The Re-birth of Music

what will the music experience be of people after the mp3 implosion is over and the music industry comes to terms with the nu-music world? Will only the hardcore music lovers be left over to nit the scarps?

what's "the mp3 implosion"

the bass-heavy rocksteady of Zion dub

what's "the mp3 implosion"

New Jon Spencer project

grime

No, grunt.

they will listen to new songs, released by currently-fashionable artists. sometimes, those artists will put out collections of songs ("albums", or "mixtapes"), and they will listen to those, too. they will listen to curated compilations of 'exotic' music: african garage, 80s UK synthpop. these compilations will help them navigate the seemingly endless territory of recordings made over the last century,. as new recordings continue to arrive, once-popular songs and artists will fade into the background, without ever disappearing completely. periodic revivals of interest in a particular style, genre, time or place will provide opportunities for the curators of music to 'cash in', tho they risk losing credibility in the process. eventually, the field of music will stabilize into a single atonal cluster of notes repeatedly hammered on a keyboard, with no perceptible rhythm, as overtones sweep slowly across the spectrum.

they will play all of the old music over again, with a dubstep beat beneath it

the great american songbook will come back into vogue, citizens of the dying empire turn to regard the glorious heyday

when you say the word "jazz" to a child, they will stare blankly at you. old men in hats will haunt the buses, endlessly calling out for "jazz, jazz, jazz!"

http://www.slicingupeyeballs.com/

this site is having some trouble but it often makes me feel at home

all the new bands waer weird clothes but the clothes seem regular - how can it be! their drumbeats are impossible yet so regular!

Leftsetz will survive

Grime is a musical message performed by artistes like Dizzee Rascal from London. It is less about having a tight, tight band then being a real bear behind the microphone, carrying the crowd with you through the night.
One particular hotspot is where no tourist in London will ever take their tube: EAST LONDON. The poverty of East London is all up in the lyrics of such magicians as The Streets and Slaughter Mob.

Like the "no escape" attitude that runs through these streets, you also can't escape grime charging the pop charts of the US like the Beatles or Herman's Hermits. Lil Jon has expressed interest in being a part of this grime scene, even with so little money to be had, because there is that renewed purity that you can only hear in the sound of a true Englishman.

― Gabe Tonkin, Tuesday, June 21, 2005 11:19 AM (7 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink