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Re:Auto-Tune: Why Pop Music Sounds Perfect by mattmaroon on Tuesday February 10, 2009 @11:18AM (#475358)
Both Pandora and Rhapsody have tremendous variety and aren't limited to major label music at all.

But still, just because there are a few schizophrenic glockenspielers out there doesn't mean the industry as a whole is doing well. As I pointed out originally, just like with the economy, the presence of some good stuff doesn't mean that the overall direction is a good one.

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Re:Auto-Tune: Why Pop Music Sounds Perfect by unalone on Tuesday February 10, 2009 @01:50PM (#475661)
Both of those use algorithms to find similar music to what you like, no?

I put up a list of bands from the past two years doing new things. I don't see how you can say a band like The Arcade Fire is retreading old ground: they're creating something genuinely new. There are plenty of refreshing bands doing new stuff. Fleet Foxes is named a lot to the point of monotony, but the publicity surrounding them doesn't change the fact that they are genuinely new and good.

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