Future of Music:

kikikryptonite · 06-01-2010, 06:21 AM

Hey,this is a small write up I did for a research project.
What do you feel would happen in the world of music years from now?

Future of Music

Classical, hip-hop, jazz, country, rock, and even techno. To us, they are normal, everyday genres of music we play, listen to, and sometimes write. But there’s a meaning behind each of these names – a story, that describes the journey of each genre and the unique sound it therefore has. In today’s world, thousands of these different genres have been experimented with. Even so, with the availability of technology and creative minds of modern day musicians, music is yet to have reached its full scale. But what’s next?
Imagine not having to have to make our own music, where a computer autonomously creates music for us. Perhaps this is maybe a too far-fetched of an idea. But recently, technology has been used to make composing music much faster and a lot simpler. A week ago, I have discovered, through a friend, a something called UJAM. Although, not yet launched, it’s a program that appears to me, as the closest step to the world of music. It takes a simple tune and within couple of clicks, creates a song. Soon every single person with even a little bit of creativity will be able to contribute to the musical realm. For music to be coming from every soul on earth, wouldn’t that be the ideal situation?
When we have a program like this, the popular music will probably continue to only represent the most fundamental emotions that we, as humans, share: love. It has been that way all throughout history. Even with everyone having their own special taste, love is a feeling that is strong within every individual. Otherwise, no one will be creating the same lyrics or feelings. Everyone will have the chance to make their own popular music, compose their own favourite pieces, and sing about their most personal topics. With each person being able to express their feelings, the topics in their modern-day music will be as diverse as the number of people who love, and appreciate the art of music.
What could also happen with the development of technology is that music from all sorts of culture would combine to formulate different styles of music – like how jazz and hip hop was formed. Perhaps something with Asian sound and Western music will combine to create whole new grounds for exploration. There’s already been an instance where an Indian song was taken and was written to be an American pop song, Jai Ho by Pussycat Dolls. There’s also American song taken to an East-Asian country and was remade including ‘Insomnia’ by Craig David and ‘In My Head’ by Jason Derulo. The crossover is already starting to happen; maybe in couple years, we can expect something revolutionary, something fresh.
Another possibility for future of music is the popularization of techno-type experimental music. We would create loops after loops of repeating sound, repeating notes, putting random notes at random intervals. There would be sounds produced by all kinds of synthesizers, acoustics, and anything that makes noise. The unique rhythmic feel created by loops of notes with exclusive tone would definitely be popular as dance music at a club.
One thing that I do hope would occur in the future is for every individual to be exposed to a great deal of music of different genres and styles. I find it one flaw, nowadays, that people don’t get exposed to very diverse styles of music – especially when it comes to classical and orchestral songs. The complexity of classical music, the creativity of jazz, the energy of rock, the flowing emotion of a ballad – they all have something to contribute to our mental, emotional, and musical side.
The future of music won’t necessarily be only positive things. There’ll probably be negative changes that occur. With the trend of the society, and therefore music, becoming less and less strict, the artists are taking the liberty of changing everything about music: sound, meter, rhythm, form, and style. Unbound by restriction, music can prosper to create something unlike what we’ve heard so far, but at the same time, can lose its shape and form.
Music – the sound that speaks our heart and mind. In the future, we will have a wide variety of music, all easily accessible even to people not trained in the area of music. We will be able to hear the song of just about every perspective. With the introduction of technology, the only boundary for music is the extent of human expression and creativity.

The Bullet · 06-01-2010, 05:33 PM

OK, some might not realise it, but when you think about it, the past few years have been a turning point for music. I mean, look at the facts.

Pop is getting more hip-hop inspired and vice versa. As much as I hate the combination, it, without hesitation, rules the charts right now. Lady GaGa is inspired by hip-hop, for example ('least it sounds like it). I mean, every now and then she raps a verse, her beat can be pretty hip-hopish etc. Also, Black Eyed Peas, a once hip-hop act, are now arguably pop. However, they havn't taken the hip-hop elements compleatly out of their music either. I mean, it's still a group of singer-rappers, essentially. I think the two genre's will continue to fuse until we get, like, a new genre.

Indie... Do I even need to say anything? Indie is huge right now. I sware, it'll be looked at as a revolution years from now. Pheonix, MGMT (I know they're technically not indie, but they sound it to me), The Airbourne Toxic Event, Death Cab For Cutie, the list is huge. Plus, giant alternative bands are starting to sound more Indie. The Killers, Kings of Leon, and Muse are good examples. Indie, and Indie-inspired music, basically rules the charts aside from the pop-hip hop fusion mentioned above. My take? Sometimes Indie's good, sometimes it's boring.

