{"id":152,"date":"2009-10-26T08:09:28","date_gmt":"2009-10-26T15:09:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lexiconic.net\/wheatfromthechaff\/10-2\/wheat-from-the-chaff-is-modern-music-going-down-the-drain"},"modified":"2011-07-13T21:48:55","modified_gmt":"2011-07-14T04:48:55","slug":"wheat-from-the-chaff-is-modern-music-going-down-the-drain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lexiconic.net\/wheatfromthechaff\/archives\/152","title":{"rendered":"Is modern music going down the drain?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0;float:none;height:30px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/lexiconic.net\/wheatfromthechaff\/archives\/152\" send=\"false\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"recommend\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><div id=\"content\">\n<div class=\"blog\"><!-- back and forward --><\/p>\n<div class=\"blogbody\">\n<p><span>I recently came across an interesting article on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.culturemagazine.ca\/music\/2000_2009_making_sense_of_musics_lost_decade.html\" target=\"_blank\">musical legacy of our current decade<\/a> (2000-2009). The article, written by Kris Millet for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.culturemagazine.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">Culture Magazine<\/a>, takes a dim view of this century&#8217;s musical output. His central thesis is that the technological fragmentation of the last 10 years has destroyed our ability to follow a band for any significant length of time, and that a fragmented music press prefers short-term bandwagons that disrupt the long-term appreciation of a band. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">While I sympathize with his viewpoint, I think there are other forces at work, too. The biggest one would be economic. Millet&#8217;s discussion of long-term support for U2 is a perfect example. What record label now can afford to support a band for four albums before it hits the big time? Not many, I would think. I know it&#8217;s old hat to blame record labels for everything that&#8217;s wrong in modern music, but their increasingly obsolete business model does have some upsides: money for promotion, grooming and time to learn. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">I also wonder if songwriters are running out of ideas. Could it be that there is a finite number of good melodies? It would be impossible to measure, I guess, but maybe time will tell. Who knows &#8211; maybe in 10 years every rock and pop act will only be recording cover tunes. Then modern music will be just like classical music! <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"posted\">Posted by <a href=\"mailto:cwelch@lexiconic.net\">Colin Welch<\/a> at 6:33 PM<br \/>\nCategories: <a href=\"http:\/\/lexiconic.net\/wheatfromthechaff2\/archives\/cat_modernculture.html\">Modern Culture<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/lexiconic.net\/wheatfromthechaff2\/archives\/cat_technology.html\">Technology<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/lexiconic.net\/wheatfromthechaff2\/archives\/cat_theeconomy.html\">The Economy<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I recently came across an interesting article on the musical legacy of our current decade (2000-2009). The article, written by Kris Millet for Culture Magazine, takes a dim view of this century&#8217;s musical output. 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