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I Feel Like A Dinosaur
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I know how you guys feel. I look at where some of the bands I idolized when I was a kid are now and I just freak out sometimes - "Those guys are almost 50??? I must have one foot in the grave..."
"... and stay off mine! Marge, I think I just blew an 'O' ring, yelling at the kids!"
If we're such dinosaurs, why isn't the music of the 60's-80's dying? Why does every other commercial contain a classic hit from the 60's-80's? Why do people recognize more hits on the dance floor from these past decades? Well, it might be my location too, but I play in a couple sit-ins and we do older rock. Even young ladies still dance.
I think it's going to take a while for any generation after 1990 to create the body of hits that people still hum and whistle in this 21st century. Sign me, a dinosaur.....
I think it's going to take a while for any generation after 1990 to create the body of hits that people still hum and whistle in this 21st century. Sign me, a dinosaur.....
We need to start thinking seriously about the kind of world our kids are going to leave to Keith Richards.
If you are genuinely interested in finding new music that you will like, and that will be of the same quality as old stuff, just ask some younger folks! We will gladly hook you guys up!
I guarentee you that I can find new music that will pleasantly surprise you. The radio is just going through the "club" phase right now that started from the moment Ke$ha released her first hit. That's why it's all ambient, full of subs, and repetitive.
I guarentee you that I can find new music that will pleasantly surprise you. The radio is just going through the "club" phase right now that started from the moment Ke$ha released her first hit. That's why it's all ambient, full of subs, and repetitive.
Commercials use old music because old folks have larger incomes.
Yeah, I don't get Solange at all, but Bruno I totally dig. Just like back in the day, I like some of the new stuff, some I don't.
I don't think slap is totally dead Doc, I just think it will take a while before someone figures out how to integrate it with the new groove if that makes sense. Bass players on both upright and electric are kinda in a new world of groove post Chris Dave & Eric Harland & Sputt & Marcus Gilmore. But I think it will find a way in. Definitely probably never gonna be as slappy as it was back in the Brother's Johnson hey day though. A lot of young folk are listening to Derrick & Michael League it is true. But Dirty Loops was a thing last year. And Hiatus Kaiyote definitely has room for slap in their music. As does Kendrick Lamar I think. I think people are going to want that dry, middy thump for some stuff. But we gotta figure out how to make it groove over 7 and not sound contrived. Not sure who's gonna do that work yet.
I think someone could slap for Thundercat
I imagine Ben Williams could use some slap as well
I imagine Ben Williams could use some slap as well
Admitted dinosaur here. But nope.....not giving up slap! Not now, not ever. Doesn't mean it's all I do though. Most of the new music does not move me in any way to abandon a style of playing. I'm over NeoSoul but I appreciate it. Not a Solange fan. She's basically riding her sister's coattails! I appreciate the creativity. Hodge and Thundercat are good. I like that they are not chops guys. I wish more bassists would do that. I'm over the bass player chops fest thing. I do keep up with current music so I know what tunes to add to the band's list. Personal listening.....I find myself going back decades for music that is pleasing to me. Great songwriting, great basslines. I love great pop music. There are some new gems that show up every now and then. They all seem to have traits from yesteryears though! Too bad Prince is no longer here. That void will never be filled.
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Just remember Millennials, you're only at this stage of Dinovolution:
Edit: Should mention I'm a Grumpy Old Fartosaurus.
Edit: Should mention I'm a Grumpy Old Fartosaurus.
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Uh.....because every other commercial is for a Lincoln that old people drive, or a drug that old people take, or a cruise line old people use, or a sale at JC Penny young people would never go to, or a restaurant only families like mine or old people go to. That's why they all have old music in them.
(P.S. I'm 45 and love classic rock. I'm just stating the facts.)
Yeah. That's it. The Millennial Whoop huh? Good name. And certainly more creative than the thing it's describing.
You're only old if you refuse to change. Heck, there are some Justin Bieber songs that I like. There's a lot of new music out there that's great. And don't compare classic music to today and declare today's music crap. What you're really comparing is the best hits from the past forty years, the ones that have stood the test of time, and comparing all of that against a snapshot of today's music. There was a lot of garbage over the past forty years that just ended up in the clearance bin.
