Popular Music and Why Most of It Sucks

This post will be rank with opinion, so try not to be offended. Alright, so ever since I was old enough to understand music I listened to the weird stuff. Ranging from Deathcore and progressive metal, to chill indie and EDM (electronic dance music), my taste was far from normal (seriously guys my favorite band was Born of Osiris when I was 12). After thinking carefully about this, I think I finally understand why. Popular music these days just sucks chode. Most popular artists don't even write their own music anymore, and those that do are hard to find, and often much less popular (i.e. Beyonce vs. Imagine Dragons or Mumford and Sons). The thing about this is that most popular musical artists only write music with the intent that OTHERS like it. In other words, they cater to the audience to sell more and thus make a greater profit. Now, there are some popular bands that DO write their own music (the two listed above), but they are not NEARLY as popular as the titans near the top. Unfortunately, these bands will probably just fade away when the fads change, but lets bring this down to our level. Personally I could care less if someone liked or disliked my own music, what matters to me is that I enjoy playing it. This is why you don't see me in the stereotypical group of girls playing 'Hey There Delilah' until old age and despondency consume my soul. To be honest, I hate it when musicians only know how to play OTHER people's songs, it's silly. To learn Hey There Delilah, just because you want attention from others is sad. I'd rather sit there and improv everything I play- "hey play Crazy Train" "FUCK. OFF"-, and then build up the skills to play other artist's music if the need arises. In my opinion, this way is much better than learning a whole slew of songs, because you would never learn to come up with anything on your own- "yea man I can play every Dragon Force song......what do you mean you just want to jam". So the reason that I enjoy weird music is because it was not created to be mass produced. It's like the difference between a hand carved statue, and one that was made in the factory. Yes, the hand carved statue has more flaws, but it was made for art's sake, not for the consumer's sake. Music is becoming less of an art form, and more of a mass produced commodity/ fashion statement/ fad. "Oh yes I only listen to indie, can't you tell by my weird clothes and the scent of weed?" or "Yea dude I just got a new pair of skinny jeans and Toms for this years Warped Tour". No No No No No. Please Stop. I love Hardcore and indie as much as the next guy, but I don't dress like a concert poster. Let's all just bring it back to the music, and support artists who are trying to make their own place in this fucked up power struggle for the top 40s chart (and even more for those who just don't give a shit).