Music is one of those things that can have a very high-quality top end, and a very low-quality low-end. It doesn't really matter, ultimately the 'quality' is in the ears of the perceiver. So much great stuff now considered standard once started out as someones messy dross... its a wheel that turns, and rapidly!
>It doesn't really matter, ultimately the 'quality' is in the ears of the perceiver.
Only if one thinks that "anything goes" and doesn't believe music and lyrics has any importance for the cultural development of society (and the personal development of the listener).
I think there is a sizeable community of musicians for whom "doing things different than the mainstream" is a means by which important cultural development occurs. In fact for them, its probably more important than playing at the status quo.
And I don't think this is a modern idea. Music never stays in a single place.
>I think there is a sizeable community of musicians for whom "doing things different than the mainstream" is a means by which important cultural development occurs. In fact for them, its probably more important than playing at the status quo.
Yes, sadly there's a culture of novelty for the sake of it, as opposed to depth.
