What's Next with Music?

I heard someone the other day talking about Emo being the next Grunge. That it has the potential to be

a new original sound, a movement. My feelings were this person was a little predated because where I'm from the Emo/ Screamo stuff is already bellied up. What is it that's original about it. Just bad pop punk with horribly depressing lyrics. How do kids find energy in this music to hold their attention. really, it's just a cross between Hardcore Punk and metal except all they sing about is heartbreak and pain. Cutting themselves, of course this has went on since the beginning of time. Bloodletting as a ritual. As far as musician busting themselves up on stage it goes back to Iggy Pop. Sid Vicious, and The Mad Man Rocker G.G. Allin. Of course G.G. wasn't hiding in the bedroom of his suburban home scratching at his arm with a Lady Bic razor.

Metal has a stronghold on music and it's not going anywhere but up. It gets harder, it gets faster, and amiably it progressively gets more intricate musically. Also, the diversity metal offers is nearly infinite.

metal has more sub-genre's then any other music today. Death Metal, death Core, Black Metal, Funeral Metal, Scream-Core, Progressive, Glam, Murder Core, even Christian Metal is making a huge comeback. Those are just the sub-genre's off my head, they're more I assure you.

Pop music is at a stalemate so to speak. With the virtual death of underground Gangsta Rap, Hip Hop has taken a dive too. Which is exceptionally tragic as Hip Hop is one element of the Pop music

industry that has soul and roots, a foundation. Other than hip hop, some Crybaby Emo and watered down Pop Punk (that conformed enough to pass through the barriers set by the almighty dollar.) Pop music, in my humble opinion, is at an all time low. I am not in the know of what's hitting right now as I don't watch MTV, if I listen to the radio I'm listening to talk Radio, all my on line stations are Genre' specific, other than that CD's are my friends.

My question is what's next. Seems everything imaginable has had it's run in the spotlight.

A picture of my own band which hasn't broke any new ground either. But we rock what we write.

Credit: Christopher Scum (SELF)

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