Re: [LAU] Same old song?

On 07/26/2012 10:50 AM, Louigi Verona wrote:
> I found this passage interesting:
>
> /What has changed is how the chords are spliced into melodies. In the
> 1950s many of the less common chords would chime close to one another in
> the melodic progression. More recently, they have tended to be separated
> by the more pedestrian chords, leading to a loss of some of the more
> unusual transitions. Timbre, lent by instrument types and recording
> techniques, similarly shows signs of narrowing, after peaking in the
> mid-60s, a phenomenon Dr Serrà attributes to experimentation with
> electric-guitar sounds by Jimi Hendrix and the like./
>
> I believe that pop music today is very much influenced by guitar music
> and guitar thinking.

I believe that pop music today (and yesterday and earlier than that) is
most often influenced by the desperate need to sound like other pop music.

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