Are Mashups the End of Music Genres As We Know Them? | Idea Channel | PBS
Some of the best things to be found on the internet are music mashups! It's a strangely pleasing experience to listen to totally unrelated artists comminglin…
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Anyone ever listen to that band Gong? Talk about all those genres working together to make my burned out brain throb with joy. Genres are what you make of them… on a personal note a lot of ‘genre defining” music is long gone from my daily playlist, but makes a welcome comeback when hanging around throwing back a few (dozen?) beers with mah bros & goils.
The Flashbulb, definitely one guy that transcends genres
AGREED!
Derek Bailey reference, yes!
I hate the social implications of what kind of music you like. Coming from a musical family that wouldn’t listen to anything but classical, and going to school where everyone hated anything but pop music has made me so self-conscious about my musical preferences that I would rather dance around school naked than let anyone see what’s on my ipod.
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It does seem as if genre is becoming less and less important, but there arises a problem of the “arts economy.” Genre sells. As soon as you take away that classification, music listeners have to spend more time searching for music they like, and thus less time actually buying music. In the system of artists being paid per download, this can start to atrophy the commerce.
I will say this, even with the classifications, I wouldn’t put certain musicians in the same genre. Is Brad Paisley on the same level as Gordon Lightfoot or Johnny Cash? They are both “country”.
Loved the “please subscribe” this video. Hilarious
MADEON!!!
How is “pop music” a genre? Is there an entirely different genre for popular music?
It’s not true to say that because two pieces of music can be played together that genre does not effectively mean anything. Anything can be appropriated and anything can be played simultaneously. Why must things be harmonious to fit together anyway? Genre classifications serve to help us categorise our interests. It’s perhaps not always useful (I don’t use it in iTunes) but I know roughly where to go in the book store or record store when I am looking for something.
Dividing music into genres is useful, just as any form of generalisation is useful and to an extent also necessary. Who is to say “mash ups” will itself not become a genre someday! Post-modern skepticism asks a lot of interesting questions without providing any answers. It is a very destructive concept. If the existence of objective classification is considered arbitrary then a counter method must be provided that is better or at least serves us better.