I think John Mayer, as skilled as he is a guitarist, is partly to blame for the death of the guitar in pop music. When it comes to music, I'm a bona fide hater. I think pop/rock music peaked in the 60s early 70s, had a nice resurgence in the 90s with grunge and hip hop, but then tanked in the 2000s and has continued to go downhill ever since. I think the best stuff out right now is coming from the Garage Psych Rock bands like Oh Sees and King Gizzard and the Wizard Lizard. I think the Guitar will come back, the over-saturation of digital instrumentation will lead to a reversal, back to something more visceral. The digital one man show musical act will become a relic as well, not that these musicians aren't talented, but the concept is gimmicky at its core. But who knows, I'm in my early 30s and decrepit to these 90s born millennial whoopheads.
I think Anthony is spot on with millennials looking to form a musical identity. I think it's just part of the cyclical nature of music and trends in general. The music of the 1980s saw the synthesizer becoming a lead instrument and guitar taking much more of a backseat. Nirvana and all those 90s rock bands pushed back, and guitars became popular again. Now we're back on the digital instrument cycle. The key difference this time is that hip hop has become a heavier part of the pop music landscape. Guitars were never the lead instrument in hip hop, if featured at all. Since that's the "big prism" through which much of pop music gets filtered these days, guitars don't always make the cut. Sooner or later someone will start a very popular rock band again and guitars will probably be important for a while until Elon Musk designs a synthesizer and then we just go in circles forever.
Yeah, I agree. The rise and popification of hip hop has taken the guitar out of the picture. Although original hip hop heavily sampled funk and Motown, trap took over hip hop and hip hop took over pop.
What punk did for rock, needs to happen for hip hop. I compare today’s hip hop to the hair band rock of the 70s. Some underground movement needs to revolt and go back while moving it forward.
Well if you suck, and play in Muse it isn't.
I think John Mayer, as skilled as he is a guitarist, is partly to blame for the death of the guitar in pop music. When it comes to music, I'm a bona fide hater. I think pop/rock music peaked in the 60s early 70s, had a nice resurgence in the 90s with grunge and hip hop, but then tanked in the 2000s and has continued to go downhill ever since. I think the best stuff out right now is coming from the Garage Psych Rock bands like Oh Sees and King Gizzard and the Wizard Lizard. I think the Guitar will come back, the over-saturation of digital instrumentation will lead to a reversal, back to something more visceral. The digital one man show musical act will become a relic as well, not that these musicians aren't talented, but the concept is gimmicky at its core. But who knows, I'm in my early 30s and decrepit to these 90s born millennial whoopheads.
I think Anthony is spot on with millennials looking to form a musical identity. I think it's just part of the cyclical nature of music and trends in general. The music of the 1980s saw the synthesizer becoming a lead instrument and guitar taking much more of a backseat. Nirvana and all those 90s rock bands pushed back, and guitars became popular again. Now we're back on the digital instrument cycle. The key difference this time is that hip hop has become a heavier part of the pop music landscape. Guitars were never the lead instrument in hip hop, if featured at all. Since that's the "big prism" through which much of pop music gets filtered these days, guitars don't always make the cut. Sooner or later someone will start a very popular rock band again and guitars will probably be important for a while until Elon Musk designs a synthesizer and then we just go in circles forever.
Yeah, I agree. The rise and popification of hip hop has taken the guitar out of the picture. Although original hip hop heavily sampled funk and Motown, trap took over hip hop and hip hop took over pop.
For sure. I think people often forget how young hip hop is and how much growth it still has ahead of it.
What punk did for rock, needs to happen for hip hop. I compare today’s hip hop to the hair band rock of the 70s. Some underground movement needs to revolt and go back while moving it forward.