unfortunatley I must conceed that for the majority of people softsynths is the only way forward......but I really do feel that its at the detrimental cost to music.
Oh god I sound like such an arsehole......heheheh
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Hehehe...you do sound like a jaded old, cynical muso
Pop music, especially most top ten stuff should always be viewed as the "money industry"....and NOT the "Music Industry", since this is really what it is about. Artistic fullfillment comes secondary to making money, and for what it is, it is good. It is there to provide an image, a trend, fashion, after all the music industry is a fashion industry. And these kids lap it up and buy heaps of albums and roll around in their cars thinkin they are the shit.....and the record labels and artists make shit loads of money, churning out sweatshop style tunes.....fundamentally they acheive what they set out to do.....make money. Sell an image, and make themselves celebrity's. This then gives the media something to write about ie rock star in fatal overdose/shooting,bitch fight.
So you have to try and not confuse the pop industry with the music industry, or the artistic side of music.....most normal people know that pop music is shit....and you take it for what it is. it will never change, and we should not bag it out because it does sustain alot of people, and at the same time, makes ALOT of people happy....and thats not a bad thing.
Actually, I kinda think pop music is getting a bit better. Songs like OutKasts "hey ya"....very catchy, cool, and fresh sounding pop. Stuff by N.E.R.D......breaking the "black R&B producer" stereotype....and making some cool tunes in the process....(not to mention making heaps of cash to allow them to fulfill their artistic desires)
Gosh.....I am starting to ramble on.....Wasnt this topic about softsynths or something? Oh yeah, I dont really like em'
jase