In addition, acoustic (or usuallt acoustic) guitar-oriented kind of indie folk-pop music (I dunno if there's a name for it) is pretty big. I'm talking about, like John Mayer and Jason Mraz. I know it's technically indie, but, at the same time, it's different from the indie I was talking about in my last paragraph. I think it'll keep getting less Indie until it's its own genre. My opinion? This music doesn't really do much for me.

And what Kikikryptonite's saying in his second paragraph, about how music'll get more technological, it totally will. All of the above genre's (expect maybe the last, half-genre one), use ALOT of synthesisers and programing. Heck, the synthesiser is like the main part of the music alot of the time, aside from the vocals (white are often edited by computors) and maybe the beat. That's gonna keep going. Sole singers with only computor sounds backing them? That's not far away from becoming mainstream at all. To me, the computor is an instrument, and this'll be less like a genre, and more like a... field. You could make music of genre doing this. It might be good for musicians hearing sounds in their head that can't be replecated on an instrument. At the same time, a computor doesn't know emotion. You won't be able to hear that soulful guitar solo...

mr dave · 06-01-2010, 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by The Bullet

Indie... Do I even need to say anything? Indie is huge right now. I sware, it'll be looked at as a revolution years from now. Pheonix, MGMT (I know they're technically not indie, but they sound it to me), The Airbourne Toxic Event, Death Cab For Cutie, the list is huge. Plus, giant alternative bands are starting to sound more Indie. The Killers, Kings of Leon, and Muse are good examples. Indie, and Indie-inspired music, basically rules the charts aside from the pop-hip hop fusion mentioned above. My take? Sometimes Indie's good, sometimes it's boring.

AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHahAhahahahaha

sorry but Indie is about as fresh as alternative rock which was about as fresh as new wave. all that happened is bands who wanted to indirectly play the mainstream started calling themselves the new it word.

it'll become painfully apparent when the current crop of elementary school kids start going on and on about some 'new' style where artistic integrity is a greater focus than commercial popularity in a few years and you'll be scratching your head and wondering why it doesn't really sound any different than the 'indie' you grew up with.

also the view of the 'future' with solo vocalists using computers and synths as a backing band is pretty much 100% the big prediction from the 80s. the fact that it's somehow seen as fresh or innovative 3 decades later makes me sad.

as for the UJAM thing what a load of idealistic hippie tripe. yeah the internet will use that to promote planetary love. have you been on the internet before today? that thing will turn into the most offensive **** sounds generator ever within about 3 minutes or be so limited in functionality that it becomes a novelty.

as for the 'fusion' of styles in the OP? HOLY CRAP some factory made prefab pop band 'experimented' by doing an Indian pop song as a Western pop song? UNPOSSIBLE! i think i need to sit down. - "maybe in a couple of years, we can expect something revolutionary, something fresh". this is quite possibly the saddest thing i've ever read on this site. no wait... this is it - "One thing that I do hope would occur in the future is for every individual to be exposed to a great deal of music of different genres and styles."

what do you think one of the greatest elements of the internet is in regards to music is? the option to listen to and be exposed to a great deal of music, genres, and styles has been at our fingertips for well over 10 years now. there's absolutely NO REASON for anyone posting on the internet to think that it's still years away. the 'future' is now, you just need to stop relying on tv and radio for anything besides local traffic and weather updates.

if a person can't be bothered to take their listening habits into their own hands and actively look for good music then they DESERVE to have a constant flow of cultural garbage fed to them.

mattyb · 06-02-2010, 08:13 AM

Hello gentleman and ladies

I want to know what everyone thinks is the sound coming through at the moment is. Like the 80's was new romantic, 60's rock 'n' roll, end of 80's dance.

What is the sound/movement that is going to hit us in 2010-20??? What underground movement is going down around the world that 98% of us dont know about?

I'd love to know what you think me and my friends have been having debates over this for a while.

JamesTee · 06-02-2010, 08:22 AM

I often thought about this, but always kinda thought there had never been anything that big since (for me in the UK at least) rave and grunge in the 90s.

Since the dawn of the internet there have been a big number of new scenes, but they all seem to get over exposed before getting chance to really take a hold.

Underground movement one minute, "Best XXXX Anthem" compilation released the next.

