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Cozzer’s Question 23/12/24

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How do you think the rise of the internet has affected the rock/metal scene or even the music scene in general?

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8 responses to “Cozzer’s Question 23/12/24”

  1. RasmaSandra avatar
    RasmaSandra

    I think it is just the fact that you can reach more people than ever before and they can hear any kind of music at any time.

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    1. Cozzer avatar
      Cozzer

      It certainly has made access to findinf new bands much easier

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  2. michael branscáth avatar
    michael branscáth

    I think the overall sound has become more homogenized with the advent of the internet. It seems like there was far more actual variety of sound pre-2000. But I’m a grumpy old(er) guy, so… take what I say with a hefty grain of salt. 😉

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  3. Popi avatar
    Popi

    Aside from making reach available to everyone, it also opened the door to fraud on a new level. I feel that a far greater availability to the pirate-market came with.

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    1. Cozzer avatar
      Cozzer

      This is very true, I remember very well the lawsuit to napster from metallica

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  4. lyndhurstlaura avatar
    lyndhurstlaura

    No – but it’s a very long time since I went to see a band live, lol. 🙂

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  5. Roman R. Sanchez avatar
    Roman R. Sanchez

    Since the internet took over, I’ve been exposed less to new rock/metal bands. I have to dig to some new bands. I don’t know if that’s because the music has outgrown me or if algorithms have buried it.

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  6. missparker0106 avatar
    missparker0106

    In 1999, David Bowie predicted the affect the internet would have on music, summed up quite nicely here:

    https://www.conversationagent.com/2018/02/in-1999-david-bowie-predicted-the-impact-of-the-internet.html#

    “He says the Internet would take up the job of becoming an instrument of conversation, which music played in the past. His comments on fragmentation and dissolution of the old ways to make room for a new way of connecting artist with audience — the gray space in the middle — were on point.”

    It’s amazing how prescient he was before YouTube and streaming music were a glint in someone’s eye. In fact, it was around this time (or shortly thereafter) that Bowie offered his own music for download–back when it took up to an hour to download one track via modem.

    The positive aspect of it all is that it makes the artists more accessible to their fans via chat rooms, blogs, livestreams…However, there are definitely negatives, such as pennies on the dollar earned for streaming, illegal downloads, etc.

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