Melody vs beats: Where we heading?

Music directors seems to be very busy in mixing and remixing beats these days and coming out with foot tapping numbers..The melody is slowly taking a back seat..Every song weither it is sufi or sad.. you have the beats added so that you can move..the focus seems to be completely shifting away from melody...you can growl, howl, but that added beat make sure your song is foot tapping and is a hit..Have our tastes changed? Do we have so much melody in the past that we want a change now..Are you happy with today's music or would you like it to be different...Do you think melody and beats go hand in hand and one cannot exist without others..What are your views?

Great post Amit 👏 I will come back and add my views 😊

Originally posted by: Sur_Sangam

Music directors seems to be very busy in mixing and remixing beats these days and coming out with foot tapping numbers..The melody is slowly taking a back seat..Every song weither it is sufi or sad.. you have the beats added so that you can move..the focus seems to be completely shifting away from melody...you can growl, howl, but that added beat make sure your song is foot tapping and is a hit..Have our tastes changed? Do we have so much melody in the past that we want a change now..Are you happy with today's music or would you like it to be different...Do you think melody and beats go hand in hand and one cannot exist without others..What are your views?

Nice post..... Let me take this post in other prospective.....

Go to the era of 70s and 80s, if u see all the melodious songs that time, they were picturised either on nature, river, birds, or something real calm surrounding...... while even that time beats and dance numbers were there when picturisation was on parties, hotels or discs....

Now come to 90s and 21st century.... If u see whenever the picturisation is with calm surrounding the song has been composed melodious, but the irony is that the picturisation now a days is mostly in discs parties, Item numbers with minimum clothes for the actress..... and I am sure a melodious song will not fit into the bill......

I feel that basic reason of change in music has come from change in the moviemaking and picturisations. now ofcourse on a melody u cant dance in mini skirt na😆.....

Amit,

will get back todetails later....but for the moment....

how about melodious beats ? Melody , rhythm and beats can surely coexist?😳

I think we are not heading towards melody nor towards beats. We a heading towards NOISE. All weird sorts of noises. 😡

Music without melody is not real music.It is said that modern generation likes fast,loud music better than old style melodies.But who promoted this taste?The advent of a plethora of private channels did a lot to change the taste.Bollywood and TV go together in creating this situation.
There is not a single channel that gives us melodious music-there may be stray cases of exception.Classical music is the worst sufferer in this respect.
One can unnderstand that young generation wants action and fast beats.But that is for the parties and there are various bands that cater to this need.But it is hard to believe that youngsters cannot respond to good melodies.
As for melody v/s beats the question beats me as I am not an expert in music.Just an avid listener-an old fashioned one at that who likes the melodious songs of yestr years and the few that sneak into today's albums.

Originally posted by: kabhi_21

Nice post..... Let me take this post in other prospective.....

I feel that basic reason of change in music has come from change in the moviemaking and picturisations. now ofcourse on a melody u cant dance in mini skirt na😆.....

Have you heard the songs of Parineeta, water, yatra, ? they are of this new age...yet they carry melody....

Jiya dhadak jaaye.... is one very melodious number.

the title track of Kal ho na ho.... aren't they pleasing to the ears?

Very true. I think we r going more towards noise rather than melody. If beats n melody were together, it wont matter much but beats without melody is surely pathetic n we do find such numbers more nowadays.
I dont think the entire fault is with the music directors as people r also changing with time. They hav to make music so that it hits the chart. Nevertheless, they do not understand one thing. In this fast age, people need relaxing and soothing music more than they needed in yesteryears. But first people shd also understand this. 😭

Originally posted by: *Jaya*

Great post Amit 👏 I will come back and add my views 😊

Thanks Jaya😊

Originally posted by: tania.ganguly

Amit,

First of all great post. Now to answer your questions.

Thanks for sharing your views