[troutman]

From Reddit, why we won't see new music genres:


deville66
2 points · 11 months ago · edited 11 months ago

I don't know if the cultural apparatus exists for there to be a "explosion" of music (i.e, a number of artists getting famous for a playing a certain style of music.) I think with the speed of information, it is easy for people to create their own scenes and bring a style of music to a certain level of recognition. Rockabilly, British Invasion Blues, Singer/Songwriter Folk, Metal, Early Techno, First Wave Hip Hop, Grunge, Second Wave Ska.... all that stuff took years to reach critical mass. Now the middle man/record company isn't needed. The production/distribution/remuneration model is completely within the artist's grasp. What's left of the record industry isn't really worthy of a huge public fervor or high cultural achievement. What's is considered hip or BIG now is kind of generic and also-ran. (Obviously there are exceptions, I mean artists like Kendrick Lamar will always be geniuses.) But the next big thing is being done by some kid in their bedroom studio, but not too many people will hear about it because they just create music for themselves and their friends. And that's kind of cool in itself.

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