Comments by "Greg Wayne" (@friguy4444) on "Has Alternative Music Lost Its Way?" video.

  1. Okay, for the first and only time I'm going to speak as the musician singer songwriter I am and have been for years. We shouldn't have to STRAIN TO APPRECIATE THE NEW MUSIC!!! Good Music should jump out and grab you! Speak to you on some level other than just basic "construction analysis". (Rick is Awesome!!) Sorry I can't hear anything cohesive in any of this. It's always LIKE IT'S TRYING TOO HARD. It's forced music with no direction and no common value. All the sounds in the world do not make up for great song writing. This isn't great song writing. I'm going to say something everyone will think is incredibly arrogant and stupid but who cares when the industry has lost it's ability to realize what a good song consists of. I have better songs than all of these in my throw away catalog. Songs need to be about something with the same dynamic highs and lows that have emotional content as a good book or story. They need context dynamics and hooks. Hooks hooks hooks!! And I heard two in this whole mess of "Music". But they didn't even utilize them. They were washed down with gimmick sounds and production. If you haven't been recommended by "Insert well know persons name here" or sold "Insert large number here" then forget it. I turned down two publishing deals and both companies are now defunct. Maybe I should have signed with the NY one and just rode the "These advances come out of your royalties" train until they went under. But I'm not that guy. So Sorry for the tirade. I know I'm a jerk and self indulgent but WHO CARES THESE DAYS ANYWAY. Get rid of all the samples and over production (I love great production but not to build a group on or a song around) make great songs as a group or artist them produce it. Not make a song using the production techniques.
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