Originally Posted by niteshift
Are there really specific genres anymore ? I listen to quite a bit of new material, and genre wise, it's at times very difficult to put in a box.

If writing for a request, sure genre is important. But just listen to anyone's mp3 player these days, and there'll be a whole bunch of different stuff on it.

I prefer to write the song and produce it how it "feels". Probably better for artistic expression too.

cheers, niteshift


I agree on the feeling approach, but funny enough it always ends up like some kind of music anyway! :-)

What I see is that rock is more rebellious in terms of dividing in subgenres noone can make sense of, but if songs are going to make it on radio, they better have some recognizable markers to be selected from. Outside of radio, it's a different ballgame..

Interesting to see what happens as country adapt more rock influences - will they make country blur? hehe