Rick Beato on why music is getting worse

hopkins said:

Here's another perspective on Rick Beatos' rants - it's coming from a fan:

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Al M. said:

Around 11 min the video author mentions Polyphia, and at 11:30 their song G.O.A.T. I was looking it up on YouTube, it has 45 million views:

The song playing after (if you click at the end of the video), "Playing God", has 41 million views:

This is part of a whole world out there that I didn't know, and I suspect, most don't know.

I found the music interesting to excellent (that drummer kicks ass!). Two of their CDs are now in my Amazon shopping basket, waiting to be bought once I complete my next order.

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PYP said:

CD? What is that? just kidding. Old farts unite!

I liked the second song and will check them out. Qobuz has a live 48/24 resolution album that looks like a good place to start.

Rick Beato has a point, but he needs to go beyond Google stats and talk with some young folks (before they join Elon on Mars). An open mind is the only way to face the future.

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DetroitVinylRob said:

Being open minded is both a helpful approach for young and old alike, not just old guys. And we could dilute “what makes this (or that) song great” until no subjective values apply and it is merely well, “I like this” or “I don’t like that”. I once had an art teacher that warned us upon entering a gallery for review that if we had no better than the previous argument of personal taste in reviewing what we found quality in, it was an instant F. You fail my class. Guess she wasn’t too open minded… I found great strength and value in her relentless way of teaching and looking at art and the artist. I went on to a very successful 45 year career in industrial design that might not be finished yet. But that’s a story I couldn’t tell when I was a young man.

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hopkins said:

Here's another interesting interview of producer/engineer Bill Schnee:

From the middle to the end he talks about changes in music recording and production and "music today".

There are chapters in the video's description, but I encourage you to watch the whole interview.

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marty said:

Mike, I don’t know that Beato advocates that access is being watered down as the rise in streaming would suggest just the opposite. Rather, he seems to feel the creative aspect has taken a short-cut that he admonishes (which is not surprising since he is a superb multi-instrument musician).

It also seems that processed musical construction as you call it (a good term) may be more prevalent in your daily musical consumption than you have realized previously, especially for pop music. But as you said, if you enjoy it, does it really matter anyway?

It is alarming at what AI can do in so many fields, musical composition included. My nephew is musician in LA and uses an alias to write AI music for Spotify and other platforms. He let my brother try his AI program to create a classical piece and he was stunned at the result. He thought he was freakin’ Beethoven reincarnated!

One of the things this development might do unintentionally is renew the joy and pleasure one can only get by hearing live music across so many musical genres. I think it’s why there has been a clear sky-rocketing trend in seeing so many legacy bands even at what was once considered outrageous prices. Thank goodness there is still nothing like the real thing when it comes to the performance arts.

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Al M. said:

Around 11 min the video author mentions Polyphia, and at 11:30 their song G.O.A.T. I was looking it up on YouTube, it has 45 million views:

The song playing after (if you click at the end of the video), "Playing God", has 41 million views:

This is part of a whole world out there that I didn't know, and I suspect, most don't know.

I found the music interesting to excellent (that drummer kicks ass!). Two of their CDs are now in my Amazon shopping basket, waiting to be bought once I complete my next order.

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