I would take your title on this thread and take it one step further and ask:
WHAT HAPPENED TO MUSIC WITH SOUL??
So much shit is produced.. Doesnt sound like anyone makes music with their hearts anymore. I just turn most of the shit off when I hear it. Radio sucks, MTV and most of the other music channels suck..
As for soul music Chris - you need to think about how older records where made.. Alot of it is live orchestra and musicians, jamming live, playing together, bouncing off eachother, etc.. Theres a special sound you hear in older records.. that "electricity"..
Nowadays, you have "hot shot" producers doing everything themselves - sitting in multi million dollar studios, making music sound ULTRA CLEAN, but without that live feel and without that special sound.
I actually opened similar threads on other web forums focused on music.. And I basically hear the same thing.. its all how music was made in the past.
Music is simply not produced in the same way anymore.
I watched a documentary recently on a musician that spent 6 months out of each year, travelling to diffirent countries and spending time with alot of "older" musicians. All to learn how things were produced in the past, so he can carry that "tradition" on to the future and learn how to create "that sound".. Really smart guy to do that..
Because as it is now.. If no one learns from the past and carries some of that on to the future..
Well.. everything will sound.. shitty. ;-)
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