| Science confirms what you've always suspected: music these days is worse than it used to be. So, what happened since 1955? Well, timbral variety went down. That means that songs are becoming more and more homogeneous. In other words, all pop music sounds the same now. The study also found that pitch content has decreased – which means that the number of chords and different melodies has gone down. “Musicians today seem to be less adventurous in moving from one chord or note to another, instead following the paths well-trod by their predecessors and contemporaries,” Scientific American explains. And the next time an old person complains that your music is too loud, well, it probably is. Music has gotten a lot louder in the past half-century So what this study is saying is that your parents are right, music just isn’t what it used to be. http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/science-proves-pop-music-has-actually-gotten-worse-8173368/ those anime songs are better anyway, even though you cannot understand them lol |
bet it was done by hipsters |
| Pop music always used the same three chords though |
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| Nana Mizuki released her first album in 2001. We've been in a golden age of pop music since then. |
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| That's why metal is better. |
DeathMetalTettey said: Nana Mizuki released her first album in 2001. We've been in a golden age of pop music since then. You mean a golden age of voice acting. We're in a Jpop decline, the newer talent just doesn't have as many unique singing voices unlike the 2000's and before. It's also not helping that there's a lack of worldwide focus, sales are declining, and K-pop may take over Japan in 3-5 years. |
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| We should just go back to gregorian chant. |
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| I doubt the study actually says that "pop music has gone worse based on these findings". If it has, it is what we would call "bad science". Why? Well was it proven, as a fact, that music was "better" with a wider range in pitch and more variety in melody? No. Since that is subjective, it still says very little about "better" or "worse". Now, it has objectively proven (I'm assuming, didn't read the link) that their is less variety . . . However that doesn't equate to worse. Do bear in mind that you can't objectively prove something that is based upon a subjective scale. |
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Science can't prove a goddamn opinion.  |
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| Am I the only one who sees the irony because this is pop science? The loudness war is horrible though. It appears in almost all music these days. Not that i dont like loud music but it loses varience when its all compressed. |
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| Aint no new Hendrix and all the oldies are getting really old nobody around to replace them. |
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| In other news, the sky is blue. Hah, joking. But I'm not surprised, not when there's pretty much confirmation by many people in the music industry that there's no room for improvisation in the big labels nowadays. Artistes are forced to follow what the executives believe is what the audience wants to hear and the lives of the artistes themselves are nothing but endless promos from one place to another. It can be quite stressful. That's why those shows like X-Factor or The Voice are not always a one-way ticket to a good life. Even on the show itself, it can be quite a nightmare. |
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RedTie47 said: Its pop music not all music. By pop they just mean whatever the masses choose to listen to and spoon fed through media.That's too bad..it's always nice to experiment with music. I guess most artists are choosing the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" approach. |
| That is so true! You can hear a lot of music on the WWW nowadays from streaming radio stations, and can hear music from the 60's to the 80's, which is much better than the garbage we have today. I really never did think much of Katy Perry or Justin Bieber, I'd rather listen to groups like ABBA, or the B52's or Duran Duran, or new wave music, or even disco music and classic rock. Hell, even swing music is better. J-POP, on the otherhand, is still good enough, as well as a lot of anime theme songs and music. Modern US or Western music just sucks too much! |
| Science didn't even need to prove it. Why waste the funds on something useless? |
| No way to recall What it was that you had said to me Like I care at all But it was so loud And you sure could yell You took a stand on every little thing And it was so loud |
Drunk_Samurai said: That's why metal is better. Haha most metal is just sound trying to compensate for poor quality. Interesting survey but I guess it was to be expected, variety gets harder as the simpler tunes are used up. |
| I've been here way too long... |
TheConquerer said: Drunk_Samurai said: That's why metal is better. Haha most metal is just sound trying to compensate for poor quality. Interesting survey but I guess it was to be expected, variety gets harder as the simpler tunes are used up. All music is sound. |
RedRoseFring said: We should just go back to gregorian chant. |
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Drunk_Samurai said: TheConquerer said: Haha most metal is just sound trying to compensate for poor quality. Interesting survey but I guess it was to be expected, variety gets harder as the simpler tunes are used up. All music is sound. Congratulations on that deduction, I was referring to the volume metal has in order to compensate for its lack of structure and subtlety. |
| I've been here way too long... |
TheConquerer said: Drunk_Samurai said: All music is sound. Congratulations on that deduction, I was referring to the volume metal has in order to compensate for its lack of structure and subtlety. Also music has structure too. That's where the sound comes in. |
| I don't have to be a scientist to know this. |
Szefi said: I don't have to be a scientist to know this. |
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| Is anybody surprised? |
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| I could write the 'best' piece of music in the world by the standards set by the article's representation of the study, but nobody would enjoy it, and so I think it would actually suck. |
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| Here's some superior music for you to enjoy Damn, anybody miss the good 'ol days when music was propaganda encouraging men to be sent off to their painful, isolated deaths? What ever happened to american family values?? |
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Drunk_Samurai said: thisThat's why metal is better. TheConquerer said: please explainmost metal is just sound trying to compensate for poor quality. |
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