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mandolarian · Post by **mandolarian** » Mon Jan 12, 2015 2:13 am

The secret formula for success in 'New Country' was invented by Shania Twain's former Mutt. Find the formula of pop music that's at least 10 years old - hence Def Lepp. Use those tricks to sell more old dogs. And rusty pickups that won't start when your wife leaves you while spilling your last beer on the porch that fell down last winter when you lost your job at the Camel Corral when it was bought by some fereigners who looked like hipsters from Cuppertino.

Wish I could say I'm making this up...but looks what's hip in Country - Hick Hop - Country Rap. 30-40 years of HipHop and now it's safe to implement in the Country format. Yo Hound Dogg!

mumpcake · Post by **mumpcake** » Mon Jan 12, 2015 4:08 am

Gribs wrote: ...and Nickleback pretty much wrote, recorded, and released the same song over and over again

Well yeah, that's where the term "Nickelbacking" came from. Some guy decided that "Someday" and "How Remind Me" sounded too similar and laid them back to back.

The scary thing is, we have 5 #1 songs and a top 20 song from the last three years which all sound a hell of a lot closer than those two nickelback songs.

mumpcake · Post by **mumpcake** » Mon Jan 12, 2015 4:14 am

farlukar wrote:

That chord progression usually annoys me whenever I spot it.

H.86 · Post by **H.86** » Mon Jan 12, 2015 4:14 am

edit: oops. was posted before i checked. my bad.

BERFAB · Post by **BERFAB** » Mon Jan 12, 2015 4:19 am

No.
Sometimes your dog dies AND your girl leaves you, and sometimes your girl just leaves you.
And sometimes you're drunk while your girl is leaving you and your pickup truck gets stolen.

Lots of different things like this happen, so no, not really formulaic.

[and, believe it or not, I actually like country music.]

Cheers
-B

mumpcake · Post by **mumpcake** » Mon Jan 12, 2015 4:26 am

mandolarian wrote:Wish I could say I'm making this up...but looks what's hip in Country - Hick Hop - Country Rap. 30-40 years of HipHop and now it's safe to implement in the Country format. Yo Hound Dogg!

I spent some time in Kansas during the 80s. I thought it kind of odd how many rednecks seemed to like rap. If anything I am surprised "Hick-Hop" hadn't happened sooner.

hibidy · Post by **hibidy** » Mon Jan 12, 2015 8:05 am

It's too qantized
It's too autotunzed
It's too "redneck"
It's too telecaster'ed
It's too "perfect pitch"
It's too drums done perfect
It's too "southern draw bullshit'ist"
It's too "crossover"
It's too "much money earned"

mandolarian · Post by **mandolarian** » Mon Jan 12, 2015 8:21 am

mumpcake wrote:
mandolarian wrote:Wish I could say I'm making this up...but looks what's hip in Country - Hick Hop - Country Rap. 30-40 years of HipHop and now it's safe to implement in the Country format. Yo Hound Dogg!
I spent some time in Kansas during the 80s. I thought it kind of odd how many rednecks seemed to like rap. If anything I am surprised "Hick-Hop" hadn't happened sooner.

Oh, those 80s avant-garde rebel rednecks....

Isn't it time for the Schoenberg 12-tone method to invade Smashville?

TrekStar · Post by **TrekStar** » Mon Jan 12, 2015 9:22 pm

I like Country Music (new Country) among many other styles and Composers. and like in all genres, there are talented and less talented musicians. it's OK.

TrekStar · Post by **TrekStar** » Mon Jan 12, 2015 9:23 pm

BERFAB wrote:No.
Sometimes your dog dies AND your girl leaves you, and sometimes your girl just leaves you.
And sometimes you're drunk while your girl is leaving you and your pickup truck gets stolen.

Lots of different things like this happen, so no, not really formulaic.

[and, believe it or not, I actually like country music.]

Cheers
-B

yep

SODDI · Post by **SODDI** » Mon Jan 12, 2015 9:48 pm

You've all neglected an important new country subgenre - HELLBILLY.

SuitcaseOfLizards · Post by **SuitcaseOfLizards** » Mon Jan 12, 2015 9:55 pm

Country music formula:

- Patriotism
- Beer
- Trucks
- Horses
- Heartbreak
- More Trucks
- Cheating spouse/girlfriend/boyfriend
- More Beer
- Some Pedal Steel Licks

That's all you need to write a big country hit.

Tricky-Loops · Post by **Tricky-Loops** » Mon Jan 12, 2015 9:59 pm

Every now and then I listen to 95.9 The Ranch, and cannot listen to it more than a few hours, everything sounds pretty similar. But it's the same with EDM, I cannot listen to Club Hits more than a few hours...

I liked Big & Rich who were the first country musicians who introduced kind of a country rap...

Tricky-Loops · Post by **Tricky-Loops** » Mon Jan 12, 2015 10:01 pm

SyntheticAurality wrote:Country music formula:

- Patriotism
- Beer
- Trucks
- Horses
- Heartbreak
- More Trucks
- Cheating spouse/girlfriend/boyfriend
- More Beer
- Some Pedal Steel Licks

That's all you need to write a big country hit.

No chicks?

bluedad · Post by **bluedad** » Mon Jan 12, 2015 10:03 pm

Tricky-Loops wrote:
I liked Big & Rich who were the first country musicians who introduced kind of a country rap...

Ten years ago I was in a classic rock band; during the breaks there was a dj, and holy moly, when they played Big&Rich 'Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy' that dance floor filled up quick.

Is country music too formulaic?