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#349570 - 08/23/12 01:20 PM
Re: Now musicians are being replaced by Ipads....
[Re: Mark79100]
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Damned, I must have been a different kind of kid. I really enjoyed listening to Glenn Miller, The Mills Brothers, etc..., and I still do. Does this mean I'm older than my parents?  My parents really enjoyed the music of the 50s and 60s as well. When we had a bunch of neighborhood kids at the house, we fired up the record player, danced to Bill Haley, Bo Diddley, Little Richard, Elvis, and lots of great country singers as well. They never said turn the music down, and most of the time mom and dad served food and soda, and frequently joined in on the fun. Some of the best times were when some gifted guitar players in the neighborhood came over, fired up the amps and mics, played some good-ole' country songs, and some rock as well. In retrospect, I sincerely believe that music will eventually come full circle, and while it probably will not happen in my lifetime, I anticipate that the era of the big bands will eventually return. I think I-Pods will become a thing of the past, the same as tape decks and records, though I have heard that records seem to be making somewhat of a comeback. Cheers, Gary 
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#349594 - 08/23/12 06:34 PM
Re: Now musicians are being replaced by Ipads....
[Re: Mark79100]
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I remember the doom and gloom predictions that disco would replace us all in the late seventies. It didn't happen. Punk, new wave and a new generation of kids determined to not look like their parents, and do what their parents did changed it again. And again. And again.
Don't get me wrong. There are exceptions to any generalization. Some of us were lucky to have parents that embraced new music, and some of us were born with an appreciation of much that had come before. But let us not kid ourselves. We were the exceptions, not the rule!
Anyone remember the mass burnings of Elvis records? Elvis records..!! Utterly harmless compared to how YOU probably think about modern hiphop, or gangsta rap! See a pattern?
I don't honestly see things coming full circle... music never has. We never went back to the baroque, or 19th century chamber music, or 20's style dance bands. Music always charts a path onwards, sometimes making a nod and a wink towards older forms (about every twenty years or so, there is a tip of the hat towards reggae, for instance, but always heavily modified). There are rock bands right NOW quite large in size (ever heard of The Polyphonic Spree?), and there are some that are just one man...
Recorded music is with us to stay. This lamentation would be better played out at the start of the 20th century, where prior to that, music was ALWAYS played live, and recorded music was only the odd hurdy-gurdy. THAT'S when the hammer first dropped. Since then, it has always been a matter of degree. At times, live bands hold the upper hand, at others, recorded music.
We survived disco. We will survive the iPod. We will survive whatever comes next. There has NEVER been a substitute for live music. Merely alternatives.
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#349600 - 08/23/12 07:57 PM
Re: Now musicians are being replaced by Ipads....
[Re: Mark79100]
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Registered: 12/08/02
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Loc: Forest Hill, MD USA
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Boo, Kinda' difficult to sail to Colorado, and if you want to go fishing with me you better find some heavier fishing tackle. We Yankees catch real fish!  Cheers, Gary
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#349785 - 08/27/12 05:26 PM
Re: Now musicians are being replaced by Ipads....
[Re: Diki]
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Registered: 12/08/02
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Loc: Ontario Canada
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This was a very nice read !!! Well said !!! I remember the doom and gloom predictions that disco would replace us all in the late seventies. It didn't happen. Punk, new wave and a new generation of kids determined to not look like their parents, and do what their parents did changed it again. And again. And again.
Don't get me wrong. There are exceptions to any generalization. Some of us were lucky to have parents that embraced new music, and some of us were born with an appreciation of much that had come before. But let us not kid ourselves. We were the exceptions, not the rule!
Anyone remember the mass burnings of Elvis records? Elvis records..!! Utterly harmless compared to how YOU probably think about modern hiphop, or gangsta rap! See a pattern?
I don't honestly see things coming full circle... music never has. We never went back to the baroque, or 19th century chamber music, or 20's style dance bands. Music always charts a path onwards, sometimes making a nod and a wink towards older forms (about every twenty years or so, there is a tip of the hat towards reggae, for instance, but always heavily modified). There are rock bands right NOW quite large in size (ever heard of The Polyphonic Spree?), and there are some that are just one man...
Recorded music is with us to stay. This lamentation would be better played out at the start of the 20th century, where prior to that, music was ALWAYS played live, and recorded music was only the odd hurdy-gurdy. THAT'S when the hammer first dropped. Since then, it has always been a matter of degree. At times, live bands hold the upper hand, at others, recorded music.
We survived disco. We will survive the iPod. We will survive whatever comes next. There has NEVER been a substitute for live music. Merely alternatives.
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