Instead of thoughtful lyrics and carefully constructed melodies, techno is characterized by occasional “bass-drops” and wholly unmoving, random lyric samples like “ohhh sometimes, I get a goooood feeling.” While real music spurs revolutions, subtlety reflects entire eras, or provides a means of artistic expression, techno has defined itself as a cheap and scattered, non-flowing conglomerate of sounds. What bothers me most about techno is how terrible the sound actually is. Worse still, the elements lose their intended artistic integrities and purposes. The catch is that this newly formed painting would look just as terrible as techno sounds because the stolen elements become mere illusions of their original selves. Combining samples of other people’s songs into one and calling it one’s own is like taking a bunch of famous paintings and trying to somehow form them into one new and therefore “original” painting. Techno music made on a computer using synthetic sounds is just as empty. The concept of techno was doomed from the start, similar to how a picture made in Photoshop can appear similar to an oil painting, yet is worthless in the eyes of art buffs. In turn, it becomes more challenging to find good music, and bad musicians will continue to sell out arenas worldwide, tightening their grip on listeners and further perpetuating this cycle. It’s a phenomenon that happened years ago with pop music. When a bunch of inexperienced musicians oversaturate listeners with a bunch of bad music, music that was once considered laughable is suddenly considered decent what was once considered average is then perceived as above average what was once considered above average will be called great. The logic is simple: if everyone can easily make music, it’ll bring the “music average” down. This marginalization should be alarming to true music fans. This ease adds to the commodification of music - a trend already in action. Any Joe Schmo with a MacBook Pro and a Wi-Fi connection can create techno and get his or her sounds out to the public. Courtesy Mixtribe Photo/FlickrĪ computer is not an instrument. Techno is a poor attempt to substitute robot sounds for what was once actual instrumental and artistic human expression. While “music” may technically be the most appropriate term to categorize this glitchy-sounding, uninspired noise, such a designation undermines the true artistic nature of music. Before I get into it - I fear my previous statements grant too much credit. A popular and currently unavoidable trend on campuses nationwide is the techno music craze.
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