Very interesting piece, and it provoked some great comments in response. I would highlight the distinction between collaborative writing band and band per se. There was typically always a primary architect in most bands, and there are still plenty of bands. Wolf Alice comes to mind as what seems to be a pretty egalitarian writing grou…
Very interesting piece, and it provoked some great comments in response. I would highlight the distinction between collaborative writing band and band per se. There was typically always a primary architect in most bands, and there are still plenty of bands. Wolf Alice comes to mind as what seems to be a pretty egalitarian writing group (and a kick ass band, not singer & fellas). Mutemath was a great band, Coldplay, War on Drugs, Radiohead, Dave Matthews (yeah OK those are now Dad's bands).
But yeah there's a lot of voice with samples on the playlists these days. There's always been plenty of "eye candy that sings". Technology enables this --it's so easy to put a full band together on PC without even playing parts at the same time. More than the death of bands, maybe it's the reversion to the voice with songs handed to them model, eg Beyonce. But really that's countered by a *lot* of very talented writer / singers with and without band backup.
And " consider getting a life" was hilarious, especially if one is listening to DeadMaus and Juice World, but the juxtaposition with Cat Power was stark --she's an incredible talent, and a current answer to Dusty Springfield with that single malt alto voice and strong writing.
Very interesting piece, and it provoked some great comments in response. I would highlight the distinction between collaborative writing band and band per se. There was typically always a primary architect in most bands, and there are still plenty of bands. Wolf Alice comes to mind as what seems to be a pretty egalitarian writing group (and a kick ass band, not singer & fellas). Mutemath was a great band, Coldplay, War on Drugs, Radiohead, Dave Matthews (yeah OK those are now Dad's bands).
But yeah there's a lot of voice with samples on the playlists these days. There's always been plenty of "eye candy that sings". Technology enables this --it's so easy to put a full band together on PC without even playing parts at the same time. More than the death of bands, maybe it's the reversion to the voice with songs handed to them model, eg Beyonce. But really that's countered by a *lot* of very talented writer / singers with and without band backup.
And " consider getting a life" was hilarious, especially if one is listening to DeadMaus and Juice World, but the juxtaposition with Cat Power was stark --she's an incredible talent, and a current answer to Dusty Springfield with that single malt alto voice and strong writing.