Posted on 02/06/2014 1:41:48 PM PST by smaug314
It seems every few years some influential critic or essayist decides that live music is dead.
Usually it happens when some technology — like the internet–quickly eclipses a traditional means by which the music industry makes money. This argument is then usually ratified by disgruntled and worried musicians (meaning: most of them, all of the time), and finally spread and recycled around the music world. . . until finally washes up on the shores of the mainstream media, where it becomes the ‘everything is going to hell’ meme of the week.
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Live music doesn’t sound bad, what scares me is when dives have to advertise ‘Live Nudes”. I mean damn, who wants to look at dead ones?
Just sent it to my son the musician. He says that the latest is to put your music on the net and ask for people to pay whatever they want. He says that anything on the web can be had for free so that’s the only way to do it. He also says that true music collectors are now buying vinyl. He says though that recording to vinyl is expensive. I’m thinking next Christmas.
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Even techno music is more popular when it is being played by a live DJ.
What this doesn’t address is what has happened to small bands that play live. Some venues almost expect bands to play for free or extremely low amounts nowadays. It is absurd.
15 to 20 years ago, I used to gig 5 to 7 nights a weeks, along with studio work. There were several clubs in the Cleveland/Akron area that had live music 365 days a year! Those days are gone, for a variety of reasons, many of them economic. But my friend, Neil Zaza, plays live music over most of the world,,, just not so much here. He’s just back from a sold out monthlong tour in China, and will soon be heading to Europe again. The “music scene” in the US has changed a lot!
In one respect I wish live bands would die off. Getting dragged to the mind numbing dull philharmonic once a month on a Saturday night is something that I dread. The spousal unit loves sitting packed in like sardines and in chairs too small for me.
Classical music is fine and all but having to watch it is for the birds.
David Garrett isn’t too bad. I bet the entire audience was awake during a concert in which he tripped and landed right on his Stradivarius.
I think the author meant to live bands and such. DJs seem to be in a realm of their own.
* meant live bands
Now if because of anti-smoking laws, and people becoming teetotalers for health reasons, and people staying home to play their video games and watch Netflix has cut into the night club / bar business then maybe live bands have something to worry about.
But if that is the case, then all humans who enjoy living at least part time in the real world, have something to worry about.
My singer-songwriter daughter was involved in the live music scene for the last 12 years, mostly in DFW but also all over Texas, other states and even England and France. Fort Worth (and Dallas) has some really good bands and venues. We used to see many bands at those venues and also festivals. We still go support local music, thought not as much since she moved to Nashville.
Despite having worked as a video game developer, I actually dislike video games for the reason they seem to dehumanize us. It seems kids/teens/adults who adamantly play tons of video games socialize less, interact with the world less, enjoy living in the real world less, etc. Or maybe I’m off the mark...?
Don’t get me wrong — I love technology; it’s my job. But I also love being able to unplug and experience a good live band with some buddies.
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