**Janszoon** · 06-02-2010, 05:21 PM

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Originally Posted by mr dave

AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHahAhahahahaha

sorry but Indie is about as fresh as alternative rock which was about as fresh as new wave. all that happened is bands who wanted to indirectly play the mainstream started calling themselves the new it word.

it'll become painfully apparent when the current crop of elementary school kids start going on and on about some 'new' style where artistic integrity is a greater focus than commercial popularity in a few years and you'll be scratching your head and wondering why it doesn't really sound any different than the 'indie' you grew up with.

You took the words right out of my mouth.

Necromancer · 06-02-2010, 05:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mr dave

if a person can't be bothered to take their listening habits into their own hands and actively look for good music then they DESERVE to have a constant flow of cultural garbage fed to them.

That says alot,... OK!.

mr dave · 06-02-2010, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by mattyb

What underground movement is going down around the world that 98% of us dont know about?

what do you think the internet really is?

The Bullet · 06-03-2010, 07:43 PM

^^

I don't think he's refering to the internet. I think he's refering to a musical revolution. I can feel one coming.

Music is being marketed differently. Individual artists are not a main focus for record companies, because record companies just wants to appeal to every person to be a fan of one of their bands (which means diversity), not just have someone so big you would think that he was the president. This makes just as much money for the record company. If they sell 80 million albums one year (let's call it year x), then 100 million the next (year Y), it doesn't matter if Michael Jackson or Elvis or The Beatles is 20% of year x, being the biggest artist that year, and someone else sells 5% of the 100 million in year Y. They get more money in year Y.

Eventually, the market will fall and they will need to pull it together in a huge way. When they do, that's the revolution. That's the new genre that comes out of nowhere. And it'll be big enough to reconise as a revolution during the fact. I give ten years.

06-01-2010, 06:21 AM	#1 (permalink)
kikikryptonite Groupie Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 1	Future of Music: Hey,this is a small write up I did for a research project. What do you feel would happen in the world of music years from now? Future of Music Classical, hip-hop, jazz, country, rock, and even techno. To us, they are normal, everyday genres of music we play, listen to, and sometimes write. But there’s a meaning behind each of these names – a story, that describes the journey of each genre and the unique sound it therefore has. In today’s world, thousands of these different genres have been experimented with. Even so, with the availability of technology and creative minds of modern day musicians, music is yet to have reached its full scale. But what’s next? Imagine not having to have to make our own music, where a computer autonomously creates music for us. Perhaps this is maybe a too far-fetched of an idea. But recently, technology has been used to make composing music much faster and a lot simpler. A week ago, I have discovered, through a friend, a something called UJAM. Although, not yet launched, it’s a program that appears to me, as the closest step to the world of music. It takes a simple tune and within couple of clicks, creates a song. Soon every single person with even a little bit of creativity will be able to contribute to the musical realm. For music to be coming from every soul on earth, wouldn’t that be the ideal situation? When we have a program like this, the popular music will probably continue to only represent the most fundamental emotions that we, as humans, share: love. It has been that way all throughout history. Even with everyone having their own special taste, love is a feeling that is strong within every individual. Otherwise, no one will be creating the same lyrics or feelings. Everyone will have the chance to make their own popular music, compose their own favourite pieces, and sing about their most personal topics. With each person being able to express their feelings, the topics in their modern-day music will be as diverse as the number of people who love, and appreciate the art of music. What could also happen with the development of technology is that music from all sorts of culture would combine to formulate different styles of music – like how jazz and hip hop was formed. Perhaps something with Asian sound and Western music will combine to create whole new grounds for exploration. There’s already been an instance where an Indian song was taken and was written to be an American pop song, Jai Ho by Pussycat Dolls. There’s also American song taken to an East-Asian country and was remade including ‘Insomnia’ by Craig David and ‘In My Head’ by Jason Derulo. The crossover is already starting to happen; maybe in couple years, we can expect something revolutionary, something fresh. Another possibility for future of music is the popularization of techno-type experimental music. We would create loops after loops of repeating sound, repeating notes, putting random notes at random intervals. There would be sounds produced by all kinds of synthesizers, acoustics, and anything that makes noise. The unique rhythmic feel created by loops of notes with exclusive tone would definitely be popular as dance music at a club. One thing that I do hope would occur in the future is for every individual to be exposed to a great deal of music of different genres and styles. I find it one flaw, nowadays, that people don’t get exposed to very diverse styles of music – especially when it comes to classical and orchestral songs. The complexity of classical music, the creativity of jazz, the energy of rock, the flowing emotion of a ballad – they all have something to contribute to our mental, emotional, and musical side. The future of music won’t necessarily be only positive things. There’ll probably be negative changes that occur. With the trend of the society, and therefore music, becoming less and less strict, the artists are taking the liberty of changing everything about music: sound, meter, rhythm, form, and style. Unbound by restriction, music can prosper to create something unlike what we’ve heard so far, but at the same time, can lose its shape and form. Music – the sound that speaks our heart and mind. In the future, we will have a wide variety of music, all easily accessible even to people not trained in the area of music. We will be able to hear the song of just about every perspective. With the introduction of technology, the only boundary for music is the extent of human expression and creativity.

