Does anyone remember the Flash arcade these forums used to have? I'm trying to find a game that was on it, but I, like, can't find it on Google for the life of me.
It was a ninja-themed game where you had to complete a few mini games. One of which included some dinky game that had a spastic "*"...
Probably. And it has gotten worse since then.
I'm sorry it upset you that much. I honestly don't believe it's as obvious to most people as you seem to think. My bad for insulting your intelligence... but... you've undermined me several times in this discussion as well, this being my area of...
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It isn't new, and it is becoming much more common, while exceptional talent is less common. The trend certainly became more noticeable with Britney Spears' popularity back in the late 90s. Cyndi Lauper is a bad example. She had a much stronger vocal prowess than the current flagship pop star...
Not at all. It's the era where "shills" are most successful, and where no one cares about your buddy lasercakes' continuum fingerboard, despite how awesome it is.
I thought you were, when you implied that Ladytron sucks...? I don't place judgment on any artist or band without some kind of...
Speaking of that, I thought about you the other day when I heard JLo's Get Right. I was trying to tell someone that the saxophone sample was ripped off from something. I couldn't remember what it was from and no one believed me. :)
What "sounds good" to the mainstream ear nowadays is what scares me, and that's what I'm talking about. The continuum is something that is a legitimately useful innovation for music, and people won't line up to hear one in concert the same way they will to see Ke$ha struggle through a live...
Real instruments are most affected by this problem. Hiring someone to play on a track will always sound better than using a synthesizer, but is more expensive. This makes finding a studio gig all that more difficult. Even though the quality of synthesized instruments is growing immensely, the...
That's what I said.
Eh, it does more harm than good. A clean, trained voice or instrument is always more important than the filter you put it through, not the other way around.
Technology eliminates the need for raw talent. Lack of talent means almost no real musicianship, which is slowly lowering the standards of the entire music industry.