I hate digital music

I'm a musician. I play guitar, bass, harmonica, and I sing. I've found my own sound after about 8 years of honing my skills. My main influences are blues, rock n' roll, and late 60's-early 70's psychedelia. I give all music a chance, and enjoy a broad variety of genres. But I can't stand music created digitally, without the use of a traditional instrument, or music created by 'actual' instruments, but heavily modified digitally. In my opinion, it seems like a lack of true talent. Whenever I hear music of a few genres, not going to point any fingers, I get mad. Beeps and boops and wub wub wubs and loops. It sounds so cheap and plastic when placed beside someone playing a real instrument, expressing things directly from the mind and through the instrument.

My beef is with popular music because of the effect it will have on music in the future. I truly fear that one day the soul will be completely drained from music culture, replaced with pleasant fake sounds that will sedate us instead of inspire us. Is it normal to hate the garbage that passes as music?

PS: I realize "digital music" is a broad term, and that my above statements can easily be picked apart by people whom love to be technically correct and point out the exception to every rule. Just saying it before you do.

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Comments ( 8 )
  • KeddersPrincess

    I feel the same way.

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  • donteatstuffoffthesidewalk

    i can understand yalls concern but can also see hank senior makin the same points bout that newfangled eeelectric geeetar

    and far as digital recordins go try carryin a wurlitzer jukebox and ten thousand vinyl 45s round in yalls trunk

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    • Walterbasherdinger

      Haha, I'm familiar with the music world's first impression of the electric guitar, and I see your point. But as for the jukebox thing, I don't have a problem with digitally recorded music. I love being able to take the music anywhere I go.

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  • Doktor_Hildred_Von_Steinmann

    I totally agree with you sir. I hate commercialized modern music.

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  • mrkrule

    Whatever, I guess that's fine. The whole "digital music got no soul" thing though is played out and wrong. Computers, synths etc. are just tools. It's not necessarily a shortcut or copout because there's no guarantee it's going to sound good. It's just another instrument for an artist to employ. It's not like a bad composer is going to give a song any more quality or depth just by playing it on a guitar.

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  • Blue_Velvet

    It's a preference. I like trance.

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  • anti-hero

    Its not my cup of tea either.

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  • EccentricWeird

    Good for you.

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