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We seem to have stabilized at "electronic (=cheap to make) hip-hop influenced auto-tune pop" as the basic standard for top-40s music. [EDIT] I gather someone m
by ashark 9y ago
We seem to have stabilized at "electronic (=cheap to make) hip-hop influenced auto-tune pop" as the basic standard for top-40s music.
[EDIT] I gather someone may have thought I was taking a swipe at electronic music? I wasn't, but its enduring appeal for the commercial side of the industry is probably related to costs.
- dpark 9y agoIn what way is electronic music meaningfully cheaper to make? You still need to book a studio unless you're going pure instrumental, and that's where the cost is. I guess you get to cut out a dependency on studio musicians, but I don't think studio musicians actually get paid that much.
- ashark 9y agoCheaper to stage live (you can spend the money on theatrics instead, if you like), fewer takes. Composition blends into final recording, without an intermediate step. [EDIT] You can basically have most or all of your non-vocal tracks ready before stepping into the studio. Maybe even some of the backing vocals, if you sample. [EDIT EDIT] see also: the state of movie soundtracks, which have in the last couple decades skewed towards rhythm-over-melody electronically-composed (and possibly finalized that way!) works, largely for reasons of cost and (related to cost) predictability.
- dpark 9y agoFair enough. I could see how those could factor into the total recording costs quite a bit.
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