This decade has seen its share of ups and downs in the music world: record sales. Many would argue that the music was on the cutting edge, and I may not agree with you there. To be honest, there was so much going on with MP3 technology that it was often hard to hear what was original and what was just a cut out of the last band. MP3’s may have boosted sales of electronics, but it didn’t do much for the production of better music.
I’ve heard a lot of good singles over the past 10 years, but the albums they came off of were awful to say the least. You had to dig pretty deep below the pop stratosphere to find something worth listening to for a while. If you had the right technology and a MySpace page, you, too, could be the next star for a week. The worst part was that most of these people got records deals and cult-like followings. The bands that really worked to get their name out there are still working, but no one knows who those bands are.
With any luck the next 10 years can bring some real change to the world of music, we really need it; maybe someone can finally kill off nu-metal. In the coming year I want to expand my writing to offer artist profiles and review older albums that you should consider adding to your own collection. The way I see it is: if there is nothing good that is new, find a classic and have some fun.
Goodbye 00’s, you were good while you lasted, but now we really need something fresh. To quote the highest selling album of the decade: “You may hate me, but it ain’t no lie baby, bye, bye, bye.”
