"RichL" <rpleavitt@yahoo.com> wrote in a message
> I think good overall, if only because the creativity of the mainstream
> music industry has come pretty close to a screeching halt, and the
> industry's overdue for some sort of revolution. The commonality of
> musical experience of the '60s and '70s is a nice memory, but the
> genie's out of the bottle and I think there's no putting it back. The
> net collaboration thing is cool; I've done a couple myself. And I'm not
> about to mourn the passing of the era of rock billionaires and the
> accompanying excesses.
>
> It would be nice if more acts branched out a bit more style-wise, which
> really has nothing to do with corporate control or lack thereof.
> Generally, I think musicians improve themselves by exposing themselves
> to (and learning to play) all sorts of different styles, and the results
> show up in the quality of the product. I can tolerate (and in fact
> sometimes enjoy) an emo song here or there but a whole album full of
> them? Meh!...
>
> It's ironic that the internet, generally, has brought us all closer
> together yet from the perspective of appreciating a variety of music has
> driven us apart: we've formed a multitude of essentially non-interacting
> cliques. Just like high school!
A lot of great points and comments. As this is just the beginning, it's
difficult to say where it will go from here. When the telephone was
invented, it was envision to be used as a means to get music in every home -
the thought of it being used as a communications device barely existed.
We'll probably see similar occurrences with music and the net as it grows
and changes.
I suspect the factioning we see now is somewhat due to leftovers from the
way things used to be. When those generations are gone, perhaps it will be
very different.
