Is today’s music just plain bad? Here’s one way of looking at it.
I was in the gym the other day when the music flipped to some over Auto Tuned mumble rap hip-hop song. I found it so annoying and…bad that I had to wait until it was over before moving on to the next thing I wanted to do. I mean, it was just awful.
Was I being a music snob? Too old? Or was I correct? Impossible to say, although I am glad I ran across this video from Rick Beato. He seems to have the same issues.
I find the problem is this …. There is really good music out now. Stuff from new artists, even artists who have been around for a bit and still producing. The problem is that you have to sift through so much stuff to find it that its probably easier to just to to old reliable songs. Much more than it was in the past. I remember being a kid in the 90s, and people in their 30’s and 40’s were really into the music of the day. The reason is because it was really good. From rock to rap, even country of the day was really solid. Now it just takes a lot of effort to find things even though in theory it should be easier?
I think the idea anyone can release what they want at any time and side step the record labels sounds great in theory, but then you have people who have this idea that they are better than they really are. Talent does rise up, but the talent of today has to deal with different obstacles today. Not a record company gatekeeper, but rather, Bryan in his bedroom who downloaded a chord pack and put a beat to it and some dumb lyrics and just complains about why no one is giving him views on his YouTube channels that he hasn’t uploaded to in 8 months.
I feel like radio could do a better job on this front. There are some great bands that get very little exposure. But every so often I will look at the online playlist of my local alt-rock radio station and see bands like Green Day, RHCP and Weezer getting played 8-10 times a day. With only 24 hours a day and time spent on news, traffic, weather, contests and other DJ banter how are new bands supposed to get time?
The worst part is texting a request for a band that isn’t super popular, the DJ telling me they are obsessed with them but then never hearing them other than my request.