Where Do You Think Rock is Heading?

[larabrian]

I don't know what it will be like. I know what I hope it will be like. Guys need to actually learn how to play the guitar classically and bring something complex and non-juvenile to the scene. We need MORE bass and less gay, high-note distortion as the melody.

Flyleaf is far from soft (what cause it's a chick singing about being molested? How's that soft?)

They STILL don't know how to play any of their songs. 30 minutes into their concerts they start getting all out of sink. I'm sorry, it's people actually thinking THAT is good music that has ruined rock. They're like Nirvana, ANYONE can pick up a guitar and play their songs (except for them, obviously).

It's hard to find a band that knows what they're doing nowadays, and when you do, Metallica loving posers trash them.

[anthonyzfrazier]

Rock will never die...it would only be in different genre but definitely will never die..

[Jim Colyer]

I don't even know what rock is anymore.

[eunhaelai]

i know people will hate me for this, but does anyone think rock has turned to this rock-dance music that can be played in clubs and other places similar to it where house music, hip hop, and r &b are usually played? i mean, if you classify this more to "pop" then i totally understand what you guys mean. i'm seeing this weird trend of rock and house music fusion, and most of it is not sounding great at all. i'm a rockaholic from the 90's so grunge is my thing (my personal taste), but i'm not excited where rock is going now.

[DudeAsInCool]

i know people will hate me for this, but does anyone think rock has turned to this rock-dance music that can be played in clubs and other places similar to it where house music, hip hop, and r &b are usually played? i mean, if you classify this more to "pop" then i totally understand what you guys mean. i'm seeing this weird trend of rock and house music fusion, and most of it is not sounding great at all. i'm a rockaholic from the 90's so grunge is my thing (my personal taste), but i'm not excited where rock is going now.

Yep, it's an age where there is a fusion of everything and less of a pure individual sound. Also, we now hear great cuts instead of great albums.

And ... if we havent done so already, welcome to Beatking

[DudeAsInCool]

Here is Bob Lefsetz's prediction:

11. Music

Will need to reclaim its rightful place as the most powerful art form. This will be done by innovative acts, not aligned with a major.

Today's audience sees music as background, not foreground. Aural grease in a club, not something you sit on your floor and listen to again and again as it fulfills your soul.

In order to turn the ship around, we'll need a plethora of artists who can sing, write and play. The new technological tools allow you to fake it in the studio, but it's much more difficult to fake it live. You may point to lip-synching divas as contradiction to this point, I'll say those are productions, whereas real musicians, playing live, sans effects, sans canned backup, touch the audience in a wholly different way, which bonds fans to them, which makes people want more.

Yes, we're going to experience a return to basics. Don't be distracted by the vast gobs of crap, whether it be the wannabes on MySpace or the no-talents on Top Forty radio. The growth will come from those who pay their dues, who rely on their talent.

None of the oldsters believe this. They point to grosses of jokes. They point to dollars as opposed to emotions. And that's how we've gotten to this godforsaken place. Until you focus on the essence, the music, motivating people to come to the show based on the sound alone, you're screwed. The shows will start smaller. They'll be cheaper. But the acts will be better. Because when there's less money involved, you don't do it for the fame, but the love