06-01-2010, 05:33 PM	#2 (permalink)
The Bullet Music Addict Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 454	OK, some might not realise it, but when you think about it, the past few years have been a turning point for music. I mean, look at the facts. Pop is getting more hip-hop inspired and vice versa. As much as I hate the combination, it, without hesitation, rules the charts right now. Lady GaGa is inspired by hip-hop, for example ('least it sounds like it). I mean, every now and then she raps a verse, her beat can be pretty hip-hopish etc. Also, Black Eyed Peas, a once hip-hop act, are now arguably pop. However, they havn't taken the hip-hop elements compleatly out of their music either. I mean, it's still a group of singer-rappers, essentially. I think the two genre's will continue to fuse until we get, like, a new genre. Indie... Do I even need to say anything? Indie is huge right now. I sware, it'll be looked at as a revolution years from now. Pheonix, MGMT (I know they're technically not indie, but they sound it to me), The Airbourne Toxic Event, Death Cab For Cutie, the list is huge. Plus, giant alternative bands are starting to sound more Indie. The Killers, Kings of Leon, and Muse are good examples. Indie, and Indie-inspired music, basically rules the charts aside from the pop-hip hop fusion mentioned above. My take? Sometimes Indie's good, sometimes it's boring. In addition, acoustic (or usuallt acoustic) guitar-oriented kind of indie folk-pop music (I dunno if there's a name for it) is pretty big. I'm talking about, like John Mayer and Jason Mraz. I know it's technically indie, but, at the same time, it's different from the indie I was talking about in my last paragraph. I think it'll keep getting less Indie until it's its own genre. My opinion? This music doesn't really do much for me. And what Kikikryptonite's saying in his second paragraph, about how music'll get more technological, it totally will. All of the above genre's (expect maybe the last, half-genre one), use ALOT of synthesisers and programing. Heck, the synthesiser is like the main part of the music alot of the time, aside from the vocals (white are often edited by computors) and maybe the beat. That's gonna keep going. Sole singers with only computor sounds backing them? That's not far away from becoming mainstream at all. To me, the computor is an instrument, and this'll be less like a genre, and more like a... field. You could make music of genre doing this. It might be good for musicians hearing sounds in their head that can't be replecated on an instrument. At the same time, a computor doesn't know emotion. You won't be able to hear that soulful guitar solo... __________________ http://soundcloud.com/zachary-steuer

06-02-2010, 08:13 AM	#4 (permalink)
mattyb Groupie Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 1	New Movement for the decade Hello gentleman and ladies I want to know what everyone thinks is the sound coming through at the moment is. Like the 80's was new romantic, 60's rock 'n' roll, end of 80's dance. What is the sound/movement that is going to hit us in 2010-20??? What underground movement is going down around the world that 98% of us dont know about? I'd love to know what you think me and my friends have been having debates over this for a while.

06-03-2010, 07:43 PM	#9 (permalink)
The Bullet Music Addict Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 454	^^ I don't think he's refering to the internet. I think he's refering to a musical revolution. I can feel one coming. Music is being marketed differently. Individual artists are not a main focus for record companies, because record companies just wants to appeal to every person to be a fan of one of their bands (which means diversity), not just have someone so big you would think that he was the president. This makes just as much money for the record company. If they sell 80 million albums one year (let's call it year x), then 100 million the next (year Y), it doesn't matter if Michael Jackson or Elvis or The Beatles is 20% of year x, being the biggest artist that year, and someone else sells 5% of the 100 million in year Y. They get more money in year Y. Eventually, the market will fall and they will need to pull it together in a huge way. When they do, that's the revolution. That's the new genre that comes out of nowhere. And it'll be big enough to reconise as a revolution during the fact. I give ten years. __________________ http://soundcloud.com/zachary-steuer

06-02-2010, 08:22 AM	#5 (permalink)
JamesTee Groupie Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 2	I often thought about this, but always kinda thought there had never been anything that big since (for me in the UK at least) rave and grunge in the 90s. Since the dawn of the internet there have been a big number of new scenes, but they all seem to get over exposed before getting chance to really take a hold. Underground movement one minute, "Best XXXX Anthem" compilation released the next.