Rhythm vs Melody

[Carl-Richard]

44 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

You guys are being all smart-ass with me. But there is a reason why pop-music is so melody-focused. Because what I said is true: what sells music is a delicious melody.

Normie music.

[Leo Gura]

21 minutes ago, Carl-Richard said:

Normie music.

The cope that lovers of dub-step tell themselves when they go to sleep at night

Edited March 1 by Leo Gura

[Eskilon]

2 hours ago, Leo Gura said:

You guys are being all smart-ass with me. But there is a reason why pop-music is so melody-focused. Because what I said is true: what sells music is a delicious melody.

Just because something sells, doesnt mean its good or desirable. Taylor Swift music sells, doesnt mean its good. Selling is a normie criteria for things. Its like you became a marketer for a second lmao.

Edited March 1 by Eskilon

[Leo Gura]

10 minutes ago, Eskilon said:

Just because something sells, doesnt mean its good or desirable. Taylor Swift music sells, doesnt mean its good. Selling is a normie criteria for things. Its like you became a marketer for a second lmao.

It's not just about selling though. It's about appeal.

Taylor Swift music is appealing. Even if it ain't your style. Dub-step is not appealing except to a few freaks. Which is why it will never out-sell Swift.

Edited March 1 by Leo Gura

[Xonas Pitfall]

50 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

It's not just about selling though. It's about appeal.

Taylor Swift music is appealing. Even if it ain't your style. Dub-step is not appealing except to a few freaks. Which is why it will never out-sell Swift.

Not true . . . ? 

Music history alone shows that what people find appealing changes drastically across cultures and time periods.

Imagine introducing Taylor Swift’s music into an era shaped by classical concert traditions, court music, and formal composition standards. Compared to the musical language of the time, her melodies would likely be heard as harmonically simple and structurally repetitive, not refined nor serious.

And if you place her music in periods where religion was far more pervasive and moral norms were stricter, the lyrical themes alone would likely be considered scandalous or inappropriate. What’s seen as normal pop today could easily have been dismissed as degenerate or offensive back then. I can easily imagine Stage Blue churchgoing grandmas and priests in the early 1800s reacting with disgust, thinking, “This is what our children listen to? Where are the holy bells? The chants? The worship of God, the sense of spiritual ascension? Where is the breath of fresh air and love? What is this? Is the devil himself Taylor Swift?” both melodically and lyrically. In the same way, many heterosexual men might feel repulsed by a postmodernist ad today.

[Xonas Pitfall]

6 minutes ago, musicandmath111 said:

You are wrong. I do. This beat is nothing but jaw dropping, but apparently only for those who have enough musical intelligence. (05:28-06:24)

 

Funky! 🤹‍♂️

[Nemra]

If you are musically inclined and practice some instrument, you'll notice more stuff about music, like with everything else.

However, you won't listen to or play music that doesn't move you, unless you're learning about music or practicing some instrument.

[Leo Gura]

@musicandmath111

 

[Basman]

Melody, but for techno music it's closer to a 50-50 relationship. 

[Carl-Richard]

1 hour ago, musicandmath111 said:

Seriously @Leo Gura you are musically simpleminded, and your pathetic playlist proves it.

To balance out Leo's troll response, I'll musical-intelligence-mog with one of the most intelligent and probably the most original musician I know 🗿:

 

 

Edited March 1 by Carl-Richard

[Juressic]

Melody is the king indeed! Rhythm patterns are being reused in various songs again and again; it's like a packaging box, and people get used to it. People might have their favorite rhythm types; it's a more technical question, and if you give them raw rhythm, then it's nothing special, mayority won't even dance if they aren't on drugs or something, until they know that the rhythm will soon unfold into melody and story.