(05-03-2013, 04:26 PM)Miguel Wrote: Speaking of 2013 perspective, I have been working onsite near American Airlines arena in Dallas. Today, I had lunch in a small bar right across from the arena. It was a late lunch, so I was the only customer. The barkeep and busboy/cook were playing some hip-hop type music.

I spied a TouchTunes music box on the wall. At some point, the music broke for a DJ to say something. I put my dollar in the TouchTunes box and played the only Haley Reinhart song available, "Free." The place had a great sound system and it was really enjoyable to hear the song played loudly and clearly over it.

After it was over, there was silence for a time. Then the busboy went up to a touchpad and punched something in. A driving rap music started to play. An hour and a half later my head is still physcially agitated by it.

(05-03-2013, 04:43 PM)Miguel Wrote: What made the experience even more annoying is I paid more for a burger, fries and drink than I had spent in two weeks of taking my lunch.

(05-03-2013, 04:56 PM)Miguel Wrote: "New Country" might not exist though if pop music hadn't embraced "'digital'/beat driven, creatively templated cacophony."

Because many of today's country songs sound like old pop music.

(05-03-2013, 04:45 PM)Tusk Wrote: I'd like to think that music would come back full circle to more instrumentation and to inspired musicality and less of the 'digital'/beat driven, creatively templated cacophony that reigns on the air waves of today's pop music, but I know that's unlikely

(05-04-2013, 01:38 PM)30CamdenSquare Wrote:

(05-03-2013, 04:45 PM)Tusk Wrote: I'd like to think that music would come back full circle to more instrumentation and to inspired musicality and less of the 'digital'/beat driven, creatively templated cacophony that reigns on the air waves of today's pop music, but I know that's unlikely

Actually the vast majority of modern rock music is instrument driven. Pop music started moving in the EDM direction way back, starting w/ disco, which was probably a big part of why there was such a backlash against it back then. Electronic vs. instrument oriented might actually be the single biggest factor separating the pop & rock genres.

I love a lot of classic rock bands. That's the core of the music I like the most. But I've always been able to find current bands that appealed to my tastes as well. There's good instrument driven music, alot of which would appeal to fans of different types of classic rock, out right now... there's a ton of acoustic folk rock, and there's quite a bit of bluesy soulful stuff, and there are really pretty emotional songs like "People Help the People" by Birdy or "Youth" by Daughter.

But if classic rock fans will only listen to classic rock or decide modern country is the closest thing to the music they like, then we will really end up w/ just EDM Pop, Hip Hop, & Modern Country.... Get out yer cowboy boots Hales. Nah she probably wouldn't do that. She'd go EDM pop before country. I'm excited.

My point is if you like classic rock, there's still good rock music being played on the radio. You might not just fall in love w/ a lot of it, but you'll find something that you like.

Like for example I love "Bright Lights" by Gary Clark Jr.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFjMeOnqAPI

I can't imagine a fan of the blues or bluesy classic rock that wouldn't love this song, but most of them probably haven't heard it.