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How would define "bad music"?
- Thread starter bassliner50
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Yeah, there are certainly bad performances. I have also seen "bad" songs performed excellently in a fun and entertaining way, and found them enjoyable.
I agree. No objective criteria can be universally applied.
People (musicians especially) love to try to come up with objective proof of what's good or bad (or "authentic")
I say relax, and be comfortable with owning your opinion as just that.
We sure are, and you just never know where each of us will find a little gem that can move us, affect us deeply, and often from some really unexpected places.
I once found a video of the Royal Swedish Military Band, marching and playing a great marching band chart of Abba's 'Dancing Queen'. And I am at a complete and utter loss to explain why I tear up every time I watch it. Humans are remarkably malleable emotionally, starting with me.
All the Best,
JW
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Bad music is everything you choose not to listen to, change the station, turn off, select an other song, whatever. The advantage of being narrow minded is that it keeps you focused on what pleases you.
Yes.
Computers do NOT groove, IMO.
Wasn’t intending any negative towards RAP in particular. In fact, I see it as current age beatnik music. IMO, it would be far better played by humans rather than less expensive computers.
4 pages in without a single Nickelback reference. This is the most mature message board on the world wide web 
I don't think it has to necessarily be insulting. I do think there is wiggle room when it comes to artistic expression. Someone might not be a great "vocalist", for example, but still be a very effective singer.
Good = music that appeals to a person
Bad = music that doesnt appeal to that same person
Its really that simple.....anything else is just arguing if chocolate ice cream tastes better than vanilla ice cream
Bad = music that doesnt appeal to that same person
Its really that simple.....anything else is just arguing if chocolate ice cream tastes better than vanilla ice cream
Much of the music I grew up with was either made with drum machines, sampled and looped drum parts or "live" drums that were, effectively, quantized (1980s productions). It has never really bothered me (I still enjoy lots of electronic music, for example) but I can see why some people would have an aversion to programmed rhythms. I wouldn't want to listen to only programmed/quantized drum tracks. I guess for me it depends largely on the context. The earliest rap records were made with live bands and then drum machines and samples became the go-to. Now, for commercial rap product it seems to be mostly programmed beats which follow the prescribed formula of the time. Independently made hip-hop draws from across the spectrum.
I would put it that bad music is music where they were focused on words for songs,but not on musicianship,
I heard this stuff on 89.3FM WNUR Evanston Il.
Back when my cars CD player wasn't working.
Pissed me off enough to find out who it was and "mark"it.
I heard this stuff on 89.3FM WNUR Evanston Il.
Back when my cars CD player wasn't working.
Pissed me off enough to find out who it was and "mark"it.
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I like it.
Your favorite music sucks unless I say it doesn't.
Your favorite music sucks unless I say it doesn't.
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In my view the definition is simple. 'Bad' music is music performed badly, and there's plenty of that going around. The rest of it - style, genre, etc - is purely subjective, and as we all know, there's no accounting for taste. People like what they like.
