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Originally Posted by Jay Kahrs Why do you think there's a lack of innovation in the rock/pop camp? Is it because there's no effort being made to break new ground or because no one is interested in breaking new ground? |
There's been lots of innovation in rock/pop recordings over the last 10 years, from acts such as Linkin Park, Garbage, Poe, PJ Harvey ("Uh Huh Her" to wit), Scissor Sisters, Death From Above, etc. which tends to get overlooked. Or just plain not respected, for many reasons, not the least because evaluations of rock recordings are often frozen in the sentimentalized context of Pink Floyd's DSOTM, et al.
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I'm all for breaking new ground as long as it doesn't stomp on and overshadow the music.
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If the recording is truly "breaking new ground," then that new ground IS the music, and so you don't have to worry about it getting stomped on or overshadowed. More often, it's traditionalist attitudes towards rock production which stomps on and overshadows the music, thus preventing the breaking of new ground.
Hip hop production has begun to reach that point. Street level rappers today are very self-conscious about whether their sound fits certain established norms. That's what happens when an artform becomes big business: It becomes frozen in a sentimentalized context of what makes it profitable, which is inevitably formulaic, and eventually, repetitive. It's the 20-year cycle in effect.