I totally agree. I am a long time musician, trumpet, bass, keyboards, etc. I am 73 and played in Big Bands in the 50's & 60's. Also played bass in 50's & 60's rock and roll. Do mostly self enjoyment music now but do go to Detroit/Chicago once in a while to do trumpet background work for upcoming vocalists.
I played lead trumpet in the Tommy Dorsey band for a while. Played 2nd trumpet, the hot seat, for Buddy Rich for a while. The hot seat is the jazz break soloist from sweet stuff to screaming screeching high note stuff. Know many many of the great trumpet players from Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Shavers, Ziggy Elman (Goodmans 'Sing, Sing, Sing), and lots of others.
I almost lost total interest in music in the 70's. I couldn't stand the 30 guitar strings strumming where you couldn't tell if someone is hitting a wrong chord, etc. And, the vocalist with the mike crammed down his throat SCREAMING words you could not understand. It was horrible to see that move in. YES, I know music is generational, but there is nothing like hearing and understanding the vocalists words, being able to hum the melodic line from an instrumental and/or vocalists voice. And, the terrible accoustics, and digital distortion was just terrible.
Plus, the greatest oxymoron words are --- 'rap music'. What an absolute horror. No melodic line, no chord structure ... just drums and a monotonous non-inovative bass line. WOW, what a nightmare.
Where is the Ella's, Carpenters, Mama's & Papa's, Patty Page's, Keely Smiths, Pete Fountain's, Miles Davis's, and all the other super good vocalists and instumentalists. Maybe someday that type of music will come back. I hope so, but as I said before music is generational.
I'm not putting people down that love Ozzy, Clapton, etc. It's just that I personally, having been involved in music for generations, believe music in the last 30-40 years has been in the dumpster ... music is so enjoyable when you can hum the tune, listen to some intricate EbMinor, Bbmajor, Abmajor with a flat 5th chords in a 17 piece band behind a singer like Helen O'Connell, Sarah Vaughn, etc. What a feast for the ears.
Sorry to drag on with this. I'm now 73 and sometimes ramble on.
Peace to all.
