Mashup Illustrates How Many Country Hits Are Pretty Much The Same Song
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Denverdave
Resident Ragamuffin
No....Axis of Awesome......
Scott Powell
Blackmore Wannabe
We do all of the songs listed,and everyone on the band laughs that it's teh SOS but......................this music PACKS the dance floor. Women love it and when you can find music that women will dance to that's worth its weight in Gold!This music also sells beer and gets us rebooked. I truly dont understand it's poularity but I will say i'd rather play Modern Country than be in a band of fellow 40 somethings rehashing the same tired beat to death Classic Rock tuneage
Kerouac
weird musical dildo
Guitar Heel
Demented Trick
TRUCKS!!!
aliensporebomb
Fretted instrument fan
So basically, blue jean girls in the moonlight driving trucks and drinking and dancing in the tailgate and rollin' coal and stuff. Who woulda thunkit.
jelloman
Couch'd Tater...
BEER!!!!
Guitar Heel
Demented Trick
WERMERN!!!
jelloman
Couch'd Tater...
wagdog
Ack
This, this and this.
I wish I would have understood these things when I was first starting out.
Modern Saint
Starve your Fear, Feed your Dream!
Yes!!!
The Classic Rock shite has been so overdone that even if the common country stuff makes musicians laugh, the pay is much better and the market more demanding.
wagdog
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Also, as I think about this... how many classic rock songs are based on the same 3 or 4 chord pattern (even if the key and tempo are changed)? Let's not even talk about blues - someone could mashup hundreds if not a coupla-few thousand I/IV/V's (which could include rock, country and blues hits) to the same effect.
This mashup is funny (and well done, I like it), but the author of it did change the key and tempo of several of the songs - it's really not THAT surprising.
Modern Saint
Starve your Fear, Feed your Dream!
Yes that was great. The toughest part about listening to a country station is exactly what author outlined. After awhile you can hear the songs blend and begin to sound relatively the same. Granted it doesn't help that much of the lyrical content is similar - trucks, beer, red cups, etc. There are some really good artists whose lyrics, harmony and melodies are not so similar and IMO really stand out - Vince Gill, Brad Paisley, Martina McBride, etc. But those are artists who have endured time and are not just what I would believe are fly by night artists. I don't know how long Luke Bryan will last meanwhile Blake Shelton has lasted the test of time.
The real question lies in the audience appeal. We can complain about what music style offers but if the market only wants to hear about trucks, drinking beer, and partying - that is what they will buy. So the artists give to the masses what they want. Look at Hip Hop...I am not a fan of it but all of it sounds the same as well.
As for blues, the pattern may be I-IV-V but what makes that music different is the lyrics. The emotion is in the lyrics with that melody. Playing the blues seriously for the past 5 years you end up finding numerous common patterns. This is why one can go to a blues jam and communicate the terms and before you know it you are playing songs. The trick to playing the blues with others is follow the leader. The leader will call the key, style, stops and modulation all done live - pure improvisation.
On the otherside, rock and country follow a format that 9 out of 10 times must be rehearsed from start to end repetitively unless you have very experienced players or charts.
This is why everyone should listen to prog.
It's not like one 25 minute long song is ever going to sound like another 25 minute long song
Prog only works when you are loopy. The loopy could be artificially induced or natuarally from being exposed to unusual circumstances. I loved prog in my younger but lost interest as I got older. Once again due to earning potential.
I prefer to call it 70's rock in another genre. However as a musician, you go where the earning potential is.
wagdog
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Don't take this the wrong way, I love blues, a lot - but, a lot of people say the same thing about blues; "it all sounds the same", "I can't tell one song from another", etc... now I've been listening to blues since I was a little tike, and I love it, but I can see their point.
And yes, pop music is formulaic and a lot of these hits all sound the same and follow the formula. And why not, they sell. As far as I'm concerned, if people are making money and supporting themselves playing music, more power to 'em. Will Luke Bryan and Florida Georgia Line be around in ten years? Who knows, maybe, maybe not - but good for them making a go of it. I say the same thing for Justin Bieber and Miley whats-her-face.
Trust me, 99.9% of musicians who poo-poo modern country music would fall all over themselves to play on the latest Jason Aldean song if they had a chance.
Modern Saint
Starve your Fear, Feed your Dream!
No worries Wagdog. I understand and feel the same way about what you just said.
Denverdave
Resident Ragamuffin
I played country for five years. That was all I could handle. Real country is now called Americana. That I could play. The modern stuff I simply cannot stomach no matter how popular it is.
BTW - NPR did a piece on this mashup this afternoon.
BTW - NPR did a piece on this mashup this afternoon.
BoomBoomBigelow
Genius of Love
Ignored Member
Neutered male
Country: Different songs sound like a bunch of guys playing one song.
Jazz: One song sounds like a bunch of guys playing different songs.
Jazz: One song sounds like a bunch of guys playing different songs.