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Can Mainstream Rock Music Survive

Chuck Finley said:
Now we have acoustic/folk/bluegrass bands. I think they are great bands and I hope they keep up the good work...
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My fave folk/blugrass band. They hail from NC. I especially like the lyrics to this song...

The Avett Brothers:

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j37xdQFJ-Ng[/yt]
 
Marching Bands have changed a bit.
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FYa9QYkuB4[/yt]
 
All the classic rock music seems to be going strong by getting use in some sort of advertising product(like the one used here on Australia Toyota are using hip to be square to sell their cars)
 
Mr Pointy Ears said:
All the classic rock music seems to be going strong by getting use in some sort of advertising product(like the one used here on Australia Toyota are using hip to be square to sell their cars)
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Yes, I used to think allowing one's song to be used in a commercial was very direct "sellout" of the bedrock concepts of pop/rock and roll music. I don't see it that way anymore. Aside from the financial aspects, the key is to keep your songs/music being heard by as many people as possible for as long as possible.

Bands who want to remain "purists", only allowing their songs to be heard by the masses by traditional means, live performance, radio, website, etc, run the risk of their songs being forgotten more quickly than they maybe had to be.
 
What is "mainstream"? And what is "rock", the American or British English definition? Rock has been the popular music of my lifetime and I am middle aged. What was once marketed as mainstream, sometimes "Southern Rock" is now marketed as "Country" and "country" like "rock" contains many subsets and it is as mainstream as you can get. :confused:

the G-man said:
It will always be around, just like blues, bluegrass, jazz, classical, swing and other genres are always around.

But, like the other genres, it won't be the dominant genre. In fact, the only reason it lasted as long as it did on top was because the primary market for it was the single largest population bubble in our history (the baby boom).

Yes, like some of the other genres I named (remember the "swing fad" with Brian Setzer, etc., or the "bluegrass revival" after the release of "O Brother where art though"?) it may have brief periods of resurgence at the top of the charts. And it will always have fans. And like classics of other genres, certain albums and artists will remain popular (Beatles being an obvious example) even if the genre isn't as a whole.

However, the demographics are all wrong for it to stay on top forever. It was the pop music of a particular age group (the boomers mostly) and that age group is now middle aged or even senior citizens. They aren't buying records anymore and eventually they'll all be dead.

And as a result, rock will be just one more "niche" musical product with some other genre as the best seller.
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We need a Ferengi smilie
 
I am going to steal this so if you do a google search you will find my screen name on other message boards. forgiveness is easier to get then permission
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No hey problema. This is a message board. Steal away. :)
 
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