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I would say yes and no depending on what kind of music were talking about. As far as mainstream music goes that mess is dead and has been dead over the last what... 20 years now? but there is good music out there you just have to find it. Most of the underground artists make great music.Their the main ones striving for new sounds and experimenting with new things. (Im not saying ALL non hyped artists are great but majority of them are.)
Radio music= dead BUT good music is still alive and running, just got to look for it.

yeah i know you weren't, hell someone could come up with a new logarithm tomorrow and make a new pedal, and open up a whole new guitar style. i'm just saying, the future of music now is dependent on technology. all innovation will be thanks to it

@mjs: just because you don't like mainstream hip-hop doesn't mean it's bad. let's see you try to get that much sub-bass out of your mix without over modulating

you need to stop staring at your ding dong. a new pedal will NOT reshape how people handle their phallic symbols. focusing on other instruments and styles will. try to play clarinet leads on an electric tuned down to C - you won't sound like many other guitar players out there. try emulating classical horn sections on a bass. play the drums like a melodic instrument. it's not about technological development, it's about the mental development of the musicians. seriously, the idea that the future of music is dependent on technology is so 1984.

You are correct but there is still a good deal of influence technology has on music.

For instance the invention of the Moog (spelling?) synthesizer started an entire new genre of music and brought many more different sounds into play.

You are still correct in saying that it is mental, that is also in my opinion the biggest factor in the creation of new music.

Lol. Didn't you say Low was a good song in your Flo' Rida' review?

Dont worry bout what he says. I don't take him seriously either.

Rezz,
One of the great joys of listening to music is when you experiment and go listening to artists that you haven't heard before, and you listen to one songs that makes you go 'WOW!". The time and effort spent looking for that song is more than paid for by the enjoyment that you get from hearing that song. Hearing that one song is the like the key unlocking the door to a whole new range of artists and songs. Another point to rememberis that there are other genres apart from rock/pop. If you get tired of them, you can always start exploring those genres as well. I think of all the great songs out there in the musical ether that I haven't heard, and that I should listen to at least once.

And you are telling me this why?

The point that many bands imitate does not make them any less innovative for having developed the sound or for expanding it as they do. And, more importantly, the point that you admit they came up with a new sound indicates that it is quite possible...unless you are claiming that their sound was the end of innovation in indie music, which frankly would be absurd.

Animal Collective innovative ?

:laughing:

They just sound like Jonathan Donahue era Flaming Lips.