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Originally posted by jazzius
seems to me that "ear candy" (production tricks) is replacing good songs (harmony and melody based) in recent years..........i think this is a problem 'cause ear candy dates quickly while a good song is timeless..............
..........'course some would say that production tricks are the new form of songwriting but i don't agree it's has such a long shelf-life as a good (traditional) song |
I'm pretty much in total agreement with this statement. Mediocre songs played by mediocre musicians need a lot of candy to stack up. Most all the bands just seem to expect the studio to 'make that happen' for 'em... Make them 'not suck.' Or at least, suck minimally.
I'd much rather have great songs and players, but that's just not as common as it used to be. I'm likely to get flamed for saying it, but on the whole, in my neck of the woods, the bar has been lowered. Feel free to disagree. I've expressed this often and with several theories as to the 'whys' this has occured.
Or perhaps I'm just old, jaded and disillusioned.
And I find that I 'live' in the gray area between engineer, producer, co-songwriter.
I neither expect nor request writing credits. Just goes with the turf.
I do expect the pendulum to swing back, (hopefully) soon...