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Topic: A Sad Comment on Modern Country |
David Griffin
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Jimmy Creek,Arkansas via Cowtown, USA
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Posted 13 Jan 2015 3:32 pm |
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Guys! How long can we beat a dead horse? You could mash up dang near ANY songs in ANY genre at ANY point in history & come to the same conclusion. Any of you remember I VIm IV V in the 50s? Get over it. 
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Ron Pruter
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Arizona, USA
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Posted 13 Jan 2015 5:46 pm
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I really notice a incredible amount of I V VImin IV songs. Even in the contemory Christian songs. I do not like 90% of todays "country music" but man, could you ever do a similar thing with a ton of old country.
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Dustin Rigsby
From:
Parts Unknown, Ohio
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Posted 14 Jan 2015 4:41 am
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Isn't this the 372,000 th thread we've had on this subject 😄
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Michael Hummel
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 14 Jan 2015 8:55 am
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It seems to me there are only so many chord changes a songwriter can use, especially in country music.
Sometimes a song comes along that just grabs you somehow, and at least until you have to sit down and learn it, your mind doesn't pay any attention to the changes -- you just enjoy the song. Admittedly it is rare -- but it always has been rare, and somehow people still pull it off. That's what I hold out hope for in every genre of music I pay attention to.
I've written a bunch of tunes throughout the years (only one has made it to iTunes  and I just try to create the song as best I can, and use whatever changes happen to come along that work best with what I'm trying to say.
What else can you do?
Mike
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David Cubbedge
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Toledo,Ohio, USA
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Posted 21 Jan 2015 9:24 am
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I just got let go from a top-40 country band and I must say trying to create psg parts out of nothing left my brain in a state of dominant 7th mush. Country music today is just bad rock and roll with the same lyrics re-arranged.
Thanks to 'real' country artists like Ashley Monroe (and a few others) for maintaining the breed!
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Jim Sliff
From:
Lawndale California, USA
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Posted 21 Jan 2015 10:08 am
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Hmmmm. And I thought this sub-forum was for discussion of instruments, not single musical styles.
My mistake.
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Funny how I've been away for a while, come back and find a thread that must have 100 (maybe 500?) clones of it over the last 10 years or so.
Music evolves. Go with the flow and learn to adapt - or stay home.
This is assuming players gig. If not, the whole thing is irrelevant. You can play whatever the heck you want (and same with listening) at home.
So a lot of it sounds like "rock music"? Try to define "rock" on a 6-string forum and it'll be a bloodbath.
Forget style labels. You play an instrument. Use it to play music you like.
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