Is X Factor in danger of killing real music?
961489
There have always been performers who don't write their own songs the only difference now is we get to see the selection process (all be it done in a more showbiz way). The only effect it might be having is the same as any reality tv show in as much as some young people today want instant fame without any of the hard work and see these shows as their chance to go to the Ivy and live the lifestyle that really doesn't exsist. It very rarely works out for these people.\n\nI think there will always be room for real talent and it will always be recognised (whether you write your own stuff or just perform other people's songs). These programmes are just a flash in the pan in terms of how the music business operates. They're this generation's must see telly, that's all. Real talent will always survive.
690619
I have a co-worker who listens to some abysmal radio station that plays that song every five minuets. It sounded horrible the 1st time. Now that I have heard it about 8 million times, it sounds like hell itself has opened up and is trying destroy my soul. \nOh, and whoever sings that "I want to go home" song needs to be stabbed in the neck with a screwdriver.
1169873
myspace does music no favours? arctic monkeys one trick ponys? \nmusic is in the healthiest state it has been since mid 90's. At the start of the millenium we had very little new bands producing anything good or old(ish) Artists producing crap/boring music . ie Toploader, Stereophonics 3rd/4th albums, Travis' 3rd/4th albums, Oasis' - S.O.T.S.O.G., Radiohead - Kid A, Richard Ashcroft, David Gray. Then on the "pop" side of things we had sh*t like Britney Spears, S club 7, Westlife!!\nThe Strokes were a blessing to this countrys music scene and a lot of myspace generation has been influenced by them. \nIf it wasn't for myspace the charts would be dominated by the winners of X-factor and Pop idol. These very Rarely have a shelf life of longer than a year (gareth gates? steve brookstein? Hear'Say?).\n\nOh and by the way the Automatic are OK but a lot of the songs are very samey. The monster refers to a night on the town when you see a 'Bully' approaching. \nWait for the Razorlight Album. If it's as good as the last one then they'll be the biggest band in England soon.
628116
Well, I dont think so. I think if it's a good album, and you're a fan, you're going to buy the record anyway. I like owning CDs. But generally, the artists I listen to take the time to make great records. It's the artists that make crappy stuff that have to worry. Usually, you do download their stuff instead of buying it and then you just end up deleting it when you realize it's crap.
914355
NO.  i don't think today's current mainstream music will EVER be the classics of tomorrow.  The Beatles, Hendrix, Joplin, The Doors:  They wrote songs for themselves and if other people liked it..Great but it was always to please themselves first.  They wrote from the heart about thier experiences and we all related to them.  You could hear Janis Joplin's pain in "Piece of my heart" and I dare anyone to listen to the Beatles "Day in The Life" and not be moved at all.  Today's mainstream music..is just that..mainstream.  These are the artists that make music for money not personal satisfaction.  9 times out of 10 they can't even make thier own music; they sample from the real classics, Queen, Led Zepplin and try to pass it as original.  I don't that think that in 10 years I'll be in Wal-Mart hearing Beyonce's "Bootylicious" on the overhead radio.  I think that the Classics of yesteryear will NEVER be repeated.  I'm 29 today but 30 tomorrow and I'm am a white chick :0)
878654
Neither...go look for some real music.
213821
If you have heard any of the tracks then you definitely will not care. I have heard six tracks and they all are terrible. So no hopefully it will never be released and we won't have to hear it on the airwaves at all.
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NONE...\n But the RIAA thinks so though...\nSure isnt songs like " She Will Be Loved", by Maroon or "You're Beautiful", by James Blunt and "Photograph",by Nickleback causing the music sales to drop...\n YES SIR-EEEEE BOB... It's those damn downloaders and file sharers !!!!
1063383
Sadly most mainstream music goes like that. And the whole 'new sensation, omg they're gonna be huge' thing has being going on for YEARS. There's always music that talks about 'real' issues even if they mean real to each person or not. Anyway I say if you don't like anything out there, make your own!
598752
To be honest, nowadays, s_x sells and that's what you see all the time in these videos and even on television. It's unfortunate but it's a reality. It has spread from MTV to evey single network out there.
