What will the music of the future sound like?

[desdemona]

http://www.cbc.ca/arts/features/downloading/

I don't think I'd like to see this progression take place, although we're seeing it already

[Ken]

illegal file-sharing sites like Kazaa

Whenever you see this, you know they know nothing about P2P.

[desdemona]

lol, well you might have a point there ken :P Unfortunately it seems like alot of artists in the pop genre today take alot of liberites with classic rock licks and phrases, claiming it as their own, I guess there's no objection and I'm sure it's gone on ad infinitum but personally I think it changes the term "original song"

[DudeAsInCool]

Unfortunately it seems like alot of artists in the pop genre today take alot of liberites with classic rock licks and phrases, claiming it as their own

Yep..and its usually their best stuff... Sometimes this music dabbling results in something interesting...electronica comes t mind...but the biggest problem with all this sampling is that good songwriting seems to have taken a back seat these days. When's the last time you walked around humming a tune by 50 cent?

[Umma]

Isn't plagiarism supposed to be the highest compliment? Sampling is nothing new really.... musicians have been influenced by other musicians for years and copied each other.

Putting together samples is just another interesting artform bu claiming it as your own isn't really on!

[method77]

Whenever you see this, you know they know nothing about P2P.

exactly. I stopped reading the article after I saw that...