RE: IT'S THE END OF A DECADE - BUT WAS THERE ANY MUSIC?
Totally depends on personal taste.
And, it’s quite likely that there’s a ton of great music coming out - perhaps more than ever - yet with so much, we just haven’t come across it yet. Granted, a lot of the “popular” stuff getting radio play and mainstream attention may be ‘shit,’ though there are definitely a lot of underground gems to be found if ya know where to dig.
I find SoundCloud to be a killer source.
Don’t typically like posting links to my own posts, but I just shared a few good finds a couple days ago from a recent dig on there:
https://steemit.com/music/@rok-sivante/sunday-s-top-soundcloud-gems
Definitely a different style that the Pixies, though hope there may be at least one track in there that refreshes your hope and leads you down a rabbit hole into a good wave to surf somewhere there in SoundCloud that’ll carry you to something particularly inspiring, as you’ve been craving... 😎🙏
Many thanks for that.
Did I like any of those tracks? - no...
But I did like the way you had all those links, on your post.
And the Wicked Game remix reminded me how good the original was so I went and listened to that:
The idea of remixes made me think of 808 State and all the amazing remixes of their tracks - they have just put out a new album and 28 years on they still have beats:
Not like this though - this 808 State track clean blew my head off when I first heard it at the start of the 90's - it said "The new decade starts here!"
All this made me realise just what it is I want in music - three essentials - 1. A really compelling intro, 2. Driving beats (preferably funky, or very rhythmic), and 3. Some sort of expression - opinion, humour, anger, wisdom, emotion, creativity (several if possible!)
And there was a time when these things used to happen!
I appreciate this.
As a music producer - who’s been inconsistent over the years, though refining focus as time goes on - this is some great feedback...
I’ve often unintentionally overcomplicated things when ending up producing. Yet to see this fresh perspective of what three, simple things most impact by an average listener is great.
Definitely provides some good food for thought / direction for a fresh approach as I get back to it soon.
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For a brief but amazing time, Manchester was the epicenter of what I'm seeking: