Who gave the teen girl a guitar?

[Sylvie]

I just noticed that nowadays, music is partly focused around fake musicians. Teen girls are whining about their life in a computerized voice, while wearing a pink mini-skirt and blonde hair. We call these people "Teeny boppers."

Teeny Boppers are terrible, terrible people. They hardly have any talent in music, so they make the computer do it for them. And whats worse are the fangirls/Barbie duplicates. The fangirls do nothing but scream in the audience because "ASHLE SIMSUN IZ MAI HEROOO <333" or "U R SUCHH A GOOD SINGAR!!" ... when she's not singing at all. I'm sick and tired of this, and I blame KIDZ BOP for half of this.

So this morning I see a Kidz Bop commercial. Terrible as usual. And then I notice something. These songs for kids are turning children into idiots. My friend's sister listens to it, and I want to gouge my eyes out when this crap is on. They use the worst freaking voices I've ever heard in my life. They had a deep black guy sing "All the little things" by Blink182 and "Boys and Girls" by Good Charlotte. Now, I sort of thought that a 20 year old emo male should of been singing it, but whatever. I then ask my friends sister if she likes the original song better or the Kidz Krap version better. I get the reply:

"THE ORIGINAL SONG SUCKS!"


Ok, I don't know about you, but I was in disbelief when I heard this. She chooses a version filled with children singing terribly over a half-decent song that she can get on a "NOW" CD. My friend later threw the Kidz Bop CD into a pool and dumped soda on the other one. (I thank you, Bakerman.)

So, for the topic of this thread... Opinions on Kidz Bop/Teeny Boppers.

And as DeathKnight blurts out...

DISCUSS!!

[Eiko Guy]

i hate those songs they take good music and butcher it

[No.78]

People who "diss" originals are stupid, but it's not unreasonable to prefer a remake of a song to the original. Or the other way round, or both. I mean we can't choose what we like now can we?

[Madame Adequate]

Saying that people who use computers to make music have no talent is tantamount to saying people who use pianos to make music have no talent.

[Sylvie]

What I meant was people who use the computer for their voice. As in, they have no talent what-so-ever so they use a computer.

[I Am Stoner]

I use Cubase SX to make my computer generated Musical Instrument Digital Information(MIDI) based music. If you say the guys who do that dont have talent, ha, you dont know what the smurf your on about mate and should quit while your ahead.

[Sylvie]

Yeah, whatever. I don't care, really.

I say that if you're gonna sing in the music industry, you should be able to sing. Not program computers.

[rubah]

I Am Stoned, we have censors already in place here at Eyes on Final Fantasy, so please let them do their job, and save you some effort:]

And milfy, you bring up an interesting thought. I have marveled to myself that people out of the books of Jane Austen (noteably Emma) can have multiple piano songs worked up and able to be performed at any given time, and when you think about it, a piano really is just a box with buttons to be pushed (I play piano btw, so don't none of you try to say I don't know what I'm talking about :P) It doesn't quite compare with the brass and woodwind instruments in difficulty to play. I mean, theoretically anyone could be able to play piano, but I have immense difficulty in getting sounds out on woodwind instruments.

I would say the same would be true for string instruments (barring guitar) but they aren't so well labelled as a piano is. I mean, most people don't have marks on their violins showing where on a string A is compared to D (like a guitar does with frets). Actually, maybe that is why so many people can 'play' guitar.

But yeah. a box with buttons.

And there's nothing *technically* hard about making midi music, except that you have to make it. It's yards easier than playing all the parts out yourself simultaneously, I'd imagine.

[Eiko Guy]

i agree if you cant sing its not fair that you could get signed while people with true talent end up at mc donalds

[I Am Stoner]

Not aimed at rubah: You dont know what your talking about!!! Using Cubase SX and Singing is completely different!!!

1) In order to use cubase sx you need knowlage
2) Since Cubase SX is a recording program that uses Audio as well as MIDI you could use that to record your voice into it, then you'd be singing on the track
3) All recording studios use computers to generate perfect music sounds and correct timing its so they get better publisity and more bands will use them. Hence why bullet for my valintine sound amazing then are actually shocking on stage. So in theory all bands are computer generated.

[Sylvie]

What I'm trying to say, is PEOPLE WHO HAVE NO TALENT AT ALL. I'm not saying that bands don't use computers, I'm saying that people who don't have talent shouldn't even be in the music industry. I can see maybe a little computer help, but I don't think its right for someone to use it completely to cover up for their lack of talent.

[Peegee]

Let's understand something, and this may be difficult to some:

- this is pop 'music'
- it is engineered to be popular, no matter the cost. See 'Limp Bizkit'
- it is not music in the sense that Pink Floyd is music (I don't listen to Pink Floyd btw)
- I'm not sure about Drum & Bass, but most genres have an example of 'pop' garbage, like pop rock, pop punk, etc.
- if you don't listen to it it can't hurt you. You are not society.

[Anaisa]

I hate all that teeny bopper trash. An it's so sleazy. I hate it when my little sister watches that garbage, an then starts prancing around immitating some talentless tart she's seen.

[I Am Stoner]

Too true the "Popular Culture" genre of music is mainly just for money making perpouses, I miss understood the thread, I apologise Genji if I said anything to offend you.

Also, music is music, music is a sound that is generated either by software synths or actual instruments. Someone tapping with thier foot is music because it is a sound. People may say, "then speaking is music" to them I say well duh, wtf do you think rapping is? Plus Trance/Dance/Drum & Bass, some of it is made for publisity, but some of it is made by people who enjoy other kinds of music, and decide to make those tracks they like into thier own favorite genre, hence the meaning of re-mixing. If you didn't make the music or you dont play as well as the artist then you have no right to judge. End of story.

[Skarr]

I think it hurts an artist when their voice sucks live, therefore lip singing. But I'm more into hard rock, so kidz bop can burn. But that doesn't mean I hate pop...by no means back in the 8th grade backstreet boys were the <img src="/xxx.gif"><img src="/xxx.gif"><img src="/xxx.gif"><img src="/xxx.gif">.