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I don't know: I like some of Rick Beato's content, but I don't agree with him about this. The music industry has been putting out low-rent manufactured music fo
by bartread 6y ago
I don't know: I like some of Rick Beato's content, but I don't agree with him about this. The music industry has been putting out low-rent manufactured music for decades[0]. Computers are just another tool they've used to do that, but computers have also been used to help create great music.
[0] Seriously, there's a bunch of great music from the 60s - and that's what everybody remembers - but there's also a ton of absolute pap from that same decade. You just don't hear it too often any more (thankfully!).
- SeanLuke 6y ago> there's also a ton of absolute pap from that same decade While this is no doubt true, the rate has plummeted from (say) 15% greatness to 0% greatness among commercial music. The business model has changed, with 360 contracts and producer-centric, sales-hyper-focused development. There's great music out there, but it's not being produced by the big labels any more, and that's something truly, and unfortunately, new.
- stallmanite 6y agoI agree 100% but it clearly wasn’t computers or quantization that caused the shitward turn. I love Rick Beato as well but I think he’s conflating two different issues on this one.
- SeanLuke 6y agoWell, yes and no. Ultimately this was all caused by Napster, iTunes, Spotify, and the near-death experience they caused in the music industry. I think the labels were forced to change their business models because of them. Computers and digitization of music made those distribution services, and near-death experiences, possible.