19-09-2009, 00:52
CMB1888 Wrote:@jwee5467
I was thinking more that it's easier for bands to record and sell their own music, on a small scale at least without involving anyone else - seems pretty punk to me.
I do think that people deserve to get paid for their work so I don't think free music is a right but illegal downloading presumably hurts the most commercially successful bands most, not something that weighs heavily on punk bands.
I also have to mention that you seem pretty prescriptive in what instruments 'should' be used - I don't get this at all - if it sounds like punk I don't care what they use.
my point about the instruments is that being authentic is being able to play great music with what you've got both musically and lyrically and if you were strapped to the bare essentials ie the basic instruments and not any flashy effects and artificial sounds you can produce the same quality of performance and music.
then again, punk musically was based around making a point that simplicity is the best way to get the point across - their words meant so much more than the fact that they predominantly used 3 chords and had a fast beat so the focus would be on the lyrics rather than the complexity and how they made those sounds because they could be easily replicated. but hey, that is my opinion.