New Trends in Music

Her fingers strum the fine strings of the sitar….. His hands glided gently; softly over the piano keys…..the slow paced, rhythmic music begins to fade away. And as the clock ticked away, her fingers fiddled recklessly with the guitar….His hands pounded relentlessly at the drums. This is just a taste of the nouvelle vague in music that Generation Y has experienced. Music has been revolutionized throughout the decades.

With popular culture came a new genre of music, at first like the side dish that no one really wants, but as more people grow fond of the catchy, fresh tunes played on radios it turns into the main course.  Covering a variety of experimental music that no one has ever listened to, it creates an appealing act of doing something new. Focusing more on the rhythm of the beats rather than of the harmony, it naturally has a fast paced quality.

Rhythm and Blues made big waves when artists like Usher, Mariah Carey and Beyonce Knowles made music that broke all previous records. Not far behind is it’s distant cousin; Hip Hop- take a listen to Eminem, Missy Elliot, 50 Cent, Jay –Z to feel the raw, unsullied emotions rallied at you accompanied by beat boxed notes and trumpets. Bhangra music too joined the bandwagon as artists like Punjabi MC, Bombay Rockers and Rishi Rich Project emerged.

 Since, it is an ‘Age of the Synthetic’, Sync Pop made their way to the main stream along with Electronica, Club, Techno, Trance and Dance genres. Electrifying beats, synthesized trumpet tunes and synchronized tempo of enigmatic intervals makes this genre a completely ethereal experience. Artists like Depeche Mode, Daft Punk, Dj Tiesto and B.T along with a handful others have managed to carve a corner for themselves in the music industry cluttered by pop artists.

Pop acts like Lady Gaga, Pussycat Dolls, Taylor Swift, The Jonas Brothers, and The Click Five have all ventured into the safest route of the futuristic sound in music. Making use of almost every instrument that jingles, rattles or just goes boom, boom, Pop music is the most widely heard genre in  the world today.

Not following behind is the sound of revolution and rebellion: Rock music. Crashing guitar riffs, angry drum beats and head banging; these are the components that define it the best. The post- punk genre, alternative rock, indie rock and psychedelic all remain dominant through the persistent efforts of artists like The Killers, Linkin Park, Lacuna Coil, Arctic Monkeys and Fall Out Boys among many others stormed onto the music stage.

This is the new age, this is the new trend. But the clock is still ticking, no?