Music Recording Software Revisited
A musicians life isn’t easy. We know it’s take or break, no middle ground, only win or lose. That is if you don’t want to end up as a music teacher (ok, ok, ok, nothing wrong with teaching)! Technology has of course made the process a whole lot easier for us, with music recording software cheaply and readily available. Computers and peripherals are also affordable. So that should mean that life is easier? Well, the problem is that it is easier for just about every other musician out there as well. The Internet has made publishing music a breeze, but now we have to wade through all the crappy teenagers that haven’t put a finger down to master their instrument.
I might be complaining and preaching to the choir, but when was the last time something of quality hit the main stream? I remember the old days when bands like Faith no more, Stone Temple Pilots, Alice in chains, and Soundgarden ruled the earth. You can say what you want about their styles, but you can’t knock off their talent for writing music.
This was supposed to be an article about music recording software but has turned in to a rant. But old musicians should have the opportunity to rant now and then, because there aren’t that many other pleasures we get.
At this moment I am listening to a band that I had great hope for. I have been a fan for a long time, and also seen them live. The band is Mew, and they are from Scandinavia, more specifically Denmark. Their two first albums were magnificent, in spite of having a good deal of filler songs that were basically crap. But the good songs were really masterpieces! Their new album, No More Stories Are Told Today however, is total crap. It sounds like they have found a love for playing music backwards and have tried to emulate this on their album. A shame to music recording software if I must say so! With all the potential this band has it sounds like they got lost trying to reinvent themselves…
I have to continue rambling and talk about another catastrophic album that was released in 2009. Muse, a band I held in high regards, and still do, released The Resistance. Origin of Symmetry is one of my top 10 albums, but their new 11 track is a compilation of the worst of the worst. For starters, there isn’t a song on the album that I can’t sing to a well known musical or Queen song. But the worst is their lame Baywatch rip off. Listen to Resistance side by side the Baywatch opening melody. How can you be inspired by Baywatch…please tell me. And then go on to a full fledged musical? Are we digging a hole? Are we out of control? Yes, we certainly are
Yeah, I am in conspiracy mode, but on this album it really sounds like Matthew Bellamy listened a lot to his favorite Queen (We are the champions = United States of Eurasia), Chess/Abba (Anthem = Guiding Light), Baywatch (Resistance), Here Comes the Rain Again/Eurythmics (Undisclosed Desires).
Let me be clear on this, so I don’t get sued by a high paid lawyer: These are my opinions, I am not claiming anyone sucks for a fact, have copied anyone else’s music, or done anything else wrong. I am just saying that bands that have a certain amount of success almost always go ahead and produce crappy albums to follow. My opinion, as mentioned.
So I guess the moral of the story is that we unsuccessful musicians are actually the people best equipped to produce the best music. If you are pressed in to a corner, dirt broke, and living out of your mother’s basement, you will probably put a lot more effort in to your music. That is exactly why bands like Mew, Muse, Metallica, even Faith no more, have gone from making masterpieces to making terrible music that shouldn’t be published at all. It just shows that all the world music recording software, most expensive music recording studios and equipment, won’t help you if the motivation and TIME to develop you music from a basic riff in to an epic symphony isn’t there.
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I think you meant “Muse” when you said “Mew” in “Mew, a band I held in high regards, and still do, released The Resistance”
And I disagree – the new album by Mew does have a lot of filler crap, but the few good songs are still making me shiver.
Hi Alexy, thanks for stopping by!
For starters, I never make mistakes, especially when I am on a rant and have had 5 caipirinha’s
I am actually listening to The Resistance by MUSE as we speak, and I agree with you, there are some nice moments, but the total quality is a bit disappointing. It sounds like it’s put together on very short, spare, time.
But I have always been extremely critical to everything, and an album, movie, or other atistic work has to be REALLY good before I give it cred.
But then again, I am the failed musician, not Matthew Bellamy…LOL!
P.S. Exogenisis definitely does give the shivers. Not sure if that is the one (three) song you were referring to, but they are top notch…just to be fair!