The taste of music is going sour...?

For me it is the way the world is because the music is influence by Satan the ruler of this system.

This is a touchy subject, you dont want to sound sour or moany complaining aout the crap mainstream music people listen to today, but personally i see your point. Im 16 and at the age of 14 i started listening to korean pop music, because i hoped the change on LANGUAGE might help me enjoy the music more since i was sick of the mainstream stuff from the UK and US Did this help?... Yes, for a while, but then i realized that the only difference between kpop and non kpop pop songs were in fact the language difference. Thew were sung in different languages but really, they all practiced the same religion, the same used up beats and rinsed out 'artists'. The constant use or misuse of auto tune and 'techno' beats were killing me, i needed a change and it came in the form of indie. Indie music and its soft acoustic, folky music was such a nice change, for once my ears could breathed from all those tortured machines and finally listen to instruments. Guitars, pianos even flutes and drum could be paired harmonically in one song, you could say i found peace in music. I listen to english and korean indie songs, even now i still listen to kpop and even look up the latest top 40 hits once in a while. I feel the most important thing about music is variety like most things in life, when people get stuck to one genre, it can hinder them from tasting what else the world has to offer. For me it was going from different genres and styles that i discovered my love for music period, I'm not cultured in all things musically artistic, even some of the songs that i consider to be my favorite are some of the songs to which i know very little about. Mostly its about the feeling you get the moment you listen to the songs. Some songs are disposable, they are there to make you dance for on minute, but the next you have completely forgotten about it. I think that is the major problem in mainstream music today, its too fleeting but we are bombarded by them every minute leaving little room for the artist below the mainstream to rise up and receive the attention they deserve. However, it seems a curse that once a 'good' artist comes into the mainstream, their music becomes bad, repetitive or over produced. Is this our way of rebelling against that which others find attractive, or is there some truth in these notions. Personally, i think there are some truths in both answers. The most important thing is to not get bogged down to one thing, even if rock is your favorite genre, what type of rock there are so many sub-genres and people don't seem to see this. Fortunately, we live in a world were everyone is unique, so therefore shouldn't there be some individuality in all that we do including music? Music isn't going sour, there are some that try to drag it down, but really she's strong so we know that's impossible. It can never fail us and it wont ever fail us. The best place to look for good music, is not where others tell us good music is, but really in our hearts. If it touches and moves you in the right way, that is what good music is, that is all that matters.

This is precisely the reason I do not listen to mainstream music. Of course, this then prompts my friends to assume that I am not a music fan when my collection is ten times the size of theirs - it just includes artists that are primarily non-mainstream. Anything I like that was ever in the mainstream, I began liking either before or after it's heyday rather than during. At least half of my favorite artists are still alive (but like I said, most of them, with the exception of Garth Brooks and a handful of country singers, Meat Loaf, and a few symphonic rock/metal bands would not be anyone the average person will have heard of). Someone in this thread mentioned ancient/classical composers and I agree. The German composers are my favorites. Guitar masters such as Jerry Garcia and Duane Allman I would welcome back any day. "Mama" Cass Elliot is also a favorite as is the late Chris LeDoux (a country singer). Any New Orleans jazz or blues artist would be heavenly. Those are just a few I can name off hand, but I'm sure if I had time I could come up with a pretty endless list.

Sadly music is not what it used to be. The fact is that its more about being trendy right now, then actually making something that is long lasted. There will be perhaps a handful of acts that are hot today, that are going to really be remembered as anything more than a flash in the pan years and years again. Listening to a lot of music these days, with a clear ear, it is obvious that things have gone downhill slightly. There is still some decent work out here. However, it really does seems to be a lot less to say the very least. Therefore, I find myself enjoying the music of times past. It is remembered decades later for a good reason, as because it is of quality and revolutionized the music industry for the better. These days, not really so much.

until now no one can rival the ancient composers where their work is still beautiful to be enjoyed to date.

personally, i think 2pac or the old AC/DC singer should come back from the after life. they both made a great impact on their genres of music. I don't really care for 2pac, but he has made a tremendous amount of impact on the rap/hip hop genre, which i do not really care for too. Bon Scott has made a really huge amount of impact on the rock, and what i believe is that he has shaped the new metal genres into what they are.