Music in twenty years

[Obyeybyeogone]

In the year 2021, what do you think music will sound like? I think it's a given there will always be pop artists and boybands etc. But my question is where will the genres of music people on this board enjoy be in twenty years? It is interesting to think if any modern bands (maybe Opeth?) would influence a band twenty years down the line. It's also possible the new trend of numetal and rap will dominate, and new genres of pure shit will emerge, and we'll be saying "When I was younger they made music that was good, not this garbage"

 

[Eld]

Well, I believe metal will continue on as is today. There are people like me and other metal fans who will be in a metal band someday. I know I'll listen to metal in the future.

There will always be pop, unfortunately. Hopefully mallcore won't still be around.

But the real interesting question is, what will metal sound like in 20 years? Think about how black metal has gone from Venom or Bathory to Emperor. It will be interesting.

 

[Obyeybyeogone]

Yeah that's kind of the question I meant to asked, sorry if I phrased it poorly. I think there will be bands that are just incredible, something that evolves from all the great music we have today, something that does something unexpected and very creative. It will be exciting to see where we end up.

 

[MetalManCPA]

Music in 2021 will be anything technology can create - you'll be able to electronically make a faster more accurate guitar lick than any human, plus, the sound re-creation to the human ear will be identical to the real thing. Then, you'll have the power to create any combination of instruments and singing (look where voice recognition is now - it will be far more advanced than Max Hedroom), thus creating music only your imagination could envision. You'll go to a club with holographic bands playing this non-human composition - all generated from technology. The clubs will be a mixture of glass, neon, and titanium/chrome/stainless. Instead of cheap blinking lights, it will be a laser extravagansa.

Oh yeah, and there will still be venues where the metal bands of today will still play - heck, what would it be like to see Opeth playing with each band member > 50 years old? And crack open a bud.

 

[Ihsahn]

Originally posted by metalmancpa
Music in 2021 will be anything technology can create - you'll be able to electronically make a faster more accurate guitar lick than any human, plus, the sound re-creation to the human ear will be identical to the real thing. Then, you'll have the power to create any combination of instruments and singing (look where voice recognition is now - it will be far more advanced than Max Hedroom), thus creating music only your imagination could envision. You'll go to a club with holographic bands playing this non-human composition - all generated from technology. The clubs will be a mixture of glass, neon, and titanium/chrome/stainless. Instead of cheap blinking lights, it will be a laser extravagansa.

Oh yeah, and there will still be venues where the metal bands of today will still play - heck, what would it be like to see Opeth playing with each band member > 50 years old? And crack open a bud.

Decades ago people thought we would have flying cars by the year 2000, we would be commuting to different planets, have machines that instantaneously generate food, etc. Nothing of that sort has happened. I don't think in about 20 years, with all the dumbasses we have in the world, we would be that technologically advanced. Mabey some of those things would be possible; they can electronically engineer today to where it sounds real. And another thing: what kind of metalhead goes to a club? I think people will still want the real thing.
And so to get the idea of what music will be like, you would have to study the progression of music from past to present, analyze trends, and think about what the world will be like in 20 years. Who knows? Perhaps the general public will be slightly more sentient than the ingorant contemporary crowd. Perhaps they will look to music with actual meaning. Mabey more people will want to face their fears of whats beyond, and embrace the knowledge gained from them. That is what metal is about. That and having fun. The aggression, the intensity, the passion is also why people appeal to metal. Most metal comes from the heart, and paints a vivid picture of the artists emotions, thoughts, perspectives.

 

[warsofwinter]

It doesn't matter what year it is or anything , there will always be music that you will enjoy . I can't wait to hear a new type of music say in 5 years . Id say there gonna come up with something new ,,, a new type of music all together , not a different genre but a different type of music

 

[_Transparent_]

i dont have a clue what to expect, in a matter of days things change, i mean look at how punk has blasted back from nowhere just recently. i think even world events could determine where music will head next. maybe in 20 years time we will have something completely different to the orthodox. we will just have to wait.

 

[D Mullholand]

Well, Ihsahn expressed my feelings towards metal better than I ever could, thanks !

