I'm starting to get a feeling that you're the type of person who doesn't like change, which I guess is all right, but probably not the best attitude to have when we are living in a period where change is a daily. Especially when electronic music is basically the definition of change. If you didn't have a stick shoved up your ass, you'd be able to appreciate the fact that people like country enough to try and bring it into the modern world. You even said it sounds good, but your mentality doesn't allow you to enjoy it. I honestly, don't see how this is disrespectful to your "culture", no one is saying "kill the hillbillies!" or "fuck country music", people are just making something new that they think sounds good. If you can't appreciate the fact that people like country enough to bring it up to date, then you're just going to be angry forever. I am not a fan of country music, but the stuff BURNT. makes is really good. Hate me for liking this "watered down" stuff, but it's good and nothing will change that.
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you need to get better at interneting and reading beyond before you use words and have such a stuck up opinion. (watch that you'll make this the center of your next post)
I really don't care about the modern state of what is modern music, mostly because it just lacks character when you compare it to things from the past.
If you don't have any thing else to compare it against, then you have a bias against nothing so then how can you validate your own opinion? where's the rigor in your thinking process then?
The one thing i've noticed in my study of music and it's history is the down fall of musicianship, where the production has increased. Perhaps there's a correlation in that statement, but we'll leave that to the scientists and people who might find that research interesting.
You obviously seem pretty butt hurt about my opinions more than i seem angered.
Me not liking change has nothing to do with any thing. I am majoring in engineering, if i didn't like change or progress, i'd be fighting an uphill battle with the very concepts that people are trying to break on a daily basis to improve the world we live in....soooo don't even go there lol.
And your reasoning as to why i said the things i said are not even remotely close to an understanding of a tradition that you know of the self.
I rest my case, as you've basically ended the argument that you're trying to make by not knowing what else is out there. This conversation will eventually spiral into misunderstanding and unkind comments if you decide to progress.
I highly doubt mozart went on over to the orientals and just hardly listened before coming up with his version of their music.
From what I understand, "Alla turca" was the "Hey brother" of its day: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_music_(style)
Composers added Turkish-sounding percussion to their works because that was what people wanted to hear.
Like it's cool that people are experimenting, it's just kind of a touchy subject when you want to use other people's culture at their expense if you don't actually know how to be utilize those influences.
This is exactly what I hoped you'd explain! Why is it at their expense? What do the people from the US lose when Avicii decides to write a house-country tune?
1) the time spent analyzing was the concept you've missed, and the message i wanted to take away. it has nothing to do with the flavors of what people may or may not wanted to hear. But the understanding of taste and application of that particular perspective in the music their audiences enjoy is what i was getting at. would you use a tool you knew nothing about? probably not, you'd use it at a more masterful capacity once you've learned and understood how it works and how it should and shouldn't be used.
2)I don't care what avicii and modern country does, that's not remotely close to what i am talking about. This is more about ancestral integrity and understanding what your very own roots are to create something interesting and cool. not to mention the respect you'd need to utilize a different perspective properly.
Once again, my first post was about the potential of abuse when it comes people's heritage. This about traditional folk music and the fusion of a modern context. Not popular music, you people can't seem to discern the difference between the two.
