Music Banter - View Single Post - Most Important Music Cultral Movement EVER

devindissell · 07-25-2008, 04:42 PM

Early blues pioneers like Johnson absolutely set the foundation for most variations of RnR in both the UK and US. For that, it has to be considered the most important movement in music in the West. Like sam said, if you want to bring classical into the discussion, you have to separate the discussion itself into the movements of the West and that of Europe. It simply goes back too far and is too diverse to really compare to what we would call modern music.

As for the greatest thing that has happened to music in terms of it reaching the ears of the world...hands down the Internet. No contest.

Outside of the actual music-making element...I believe there is much to be said of the advent of the Neilsen Soundscan system in the US and Canada in '91. It brought a completely different level of competition in music sales to the West and with that, sometimes compromised the quality of music being produced. Think about the explosion of early-'90s teen pop...is anybody really going to advocate for that style of music and similar types which have spawned from it as opposed to that leading up to that time?

07-25-2008, 04:42 PM	#32 (permalink)
devindissell Groupie Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 5	Early blues pioneers like Johnson absolutely set the foundation for most variations of RnR in both the UK and US. For that, it has to be considered the most important movement in music in the West. Like sam said, if you want to bring classical into the discussion, you have to separate the discussion itself into the movements of the West and that of Europe. It simply goes back too far and is too diverse to really compare to what we would call modern music. As for the greatest thing that has happened to music in terms of it reaching the ears of the world...hands down the Internet. No contest. Outside of the actual music-making element...I believe there is much to be said of the advent of the Neilsen Soundscan system in the US and Canada in '91. It brought a completely different level of competition in music sales to the West and with that, sometimes compromised the quality of music being produced. Think about the explosion of early-'90s teen pop...is anybody really going to advocate for that style of music and similar types which have spawned from it as opposed to that leading up to that time? Last edited by devindissell; 07-25-2008 at 04:49 PM. Reason: Insert signature.