Chapter 319 Why is pop music getting worse and worse? (Please subscribe~monthly ticket!)

Eating stew in an iron pot on a winter night is definitely a very exciting thing.

While eating, the young couple also chatted.

Apart from some trivial matters such as family affairs and family affairs, the more they talked about were actually some problems at their respective jobs.

After all, the two are not in the same industry.

But in fact, this is the case, which makes communication more necessary.

Even if you may not understand the other party's work, the key issue is not whether you understand or not, let alone whether you can offer some constructive remarks to the other party.

The key to the problem lies in speaking and listening, respect and companionship.

Both of them feel that words such as "You don't understand even if I tell you" and "What's the use of telling you" are one of the most harmful words in married life. Both of them need to have the right to know in order to avoid unnecessary gossip.

Blood misunderstanding.

When talking about Li Shaojie's future development, Lu Qiuer suddenly smacked her lips.

Sister Qiu is an ordinary music lover. Although she has learned a lot of knowledge over the years and knows a little bit of the basics than others, she is actually not much different from the vast majority of the public.

You may not be able to tell what is good, but you can definitely feel what is bad.

So, Lu Qiuer asked a soul question.

"Husband, I feel like pop music is getting worse and worse. Am I not keeping up with the times?"

Many music lovers really want to ask people in the industry this question.

Many people feel that pop music is getting worse and worse, but every time they raise questions, they are always criticized by a bunch of traffic fans: "This is advanced", "If you don't understand, you have no artistic ability", and "You can't keep up with the times."

Wait for words.

For a long time, I had some doubts.

After all, not everyone has a doctorate in music, and if someone says this, they don’t have the confidence or knowledge to refute it.

But I just know that this is definitely not the reason.

Therefore, Lu Qiuer, who suddenly remembered this topic, quickly asked her professional husband.

My husband’s speech is no more reliable than that of a fan of some dog P brick family?!

"It's not that you can't keep up with the times, how could it be the reason why you can't keep up with the times?"

Li Shaojie took a big bite of the goose and looked up in surprise.

"You're right, pop music is getting worse and worse, and the extent of it is much more exaggerated than you think."

"?"

Lu Qiuer was stunned.

Coming from a professional, this answer is really surprising.

"Good guy, is it really getting worse?"

"Yes! It's very bad."

Li Shaojie nodded once again with certainty.

To be honest, Lu Qiu'er always thought that Li Shaojie would talk about things like fast food, Internet, popularization, simplification, etc. But she didn't expect that Brother Jie would say, "You're right, it's really bad."

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"Ah? Real or fake?"

Lu Qiuer clicked her tongue.

"Then you know what's going on?"

"real!"

Li Shaojie wiped his mouth.

"And it's not just the Chinese music scene. In fact, the pop music scene around the world is getting worse and worse."

"This is actually very simple to explain."

Li Shaojie took a sip of his drink and started talking to his wife with a smile.

That was some of the conversations that took place at the exchange meeting some time ago.

"Actually, during the exchange, I once talked with a delegation official who once worked for the Spanish National Research Council, and used a very scientific analysis method on this issue."

Scientific analysis method?

This made Lu Qiuer curious.

"They have conducted big data sampling analysis on almost half a million popular music songs on the market."

"The analysis method is actually to compare the three dimensions of music's impact on people's perception, namely [diversity of timbre], [complexity of harmony] and [loudness]."

Li Shaojie raised his eyebrows.

"This is a very scientific system analysis method, but after the analysis, a very serious fact was revealed."

"Popular music is not fast food, modern, or popular, but it is getting worse and worse!!"

Lu Qiuer was shocked.

Just listen to Li Shaojie continue talking.

"In the past few decades, due to the development and application of recording technology and modern music technology, the components of music have become more and more monotonous."

"For example, let's talk about the choice of timbre."

"In the earliest pop music, due to the freedom of creation, there were many choices in the selection of instrument timbres. Even for a certain section of the chorus's main melody, quite a few timbres could be added to enhance the sense of hierarchy."

"Piano, violin, viola, cello, tower drum, snare drum, timpani, guitar, progress the chorus melody one bar, and enrich it in terms of bass, treble, chords, rhythm, etc."

Li Shaojie smiled slightly.

"It's even a little thin. If you want to make it more colorful, then a more prominent tone is important, such as brass to expand the tension and emotional propulsion, the euphonium for the bass, and the horn and clarinet to give a rounded texture.

, and the more important high-pitched area can be trumpet, or even saxophone, flute, and oboe."

"If you want to add some more color, you can also consider the harp."

"These orchestrations are actually just [regular]. In fact, you can have more computer-synthesized sounds, or some more unique folk instrument choices."

"For example, if you look at popular music from 2005 to 2010, it is not that uncommon for excellent creators to use twenty or thirty kinds of instruments in a piece of music to optimize details and foreshadow the emotions."

Li Shaojie shrugged.

"But if you put aside today's popular songs, whether they are popular or not, even people with only a little musical foundation can quickly identify how many timbres are used. Generally speaking, it is difficult to even exceed six or seven, and it can be up to ten.

Those who grow musical instruments are considered conscientious.”

"Even the production of many popular songs relies more and more on drum machine sampling and electronic software. Even the production of all-midi songs is not progress and development, but an aesthetic regression."

Lu Qiuer nodded blankly.

Although you may not understand it well, you definitely understand the basic meaning!!

Although the timbres are more diverse, the range of musical instruments used in creation is narrower.

"Let's talk about the second point. It's getting easier and easier to use harmony."

Li Shaojie shrugged.

"What we often say is to lower the threshold of popular music. I think it is the threshold of appreciation, not the threshold of creators. Many creators are not P. They can only get started in the use of harmony, and even know only formulas.

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"The uniform inversion of three chords and the application of fixed classic chords give pop songs a trend of homogeneity. The accompaniment of one chord can even seamlessly connect countless popular songs."

Li Shaojie shook his head gently and curled his lips.

"But, if you say these words, some idiots will get excited. It's not that these chords can't be used, and you can write good songs no matter how routine you use them. But in fact, these kind of words are very speechless."

"It's just like a recipe. If you follow the recipe, it will never deviate from the original. The tastes can be varied, but they are all similar, and the dish will definitely remain the same."

"A lot of listeners, actually, are not asking you to make fish-flavored shredded pork into 108 different but delicious flavors, but they want to try something new that they have never heard of, seen, or tasted before.

taste."

"The use of timbre, such as different seasonings, the basic knowledge of harmony and chords, and different ingredients. If you make fish-flavored shredded pork in 108 flavors, it will naturally enrich your dietary life, but our diet

Life can't be filled with fish-flavored shredded pork of different flavors, right? You have to eat something else, so that's the problem."

Li Shaojie spread his hands.

"The current situation of the popular music market is that it is difficult to see other flavors of dishes on the street. There are only 108 ways to make fancy fish-flavored shredded pork. But even if the taste is somewhat different, you eat fish-flavored pork every day.

If you eat silk for a few years, who won’t collapse?”

Lu Qiuer screamed, calling her image.

I immediately understood what Li Shaojie meant.

The consequence of using routines, templates, and saving effort and cost is that everyone chooses a more popular dish and then madly follows the recipe to make it in different forms.
To be continued...