Predict the next music fad

I agree that trance/electronica is probably going to explode in the US, and we're going to get a lot of new styles out of it. A hope of mine is that more bands akin to Idiot Pilot will emerge, with refreshingly unique blends of uncommonly-blended types of music.

I think along with trance we'll get an influx of neo-classical, as well, which will spur a revival of other more musical genres, and within the next 20-40 years, we'll be seeing more and more MUSIC and less and less CRAP.

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Originally Posted by INDIGO-4

This is the forcast I desire the most to come true but in actuality, it is the least likely. Most radio music is utter drivel, was drivel 10, 20, 30, 40 and even 50 years ago. I'd like to see a 'classical' or 'neo-classical' revival but with the current attitudes in academia, it seems rather optimistic to think european art music will come to the fore anytime in the near future.
Techno kinda hit it's stride a few years back and fizzled, just like Ska and just like what will happen with Emo.
Pop music is ALWAYS pop music, but reinvented and 'dressed' in a different stylistic attire. i.e. the underlying structure of the music is pretty much the same while on the surface, it plagiarizes from different stylistic dialects. Of course it is impossible to accurately predict which undercurrent will taint the pop music scene next, but I'm not holding my breath for anything revolutionary.

This being said, the one thing I have noticed is that 2 or 3 years before a certain 'sound' comes into vogue, it becomes intensely popular within the musical underground. Go into community centers, dusty smokey bars, and basements across the country and listen to what the edgier, less trendy teenagers are listening to. What bands they like, what music they play. Chances are, that is what will be big in the next few years,

Totally agree, but I have to admit, somewhere in the back of my mind I'm practically certain that music will, within the next several years, reach kind of a "boiling point" and everyone will be completely tired of it all being crap. Doesn't mean it's going to happen, but a guy can dream... and until then, enjoy the few gems that are extricated from piles and piles of rubbish.

I suppose in order to be totally clear we'd have to have explicit definitions of "techno" and "trance" that we all agree on, but I think of "trance" as synonymous with artists such as Rob Dougan, E.S. Posthumus, and especially with his most recent album, BT. Which is probably a completely inaccurate description of trance, but be that as it may, it's good to see some excellent music being made, and sad that it still remains in the ugly shadow of the trash that's piled up around us.

Still, there are signs of this being a possibility. More and more live bands are popping up - and by bands, I'm talking big band, jazz, blues, some even classical - and are becoming more and more in demand. "Lounge" and "crooner" singers are broadening their niche (look at Paul Anka, Michael Buble, Harry Connick Jr., etc.) and aside from some exceptions, we're starting to see the music industry get a little more picky about the quality of music they distribute to the public.

Or perhaps that's just blind optimism.

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