18-12-2009, 19:55
mile:Drealm Wrote:There is 2 kinds:
2. Soft Rock
I don't know if I'm right here, but it is the direct translation (in french: Rock Détente) of a radio station I have in my region that play EXACTLY the kind of music I can't stand. If I want to show someone what kind of music I hate, it's simple, I just open the radio to this station and there's a 98% chance that I will really hate the song playing. It's the kind of slow commercial songs, Celine Dion being a good example (she comes from Quebec, the province where I live; she basically was speaking french). You know, typical commercial artists that always sing about love, their music showing nothing special, like you heard it a million times before. I sometimes fear to end up in a job where this radio plays all day long; I fear that it may affect my moral, slowly making me mad. I really can't stand this music.
I can not understand, and have not being able to understand this opinion/perspective for a while. I think there is TOO much emphasis placed on originality and not enough on quality, and no, originality doesn't equal quality. I remember hearing Xzibit's first rap album many years ago. It was completely original, but Sh*te to match, and i'm sure that is not a one off thing! Furthermore, who wants to work and not get paid for it. There is no point in critical acclaim without the pay to go with it, and if that is your standpoint, you should go into classical music making or such! Lastly, and this is just to reinforce my point, "if something's not broken don't fix it", thats what they say isn't it, so if something has been done before and was successful/good why not do it again for the new generation.