Where will music be in 20 years ? Looking more globally, I don't know. Right now the philosophy of post-modernism says : anything can be music. All sounds are possible, even no sounds. Before the 20th century, there were periods - baroque, classical, romantic etc. In the 20th century every composer has its individual style. Styles like jazz and rock (including metal) emerged. At a certain point (maybe when John Cage premiered his 4'33") music as a whole sort of collapsed, and now we may be on the beginning of the next twist of the spiral, but on a new level - see the development of 'world culture', with instant communication - all musics from all corners of the world are now available ! We can only guess what will develop out of this... I think the genre boundaries will be gradually removed - there will be no definite 'jazz' or 'rock' or 'classical', at least in the musical sense, not in the social sense. Art will probably become even more individual, and more global.

As for the development of metal. I think the next decade belongs to bands like Sculptured and Opeth, who can bring something new and fresh to the genre. I'm not talking of mainstream popularity, but more about artistic evolution of music. Or, metal as we know it may die, and give birth to the next generation. Look at the evolution of black metal - first we have Bathory and Venom, then the 'troo' wave of Mayhem and Darkthrone, then - a subdivision of synth-pop a-la Dimburger, the 'freaks' like Arcturus, and recently - what I consider to be the new wave - the new directions of Immortal, Enslaved, Emperor (RIP), sort of taking something from traditional metal/death metal, and going off into more progressive/dissonant (Voivod) terrain. Blackwater Park sort of moves in that general direction as well. But that is a local example, metal may morph into something entirely different (I'm not talking adding more electronica/industrial, that has already been done a long time ago).

Did is make sense ? Do I sound like an android ?

R. Mullholand
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NP: John McLaughlin, Tony Williams, Larry Young - Emergency !

 

[Obyeybyeogone]

No, that does make sense, and I agree with you.

 

[Soul Forlorn]

There will always be a large amount of "shit" music out there and unfortunately it will appeal to the masses, especially those that are young and impressionable. I'm sure metal will continue. It will for the most part evolve into a form that is different from that of today. There will surely still be those who continue to play what may be then termed as "classic metal". I have no doubt that metal will always be a part of my life. I've been listening to it since '83 or so and my faith in it is as strong as ever. I'm sure I'll continue to get more heavily involved in jazzy, fusion-type stuff as well as classical as the years go by.

 

[Duvall]

I was thinking of this a few nights ago. A goal to which a band can aspire is to create music that young people will like in 20 years. Something that their parents might have enjoyed, but they discover on their own. I'm mostly thinking of a band like Pink Floyd, where they were popular to begin with, but I'm sure a band like Opeth has the quality and timlessness that will propel them into the future.

I think lyrically, we've achieved a certain pinnacle. Though issues can be blatantly mentioned nowadays, and possibly moreso in the future, lyrics began as and remain poetry. Mastery of a language at its given state will produce incredible results: A good writer in the 1500s is still good today; a good lyricist in 2001 will still be good in 2021. So it seems that the only thing that can evolve is the music.

People will find new ways to make new instruments and new sounds never before experienced. The majority of us are among a generation whose parents experienced the earlier days of rock/metal/distorted guitar (basically). We carry with us the knowledge and admiration of all that music, as well as the music of today. Along with that, there has seemingly been an uprising in widespread passion about music in general. Since the hippies, I suppose, there have been people who would not settle for substanceless music. Connoisseurs of every genre emerged, and celebrated what they loved about music. The music-lovers (and I use that term to describe anyone who has a passion for talented, challenging music) of today have taken admiration to a new level. There's emulation of the stars, deification (though Elvis was also deified..), and such violence, all caused by music, or rather, the subcultures that music define.

The next generation(s) will have all that came before with them, hopefully the knowledge and experience and love of genuine art. Taken one step further, they will be the musicians and fans of tomorrow: intelligent, outspoken, talented, vibrant individuals.

And that's what really matters, isn't it? That we all remain individual fish in a sea of hopeless mediocrity.




p.s. wow. that's pretentious. I apologize

 

[MetalManCPA]

Back in 1969 - Led Zeppelin came out with what music would be like in 20+ years - they just didn't know it at the time.