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Originally Posted by aux-in
Just to clarify, there is a difference between drawing from past experiences and influences and what I believe retromania is.
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What is "retromania" to you? As you said before
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Also, I'm in complete agreement with him that Retromania needs to die off. It's everywhere, and it's uninspiring.
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First off: why? and secondly how, a slow death or from instantaneous combustion?
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Originally Posted by aux-in
... One example, although I in no way mean they are a representation of the whole.
The Sheepdogs. If you're in the rock scene, you'll know them. If you're new to them, OK. What era does this look like to you?
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Now what is interesting about that video is that the band spliced their live performance into footage (which I'm guessing) of Woodstock. However the music seems mixed of various artist at that time with some post-Woodstock Rock. It has a retro vibe, but that seems to be the norm to me. Almost every band I listen has some "retro" sound they incorporate into their sound. I guess the question is when is it too much, and when does it
seem like stifle creativity. Another thing to consider is that Retromania may not be the problem, it could be just the artist fails at creating interesting music even though they are relying on past forms of music. I don't believe that only new forms of music can
only be interesting.
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