Is rock dead?

Is rock dead?

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dying, yes. honestly i think it was epitomized upon its conception, all the variations that have occured since are just that

In the top charts it is. However, it's pretty alive in most places. The common radio listener has too short of an attention span to listen to any form of rock. However, there is a degradation of quality in the underground scene. All we can do is hope for a new ground breaking band to bring it back.

I was considering to start work on an EP. I was met at a crossroads because I can produce Frank Ocean style RnB/pop and I like that but I think I would rather write distorted noise pop. What should I do? Make something I really like or something that will get me appeal.

Do both you faggot
Rock and pop aren't opposed, make your guitar music artistically fulfilling and accessible at the same time
Everyone's doing lo-fi noise pop anyways, learn to differentiate yourself or you'll be just another schmoe on bandcamp with his trendy hipster garbage.

I can't tell you what to do. However, I think that you should do what you want to do. It's not fun to be a slave of the industry.

What styles do you recommend. I have a good ear for pop melodies and I also find textures and experimentation to be interesting but I really don't wanna be left behind in a field of hipsters.

I don't really know. That's for you to decide. You won't end up being unique if you try to fit yourself into new indie trends.
I'm sort of at a similar stage as you, and when I think "where do I go now?" I try to get into a new genre and learn what makes that type of music tick, why it is the way it is stylistically, it's place in the history of muskc, etc. Kind of like thinking like a music critic or historian. You end up learning a lot by listening to tons of different shit.

This makes me beg the questions. Can you still be great even if you are not unique. And how does one find their style.

>Can you still be great even if you are not unique.
Yeah, I'd say so.
>And how does one find their style.
Everybody works differently, but what I like to do is view creativity like a game. Take a convention and imagine how you could do the opposite of that. Or maybe intentionally limit yourself to a few elements. Or just try stuff to see if it's worth doing.
But I wouldn't know exactly. You can do great work in existing styles, but I find it much more fun to try to go against what everyone else is doing.