"Good" Pop

Ska Lagos Jew Sun Ra · 01-04-2011, 11:03 PM

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It's difficult to tackle. I mean, the traits of pop music are usually:

- Heavy production, and usage of
- Clean crisp vocals recorded louder than instruments. Whether there be instruments or not, vocals dictate the direction.
- Short song structures usually 2-5 minutes

Technically, by those rules, I think you have a basic all encompassing overview. Then again unless you consider the actual popularity value factoring in then no... there isn't much good pop out there.

01-04-2011, 11:03 PM	#4 (permalink)
Ska Lagos Jew Sun Ra \/ GOD Join Date: May 2010 Location: Nowhere... Posts: 2,179	Pre-Ambient Brian Eno, Kate Bush... Do Art Bears Count? It's difficult to tackle. I mean, the traits of pop music are usually: - Heavy production, and usage of - Clean crisp vocals recorded louder than instruments. Whether there be instruments or not, vocals dictate the direction. - Short song structures usually 2-5 minutes Technically, by those rules, I think you have a basic all encompassing overview. Then again unless you consider the actual popularity value factoring in then no... there isn't much good pop out there.