90 dB wrote: The live music scene has been diminishing for twenty years.
THAT
i'd say AT LEAST 20 yrs. fewer and fewer places even bother w live music. and you have at least as many musicians vying for gigs. that's why venues can get away w paying the same money (or less) than they did 20 yrs ago.
it's not the music. there's always been good musicians and bad musicians. and there's always been bands playing this kind of music or that. seems today most people need that quick fix (as per entertainment) and just don't have the attention span they used to.
GuitarMikeB wrote:No, CMT is not classic rock reground at all, it's pop music with an occasional fiddle or steel guitar - and cowboy hats on the guys, boots on the girls.
and THAT.
it has zero to do w classic rock. it's nothing more than bad 80's pop music minus any groove that's played on top of the beat. that dumbed down $hit is so whitebread it sounds like they've all gotta stick up their fanny.
i've said this before.....take away the vocalist laying on the twang and sangin' about
" i'm a sittin' here on my tailgate w my cutie in her cutoffs down at the swimmin' hole 'n' sippin' on some Beam" and it's just the same old tired and dated '80's pop music. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Tbird504564 wrote:Listen to Cmt get on the new country train Jason Aldean Blake, that's the stuff that's money that's why the radio plays it
last i checked there are still plenty of radio stations playing rock. and many that specialize in Classic Rock. obviously they're making money and there IS an audience for it. if they weren't making a buck they wouldn't do it.
Tbird504564 wrote:new country is nothing but classic rock reground anyway. Just saying that's were you loose the live appeal the music is dated its been played so much people take it for granted
"dated"??? sorry, but using bad 80's pop music as the foundation to sing the same tired cliches about the joys of simple country living, how "my momma raised us up right", or "we like the simple things like sitting on the porch w a six pack" doesn't exactly qualify as breaking any new ground. those same cliches you hear over and over are hardly cutting edge.......but yet there's always an audience that keeps lapping that swill up and buy into this week's version of the same song.
the big area of change i see is less cowboy hats as they've been replaced by ball caps. yee-ha! way to keep it moving forward and current y'all!