"The Death of Real Music"

[Eazy-ESP]

It is. Just ask youtube.

Full disclosure; I have a lot of guitars and other instruments. So, a bit hypocritical on my part, but honestly it inspires me to play more. Not really going to shill any of them, but def would recommend some over others depending on what the person is after if I have enough experience to give quality input.

Trust me I technically have too much gear than what I “need” too. But yeah, YouTube has definitely become full of slick salesmen in guitarist suits.

 

[DanTravis62]

It is. Just ask youtube.

Full disclosure; I have a lot of guitars and other instruments. So, a bit hypocritical on my part, but honestly it inspires me to play more. Not really going to shill any of them, but def would recommend some over others depending on what the person is after if I have enough experience to give quality input.

I certainly trust and value your opinions on stuff. Same with a lot of RTers. You've got experience with a lot of gear

 

[Greazygeo]

I'm playing the old doowap club tomorrow. It used to be a Jazz and Blues club, but they've been reaching out to the local metal scene to do shows. The metal club a few doors down is mostly focused on drag shows and gender politics now, and doesn't have many shows, so we're going to play a blues club instead. Weird times.

Yes weird times. My drummer lives east of Cleveland and has been trying to break into the reggae scene there. Didn’t know there was one. Looks like there is.

 

[mbt64]

Social media exacerbated the already horrendous culture established by reality TV. American Idol etc. started the idea of garnering fame for doing stupid stuff was just as desirable as having talent and ability. It wasn’t would be funny except how it seems to be dominant in society. Plus getting shit-tons of money for it. Admittedly I'm jealous, I’ve done lots of dumb-assery and no one wanted to pay me for it

 

[cobrahead1030]

I hate that generating clicks & views has become its own god awful genre of music.

But on the bright side, every time I watch the latest Andy Wood video on YouTube, I get about 15 minutes in before I feel obligated to go practice something I've been slacking on.

 

[anomaly]

People suck

 

[midnightlaundry]

I post clips.
It's all takes with no Quantize or fake edit fuckery ..
I use real Amps..
I record with real Mics and fancy gear that took me my whole life to get..
Nobody gives a shit..
If I was a kid today, I'd probably be all about 1 box that has sounds and records direct..


Human nature is about easy..
If some lump can get away with faking it, of course that's how it will play out.
Not a lot of scruples with the generations that grew up with some Device in hand to tell them what to think and how to live..
This will not change..

 

[Rip]

As the pendulum swings back, people will become more hungry for an authentic experience.

We likely will see a resurgence of live shows (and live streams) with musicians proudly displaying very basic gear.

People quickly become oversaturated with artificial perfection and then crave that human experience that includes mistakes.

Aren't mistakes (and risk of mistakes) what makes things perfectly human and alive?

I'm an optimist.