People are still whining that rock is dead?

This entry is in reference to the sample blog in our reading assignment entitled, "Rock... What Happened?"

I’m getting really tired of people whining that rock is dead and new music sucks. This is not the only blog or article or even verbal discussion I have come across on such topic. People of all ages complain about it all the time. While I agree that current mainstream music does lack true talent, it doesn’t mean that people in general don’t appreciate musical talent anymore. And on top of that, I really wish they’d stop crying about it and just accept it; music changes with the times like all other forms of art.

There are several reasons for this “tragedy” in the music industry. First and foremost, rock is not dead. Rock is just not getting record deals because recording companies are only contracting so-called-artists who merely involve themselves in mainstream music and whose image can be sold on a cereal box for the one huge target audience that buys anything that’s sparkley, brooding to the extreme, or “hot” – teenagers. The music industry is no longer about music. The real shame is not that rock is dead, it is that rock is struggling so hard to be heard, but probably never will. Not because they lack talent, but because they lack bling or bad attitudes to bleat over-used lyrics about.

On my second point, of course rock is phased out. It has run its course, just like baroque, classical, jazz, blues, ragtime, doo-wop and disco. Music has evolved with the rest of the world and has become more electronic and experimental, along with our phones, TV’s, visual art, writing and newcasting. Things get born and then they die out. Even music and art.