Quite liked this article I just read in DC's citypaper -- seemed somewhat on point in that a lot of popular music does sound the same. I don't agree with all the conclusions though -- there might be some blanded out genres that it seems like everyone is going for, but there are plenty of people out there making really weird, different music still -- possibly a lot of music that no-one will hear. But the great leveller, the internet, does mean that some musicians can just tap into whatever is cool now and just copy that sound, rather than innovate in their own little corner of the world.
Our Band Could Be Your Band: How the Brooklynization of culture killed regional music scenes
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