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Tuesday, February 1, 2011

The Ways For Understanding the Future of Music

They say that if you can see a bandwagon, then the chances are that you have already missed it. This applies very much to music, and yet there are many different musical styles that go against the grain and have an enduring appeal. Therefore, when it comes to understanding the future of music, it can be simultaneously very easy and very hard to know what the next big thing will be.Whilst certain sub genres will come and go from a collective musical preference with astonishing regularity, other forms of music will very much have a firm hold over the majority of people and continue to be successful for many years or even decades. Good quality pop music is something that will almost never seem to go out of fashion, and simply adding a slightly different beat or sound will be all that it takes to turn any such pop song into something that easily fits the current mould.

Rock and acoustic music is harder to judge. The addition or even absence of certain traditional or modern hooks can make a massive difference in style and sub-genres of this type of music will be coming and going in popularity all the time.
The current outlook for music is very much one lead by samples and loops. Hip hop samples and dubstep loops are starting to crop up in almost all genres of music and this crossing of genres is likely to only get more popular over the coming year. Therefore, for those looking to make it as the next big thing in music, it might well be worth considering how such dubstep loops and hip hop samples might help to flavour the music you create in the right way.

That, or simply write a few simple pop songs as these will have an audience no matter when you want to try and make it big.

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