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Emphasis on production over songwriting in modern popular music

Posted: Fri May 31, 2019 10:07 pm
by The Arsonist
There was a thread here a while back in which someone was talking about how popular music has seen a shift from an emphasis on songwriting to an emphasis on production.
Can anyone help me find that thread? or just talk about this phenomenon here.
I think there might have even been a paper that was linked regarding this topic.

Re: Emphasis on production over songwriting in modern popular music

Posted: Fri May 31, 2019 10:08 pm
by FVBTVS
*ahem*

the demos were better

Re: Emphasis on production over songwriting in modern popular music

Posted: Fri May 31, 2019 10:30 pm
by The Real MPD

Re: Emphasis on production over songwriting in modern popular music

Posted: Sat Jun 01, 2019 12:25 am
by Necrometer
that sounds like an old-ass thread and it was probably pruned because the memory stick that houses this forum was full

I think I asked about something like that once... I definitely wondered specifically about mixing music to be appreciated when coming out of a cell phone or laptop speakers... maybe a different topic

Re: Emphasis on production over songwriting in modern popular music

Posted: Sat Jun 01, 2019 3:19 pm
by copstache
and of course in a lot of ways that's come back on people as phone speakers and in-ears get better and better

great job on the brickwalling, everybody from 2005-2015

Re: Emphasis on production over songwriting in modern popular music

Posted: Sat Jun 01, 2019 10:14 pm
by The Arsonist
Necrometer wrote: Sat Jun 01, 2019 12:25 am that sounds like an old-ass thread and it was probably pruned because the memory stick that houses this forum was full

I think I asked about something like that once... I definitely wondered specifically about mixing music to be appreciated when coming out of a cell phone or laptop speakers... maybe a different topic
Yeah... that sounds like the same thread in question. Oh well, at least I know I didn't imagine it.
copstache wrote: Sat Jun 01, 2019 3:19 pm and of course in a lot of ways that's come back on people as phone speakers and in-ears get better and better

great job on the brickwalling, everybody from 2005-2015
It'll be fun to see if everyone pretends not to notice.

Re: Emphasis on production over songwriting in modern popular music

Posted: Sun Jun 02, 2019 7:20 am
by Necrophilic Mallard

Re: Emphasis on production over songwriting in modern popular music

Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2019 2:51 pm
by Pistol Whip
Production is a gimmick. Songwriting is all that matters.

Re: Emphasis on production over songwriting in modern popular music

Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2019 3:33 pm
by Eight Bit Alien
copstache wrote: Sat Jun 01, 2019 3:19 pm and of course in a lot of ways that's come back on people as phone speakers and in-ears get better and better

great job on the brickwalling, everybody from 2005-2015


I like to play with this, then actually put a track on my phone and compare them in realtime

Then I started dumping phone-filters on a track using MixChecker and playing it on my monitors, and then on an 80s hifi setup, and going full galaxy-brain neurotic comparing the destroyed low-end on both