The Official "Music Was So Much Better in the Glorious Days of Yore" Thread

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Originally Posted by rostasi

What is the “standard” for “innovation”? What is the “standard” for “production technique”? Who’s the person setting the “standards” for “complexity”, “idea” or “invention”? .

I kinda feel like you’re arguing here for the sake of argument, or that you’ve been somewhat offended by my comment.

Innovation in songwriting and production techniques is creating new wąsy, possibilities, etc, that other people then start to use. Like a certain chord progression, or playing a tape in reverse, or whatever

Complexity is when the music in question is not created out of cliché chord progresions, or simple 3-4 chords patterns, or not out of chords that you learn when you first pick up an instrument. Et cætra
If your music is based on cliché progressions, 3 chords, or basic chords, then what you need is the „idea” (your own „invention”) for innovation, so these simple patterns seem new and interesting.

What was the point of asking these things?