Exploring Trendy Underground Music Genres

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Have you ever wondered how other genres of music started? Although every style has its own unique sound, they’re somehow related in a small way. As a musician you may try to incorporate their style of playing and tweak it to make it personal and your own. However, there are hundreds of genres to choose from I’ve decided to choose a select few that I’ve found appealing to me. Math rock is a rhythmically complex, guitar-based style of experimental rock music that became known in the late 1980’s. It is distinguished by complex, atypical rhythmic structures including irregular stopping and starting, sharp melodies, and dissonant chords. The sound is usually dominated by guitars and drums as in traditional rock, and because of the complex rhythms, drummers of math rock groups have a tendency to stick out more often than in other groups. It is typical to find guitarists in math rock groups make use of the tapping method of guitar playing, making for an unusual sound. Loop pedals are occasionally incorporated to create a machine-like effect, such as in the group Battles. Guitars are also often played in clean tones rather than in other upbeat rock songs. It is very common for rock bands to uses a basic 4/4 meter. However, math rock frequently uses irregular time signatures such as 7/8, 11/8, or 13/8, or constantly changing meters of 2 and 3. These complicated rhythms are viewed as using mathematics to figure out their music, hence their name. Math rock comes from other rock genres, such as rock, heavy metal, progressive rock and punk rock. Math rock became well known in the late 1980’s underground music scene at shows and bars. Older bands have characteristics of both math rock and post-rock, using instruments for textures rather tha... ... middle of paper ... ...ence had taken a toll on many musicians’ performances creating heavier, harsher sounding music. In the early years numerous musicians turned to mushrooms for inspiration for their lyrics. In the 1970’s many of the musicians and bands decided to move on and create progressive rock. Progressive rock keeps the love of odd sounds and extended solos but adds jazzier and classical influences to the mix. In recent years the psychedelic rock sound has been heavily influenced by electronic and orchestral influences. Though I have only listed a few genres they expand into multiple other styles of music. Musicians are inspired by other musicians and everyone else around them. Creating music is another way of building connections and developing your own unique sound. It is up to you on how you will express your creative approach to music and how others will be influence by it.

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