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You may think your band sounds like [insert name of your all time favourite rock band], but to me it all sounds like this: http://www.neuscan.com/lol2k.mp3 (right click and Save Target As.. to download)

[New Found Power]

*Insert ridiculous never-ending argument where nobody wins here.*


The End.

Heh I'm not having a dig at anyone in particular, I just think it's an amusing tune.

Last night I watched "cheech and chong: up in smoke". Near the end of the film, they 2 stars take part in a battle of the bands type concert. 2 of the bands who play before them, sound very much like the kind of thing I have been hearing from some aberdeen bands (played by people who looked to be in their 20's). The question is, if that was the sound of their generation (late 70's), what is the sound of OUR generation? Or are we reduced to aping the musical tastes of our parents, due perhaps to nostalgia, or retro-obsession?

[feeble!]

But in the 70's a lot of bands played jazz and there were still tons of big bands around.

We're at the point now where things are difficult to be original. People have to take influences from somewhere, right? SO whatever someone does someone else will always say "that sounds like *insert band/artist here*"

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Originally Posted by feeble!

But in the 70's a lot of bands played jazz and there were still tons of big bands around.

We're at the point now where things are difficult to be original. People have to take influences from somewhere, right? SO whatever someone does someone else will always say "that sounds like *insert band/artist here*"

I agree, after 30 years of rock and its offspring, there is very limited scope to do anything new, and a lot of it sounds more like tribute acts than genuine *artists*.

In my understanding, what spawned punk was the realisation that anyone can buy some cheap instruments and knock out some tunes, that music became accessible to the ordinary guy.

It is only in the last 3 years or so that music technology used by big studios began to filter down and become truly accessible to the average guy in his bedroom. It is only in the last year or so that the tools available to such bedroom producers have become of the highest quality, and readily available for realistic money (and free for those who know where to get it).

The punk of the 21st century is happening in the bedrooms and home studios of those people who embrace midi and VST, rather than guitar and amp. You just don't see this because aberdeen is a shithole in a cultural timewarp.

[Invisible Lead Soup]

Reason, baby.

I semi-agree with ol' Stripey there. Every so often someone is actually able to create something bold and new. This is an unlikely event, sadly.

But mmm, Godspeed.

Not forgetting that the vast majority of these modern day bedroom punks churn out vst/midi based music that is just as boring and derivative as the vast majority of todays rock bands...

There are of course some exceptions to this!

Originally Posted by Philip

Not forgetting that the vast majority of these modern day bedroom punks churn out vst/midi based music that is just as boring and derivative as the vast majority of todays rock bands...

There are of course some exceptions to this!

Absolutely, just like with punk, making the means of producing music accessible to everyone obviously results in a lot of shite being made, but these scenes gradually evolve and great things can come of this mashing of ideas. One thing to bear in mind is that a lot of the 21st century bedroom producers congregate on the internet, and this makes it very easy for them to share material, give each other feedback, trade tips and ideas, collaborate etc. Not just with their local counterparts, but with thousands of like minded people all over the globe, each bringing different influences and skills.

The digital bedroom production ethic in its infancy produced loads of important trend setting artists in the 90's such as Daft Punk and Photek, and it is now entering a new level of accessibility

More booze anyone?.

[Mouse]

Most modern rock music isn't of the high standards it was back in the 70's in the 80's, that's the downfall.