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[–] Whitemail [S] ago 

There aren't any musical instruments or technology that I think are inherently bad. Synths in the 80s and auto-tunes in recent decades have been abused by shitty pop musicians. On the LIVE (the band called LIVE) album Distance to Here there is one part of one song where auto-tune is used, when it was something new. That was perfectly fine to have one or two lines auto-tuned into some kind of distinctly different sound from the rest of the singing on the whole album. After that the pop musicians got a hold of it and turned it into some retarded fad. Shitty musicians and people who can't sing kept using it until it was something detestable.

A lot of advertisements use songs from a specific generation to catch the attention of the target audience. Modern pop songs have been too expensive to use, though.

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[–] wahala ago 

Good point on LIVE. I loved that album when it came out. Thanks for the reminder on that.

I was also being a bit facetious when it comes to auto-tune. I completely agree synths and other electronic means of music can be amazing if used musically and not as a substitute for music. For example, when Jerry Garcia would break out the MU-TRON, aww yeah.

I disagree that modern pop music is too expensive for ads. Right now, Fitz & The Tantrums 'Hand-Clap' is being used in a Fiat ad. A Phoenix song is being used in a Calvin Klein ad. Honda is using Empire of the Sun's 'The Dreamer: Fantasy' in their current ads. I could go on, but I think you see where I'm going with this. They cross-promo on purpose.

When it comes to formulaic music, just give me a nice I-V-vi-IV and I'm good. Please tell me you've seen this - Axis of Awesome, 4 Chord Song

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[–] Whitemail [S] 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I have heard Steve Lukather talking about a song another member of Toto wrote being in the loathsome I V IV vi progression. He said he was trying to disguise it. I haven't seen that one, but I've seen a similar type one. You can take it to mean that a chord progression is used too much, or you can listen to what makes all of these bands and songs different. There's more to music than just chord progressions. If Journey or the Red Hot Chili Peppers were playing that chord progression without singing, I'm sure you'd have no trouble telling which band was which. There is also so much jazz, pop, and blues all based around the 1, 4, 5 based progressions or sometimes just 1 and 4.