219693
It would have to be something where Corporate America should stop ramming cRap down our throats. I like hip-hop and rap but it has begun to be so watered down. You hear it at monster truck shows now! Sure they are great beats, ie ringtones, but c'mon even on tampon commercials?!? Music is diverse and sets moods. Trends come and go. Metal had their heyday and now you only hear it on oldies stations and bad tv shows. \n\nI think another big improvment is Music On Demand. Sirus and XM are getting there. A service like that works but now to get it to the point that if you want to listen to a new cd, you pay your monthly service and can listen to it at anytime. Yes you cannot copy it since it is a streaming download but you pay for a service and can call it up anytime like NorthStar in cars.\n\nThat is just a start!
1078837
Producers are all trying to manufacture what will sell.  They are influencing semi-talented performers who are only in it for the money.  The true artists aren't played on popular radio anymore.
32014
with every new type of music created there are people who will say its obscene or awful for one reason or another. just look at how Elvis was only shown from the waist up durin TV interview because his dancing was somehow extreamly sexual. People even thought a "syncopayted" beat would make teens lose their inhibitions...it didnt. Older people almost always think young peoples music is a "sin." Dont listen to them
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Ask your local university library for this article:\n"Violent Music Lyrics Do Not Usually Cause Lasting Harm" by James K. Fitzpatrick. Media Violence. William Dudley, Ed. Opposing Viewpoints® Series. Greenhaven Press, 1999. Reprinted from James K. Fitzpatrick, "Can Teenagers Survive Marilyn Manson?" New Oxford Review, November 1997, by permission of New Oxford Review (1069 Kains Ave., Berkeley, CA 94706). Copyright © 1997 New Oxford Review.\n\nand this one:\n"Studies Have Not Established a Link Between Rap Music and Youth Violence" by Becky L. Tatum. Media Violence. Louise I. Gerdes, Ed. Opposing Viewpoints® Series. Greenhaven Press, 2004. Becky L. Tatum, "The Link Between Rap Music and Youth Crime and Violence: A Review of the Literature and Issues for Future Research," Justice Professional, vol. 11, February 1999, p. 339. \n\nI got these references from a subscription database that a university library should have called Opposing Viewpoints.\n\nThis will be a hard argument to make as most valid research shows that there is a correlation between heavy metal and rap music and lower grades, discipline problems, drug use, teen sex, suicide, etc...  I suppose you could argue that the types of people who would display negative behavior would do so regardless of what music they listen to.  They listen to heavy metal because it mimics their feelings they already had.  So, listening to HM could be a consequence, not a cause.  Good luck!
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Niether. Online file sharing is a boon to artists. It drives the record companies nuts and is killing CD stores. The reality is downloading music is a more natural form of distrabution. It is what people have wanted to do with music for years. No more buying a CD for a single song. \n\nMore importantly it opens up the market to independent artists. No longer can the record companies strangle what music we hear. If we want to hear new music in the style that the record companies think is out of date we just look up indie artists who still make 60s style Rock or sing Folk music or do classical or Metal or Punk or the hundreds of other sub-genres the record companies keep attempting to kill. \n\nArtists except for those who have been around forever and are popular enough to demand a record contract suffered under the old system. Most went bankrupt after making millions for the record companies. Those days are over. Today the artist has a change to make a fair share of the proceeds. True there will be less money to share in. Still long term the market that is shaping up is pro-artist and will give music lovers more variety, more choice and less cost for the same music. \n\nThe biggest problem with the music industry today and the film industry to a lessor extent is a lack of creative vision, fear of taking risks and the attempt to limit what audiences want to hear and see. Out of all the movies release by major studios in a year there are only a few a year nodays I have any interest in seeing. The last one I eagerly stood in line to see in a movie theatre was the Return of the king. Most movies today are tired sequals or remakes. Movies you can predict the plot of from a trailor and often you've watched all the good parts in a movie just by watching the trailor.  \n\nMusic released today is pale copies of independent bands that forced their way onto the scene. Radio is bribed to hype and play certain artists and those same artists are dumped a year or two lator for the next fad. As such I buy few CDs any more. I buy mostly from indie sites. I've included a couple good ones in the sources section. It does mean sorting through some really bad artists to find the really good ones. Still there is some top notch music out there released by indie artists. \n\nThere is also a growing movement that believes music and film should be free. How people will make a living creating this work is another story if this movement takes hold.
691939
Sure.  As long as the music is mechanically reproduced without the main vocal and the singer is not too good.
706990
I agree with you. It shouldn't be called that anymore.\nThey barely have t.v. shows that have anything to do with music.\nI don't watch it anymore.