Has music become stagnant (stopped moving/evolving)?

mr dave · 12-09-2012, 05:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

To say it's "de-evolving" is kind of meaningless.

I believe these guys have a couple of words for you on the whole concept of de-evolution

Moody · 12-08-2012, 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

Evolving means changing.

Yea but used for saying that a better result is emerging, if that was the case then it is not. If it was meant for just change then still my point.

FrigginParadox · 12-08-2012, 11:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Moody

Yea but used for saying that a better result is emerging, if that was the case then it is not. If it was meant for just change then still my point.

haha see i knew what you meant to say. thats also why you put evolving in qoutes

Moody · 12-08-2012, 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by FrigginParadox

haha see i knew what you meant to say. thats also why you put evolving in qoutes

Yeah thats how much the idea of music "evolution" bugs me.

**Janszoon** · 12-08-2012, 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by FrigginParadox

yeah i agree for the most part evolution is supposed to be better so i know what your saying. but sometimes its not better and its still called evolution like jans was saying. it goes both ways it seems. I like to think of it in terms of pokemon. most of the time when a pokemon evolves it is better, like charmander, charmillion and charizard but sometimes they suck like a pikachu to a riachu. #ChildhoodConnectionsToRealLifeSituationsForTheWin

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Originally Posted by Moody

Yea but used for saying that a better result is emerging, if that was the case then it is not. If it was meant for just change then still my point.

"Evolving" doesn't mean something changes for the better. It's just means something changes over time.

midnight rain · 12-08-2012, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

But that isn't what "evolving" means. It's just means something changes over time.

Well if it was regressing to paths already tread I wouldn't call it "evolving" even if it's changing, but that's not what's happening to music so...

Maybe it's cause I've come of age around this time, but there does seem to be less genre invention/innovation than there has been in the past. Not necessarily a negative, and not indicative of the quality of music as a whole, just something I've observed firsthand.

**Exo** · 12-08-2012, 11:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Moody

however purpose wise music is in intervals so it will probably have purpose again someday.

FrigginParadox · 12-08-2012, 10:36 AM

music always changes. even yearly. you can even tell the difference between mainstream music the year before and the current year. and all different music types have different changes all the time. Everyyear i see a huge change in underground hiphop

Isbjørn · 12-08-2012, 10:58 AM

I'm a rock fan, and rock has evolved a lot since it's origins. I think it'll keep evolving. New genres are spawning all the time, too, and i don't think that will stop either. Pop songs have always been fairly homogeneous, and as you probably have noticed, all the top ten songs today are blasted with heavy synthensizers just for them to fit in. If you are looking for something unique, try alternative.

Franco Pepe Kalle · 12-08-2012, 11:02 AM

Although I think music now is not that good like it once was back in the mid 2000s period, but music continues to evolve. For once, new music has become better. I think 2012 was a better year musically than 2011.

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FrigginParadox Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: NY/LA Posts: 293	music always changes. even yearly. you can even tell the difference between mainstream music the year before and the current year. and all different music types have different changes all the time. Everyyear i see a huge change in underground hiphop