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No, not at all. I'm just not a "pop music" guy in general, just not my thing. There's plenty of "low brow" music I thoroughly enjoy, but I still think certain bands are glorified for the wrong reasons. For example: I love the Beatles music, they wrote some fucking great tunes, but I don't ascribe to the notion that they were particularly groundbreaking in any way as some people tend to claim.
I just think that over-production does a disservice to both musicians and the listening public equally. I want a group to be able to recreate their sound live without having to play along with a recording (unless that's obviously their shtick [NIN, for example, had much more live components than one would expect, but it was obvious that a large portion of their shows would necessarily be pre-recorded]).
I guess it's partially a side effect of my education. Spending a decade studying "classical" music just seems to breed a bit of contempt for non-musicians making "music" and becoming popular for no discernible reason (outside of marketing). As long as someone has actual talent and isn't just a creation of media and a savvy producer I generally don't have an issue with them. Of course, that doesn't mean I'll like their music aesthetically.
I just think that over-production does a disservice to both musicians and the listening public equally. I want a group to be able to recreate their sound live without having to play along with a recording (unless that's obviously their shtick [NIN, for example, had much more live components than one would expect, but it was obvious that a large portion of their shows would necessarily be pre-recorded]).
I guess it's partially a side effect of my education. Spending a decade studying "classical" music just seems to breed a bit of contempt for non-musicians making "music" and becoming popular for no discernible reason (outside of marketing). As long as someone has actual talent and isn't just a creation of media and a savvy producer I generally don't have an issue with them. Of course, that doesn't mean I'll like their music aesthetically.
