When it comes to rock, we listen to the legends past their prime, contemporary artists turning rock into a midi plugin, and if I wanted to listen to The Black Keys, I’d watch the Patriots game and wait for their commercial to come on. Just like you wouldn’t drive two hours for a restaurant you’d never eaten at before, you wouldn’t waste all that time looking for the band that might sound like what you’re looking for. But the solution is also the problem here there’s so much music in the world, we only have time to listen to what we know is good. There’s totally a band out there doing the exact thing I’m talking about, maybe even playing to a couple more people than their parents and their ride. We can find the exact type of band we want somewhere. Imagine Dragons would rather get their song in a Toyota commercial than make something you could dance to.īut we live in the 2010′s, not the 90s. You can’t say with a straight face Fall Out Boy or blink-182 is keeping the spirit of rock alive, much less trying to. It’s not like every rock band just broke up after 2015 rock legends still play and exist, so why is no one listening to them? Because rock veterans aren’t evolving for the most part. Not to mention that every old white guy hates it with a burning passion, fueling the drive of the youngins to piss of every last one of them. Even though my rap catalogue pales in comparison to my others, I respect the hell out of rap for what it’s trying to do on an underground level. Other than the fact that most of our parents hate it, rap music is the most popular genre right now because 1) the production is massively personal in that a single person can genuinely make a fire rap track and 2) it’s dirty and imperfect. You know who is doing that (sort of)? Rap music. Rock music is about four to five kids in their parents basement with shitty equipment pouring their heart and passion to a smaller audience than the band itself and all of that is apparently lost on a large scale. People are paying money to get a “punk sound”, when the entire genre is built upon having close to no money at all. The video quality is about 2000p, it’s cinematically shot, the bands have equipment so expensive I’d have to work five jobs just to stare at it, the arrangements are calculated. Notice how musically and visually, there are no mistakes. If you’ve evaded Zuckerberg’s clutches, just look up a music video for a new rock band. I’ve heard five seconds of more than a couple bands. Facebook knows through extensive data that I’m one of those “rock music” type people, and so thinks it’s okay to send me music videos from various rock/metal bands. There has been a lot of discussion and talking points as to why rock is dying and why no one likes it anymore, but I wanted to put my two cents in.įirst of all, rock music is too damn polished. Rock music has been at the musical nursing home for the last twenty years being treated by music critics who can’t wait for the genre to die. Remember when I said I would post consistently on this? That was funny.Īnyway, even though rock music is still one of the most recognizable genres amongst kids who don’t remember 9/11, those same kids wouldn’t be caught liking rock over new pop (unless their parents only made them listen to rock radio and think Bowie is God), and frankly I can’t blame them either. When I play a song without a solo in it, I get fussy for the rest of the night. I play in a band that lets me play plenty of solos. I just got this guitar and threw it around in my backyard until I was scared of actually breaking it. I’m an actual musician that plays regular gigs. Sure, I could play other genres/bands/songs but I didn’t drop five grand on a Soundgarden guitar to not play Soundgarden (Chris Cornell Rest in Peace). Playing a minor 4 is the jazziest thing I’ve ever heard of. If it weren’t for open chords, I would never touch the B and E strings. Everyone will notice it’s like permanently wearing flip flops of the music world. I might not know it now, but sometime in the future is going to require me to play this instrument at a formal event. The most metal song I’ve heard of is “Master of Puppets”. It goes out of tune at the beginning of every song. I bought this guitar solely because of the design. I assume you throw out the guitar when the strings break. Yes, I use every string and fret for each song.
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