Dan South Posted January 8, 2002 Share Posted January 8, 2002 Originally posted by Rabid: And I quote from that great live band... "Hey. Hey. We're the Monkeys. People say we monkey around...." Monkees. And guess where they got the idea to misspell the name. ( HINT: Can a beetle keep a beat? ) Copycat bastards... The Black Knight always triumphs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renie Posted January 8, 2002 Share Posted January 8, 2002 Originally posted by felix: My 2 cents - Making this thread about Britney Spears and Boy Bands is silly. They're obvious and popular targets in these forums, but by always focusing on them, we give them way too much credit. Take a look at the top albums of last year - only a few are Popstars. The remainder are Hip-Hop and/or Alternative Rock. Same goes for Concert Grosses. Not much Pop there either - actually a bunch of classic rock acts. Over-produced music affects way more genres than just Pop. In fact, I'd be hard-pressed to name an act with widespread national exposure who doesn't take advantage of the PROduction TOOLS available to them today, or isn't over-produced in some way (think Creed, U2...). And it's been going on ever since the technology became available. Was Queen over-produced? Were the Carpenters? The Monkees? The Beatles? How about Pink Floyd? At times, any or all of these artists were probably over-produced to some extent. Where do you draw the line - were artists over-produced as soon as they could overdub mistakes? Or when they could correct keyboard errors in a MIDI sequencer? Or when they used Auto-Tune? Or are they over-produced as soon as their work is embellished with a ton of outboard effects? And shouldn't we use the amazing technology available to us to realize our musical visions? I think it's important also to realize that there are some forms of music nowadays that are production-based rather than performance-based. Whether you like music like this is up to you, but there's a bunch of worthwhile music that came about this way - and I don't personally feel that the fact that it's not performance-based should make it any less credible. Is music overproduced nowadays? Sure it is. But I don't really mind if I like it. And if I don't like it, it doesn't really matter how it's produced - because I still don't like it. I agree with this more balanced view!! Renie Renie Coffey | riverattic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gulliver Posted January 8, 2002 Share Posted January 8, 2002 I also quite like so called "overproduced" approach to recording music. Hey, I overproduce my music too! It just doesn't sound SO overproduced because I do not own all that expensive gear... I am back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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