It's official.. Talent in music is dead.

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It's a sad day when someone as untalented as this bitch can get big in the music business when real musicians that can actually play a musical instrument get passed over daily
 

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I'd hit it...........and I like her costumes, she is like a hip hop performance artist
 

frankcastle

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I like her song super bass. She's okay basically a hip hop lady gaga/madonna. But you have to remember her fan base is teenage girls.

Sinatra did okay without playing an instrument.

Do you even like hip hop? Based on the instrument comment I'm guessing no. Not that liking a genre means you should like every artist of that ilk.

She must have some talent to get past all the other people looking for record deals etc.
 

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My favourite genres are classic rock, heavy metal and hip hop and for each of those genres there's probably many bands that I don't like. Doesn't suggest that those genres are dying if I can find music I don't like.

Sorry but this kinda stiff just reeks of "I'm old and don't identify with the youth"

I'm sure people have said the same things about music that I have enjoyed.
 

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music lost it's way a while ago, this is not a new thing. record companies kept the same deal with these new guys that they had with the old talented folks. difference is the old talented folks made good on it and dumped out 4 or 5 records full of good stuff and the record company only made money on 1 end, the selling of the record and touring. now they get a band to sign the same deal, the band has 1 song and 1 c.d but now the record company is making money on the cd's/itune sales and touring. then telling the artist they need to pay back what is still owed on the contract they can't fill.
 

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Wrong.. He had his voice.. Vocals are considered an instrument.
That's being a little nit picky on definitions. Some consider voice an instrument others consider vocal music to be a style of music that doesn't invovle an instrument.

But okay whatver. Some consider Sinatra to not be a particularly good singer and argue that his personae and presence were what made him a star. Maybe the same can be said about NM that her voice is nothing special but it's the whole package.
 

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That's being a little nit picky on definitions. Some consider voice an instrument others consider vocal music to be a style of music that doesn't invovle an instrument.

But okay whatver. Some consider Sinatra to not be a particularly good singer and argue that his personae and presence were what made him a star. Maybe the same can be said about NM that her voice is nothing special but it's the whole package.
sinatra was an average singer at best. anyone can sound good doing what he does. how many clones are out there right now that do the exact same thing with the exact same sound and he wasn't even the original of the era. he surrounded himself with talent so his averageness wouldn't be exposed. if was the legend he created of himself that drew people in.
 

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music lost it's way a while ago, this is not a new thing. record companies kept the same deal with these new guys that they had with the old talented folks. difference is the old talented folks made good on it and dumped out 4 or 5 records full of good stuff and the record company only made money on 1 end, the selling of the record and touring. now they get a band to sign the same deal, the band has 1 song and 1 c.d but now the record company is making money on the cd's/itune sales and touring. then telling the artist they need to pay back what is still owed on the contract they can't fill.
When art became a business that's when things went down. You end up with clones, one hit wonders, singles instead of albums, hype over substance, looks/image instead of talent.

Hell people like Janis Joplin would never make it today being average looking at best.
 

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That's being a little nit picky on definitions. Some consider voice an instrument others consider vocal music to be a style of music that doesn't invovle an instrument.

But okay whatver. Some consider Sinatra to not be a particularly good singer and argue that his personae and presence were what made him a star. Maybe the same can be said about NM that her voice is nothing special but it's the whole package.
oh and this site was built on nit picking.
 

frankcastle

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sinatra was an average singer at best. anyone can sound good doing what he does. how many clones are out there right now that do the exact same thing with the exact same sound and he wasn't even the original of the era. he surrounded himself with talent so his averageness wouldn't be exposed. if was the legend he created of himself that drew people in.
That's exactly my point. And Nikki Minaj is no different average talent packed into a media/teen friendly package.
 

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When art became a business that's when things went down. You end up with clones, one hit wonders, singles instead of albums, hype over substance, looks/image instead of talent.

Hell people like Janis Joplin would never make it today being average looking at best.
1 hit wonders generate more money so that is what is pushed. the office is back in control of music instead of the band. half the bands going today should not be around, they are horrible on so many levels.
 

frankcastle

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1 hit wonders generate more money so that is what is pushed. the office is back in control of music instead of the band. half the bands going today should not be around, they are horrible on so many levels.
Are you just rewording my posts? Music sucks because it became a business (long ago).
 

simon482

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Are you just rewording my posts? Music sucks because it became a business (long ago).
no i think we are agreeing and till trying to argue. did you hear that song that every 30 seconds the music stopped and they said barbra streisand. that is what music is now that the boss is incharge over the band, shitty music at it's finest.
 

simon482

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In your opinion. Plenty of teens that would say otherwise.
who cares what they think though. they are told what to think and every week they are told to think something different and they go for it everytime.
 

frankcastle

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no i think we are agreeing and till trying to argue. did you hear that song that every 30 seconds the music stopped and they said barbra streisand. that is what music is now that the boss is incharge over the band, shitty music at it's finest.
I think we agree on the idea that business has caused music to take a turn for the worse.

But I disagree with the idea that if you don't like something that you can extend that dislike to entire genres of music and music as a whole.

Also, yes lots of pop music is simple but often there's a nugget of cleverness that get's people's attention. While I don't care for a song like Barbara Streisand I can appreciate the ingenuity that it took to create a song that on paper would song like shit.

I will say this that with cheap ways for people to get their music out to an audience. I'm hopeful for a rebirth of music for those willing to go to the internet to find it.
 
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