I got this thread idea from SuperProgressive youtube channel, but it's an intriguing topic imo.
As someone who discovers older music like it's brand new, it just seems like older music set the bar so high in terms of writing and composition.
SYSTEM-J
Do you actually look for new music, though?
Mattsanity
No. I already made up my mind without looking for new music.
AlphaStarred
Not necessarily, but I do think there was more creativity and improvisation in older stuff. People were limited with the gear they had and probably spent more time learning their gear and getting the most out of it, whereas now a lot of stuff is done with software, which often leads to less "happy accidents" and improvisation.
It also depends on the genre. Oldschool acid is definitely more interesting than modern acid, although with electro it may be vice versa.
SYSTEM-J
Jesus, this thread makes my head hurt. What are we defining as "old music"? Because within the confines of electronic music, "old music" from 2007 was complete dog. Old music was 1997 was great. Old music from 1987 was mostly too primitive to be particularly interesting today. Matt has probably never listened to any old electronic music from 1977 in his life. And so on.
Does this simple thought experiment help illustrate how thinking of every piece of recorded music not released in the past six months as some gestalt called "old music" is actually pretty ing stupid?
JEO
Just as I bet half a dollar on Matt, he posts this. Can you at least post an old track and a newer track or something? Man.
Mattsanity
It's 2023, so old music = pre-2013 tracks
new music = post-2013 tracks
AlphaStarred
I was thinking old = early to mid 90's.
Sykonee
The great thing about Newer Tracks is they eventually become Older Tracks, henceforth making them better over time!
Or simply forgotten because they were crap, relegating them to the dustbin of history, leaving only the best stuff to be remembered. Small wonder there's romanticism of the past.
/not exactly revelatory insights here
//but then, it is another Mattsanity thread
SYSTEM-J
What is not particularly revelatory to you or I is a supernova of insight inside the cognitive biases of Matt's mind.
Mattsanity
TA culture: Jack faults someone's thread and everyone follows suit.
Or maybe the thread actually sucks. oh well.
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Originally posted by AlphaStarred
I was thinking old = early to mid 90's.
That would make sense too.
Lews
Not sure why everyone is ting on Matt. He's clearly correct - old music was just better, plain and simple. For example, who could ever forget these bangers? One can't, no matter how hard one tries :o
