Where are all the good old days, when music was still being played live, using real instruments, instead of just synthesizing sounds in a professional sound studio? Should we listen to the songs created these days, we might certainly find similarities with a few older, but nevertheless famous songs, which have just been remixed into a new piece.

Though I do not wish to criticize anyone for their efforts, these remixes are causing confusion in the music world, most teens forgetting the original songs, in favor of their newer counterparts. I will admit to liking some of these mixes myself, but I am totally against the original author losing his claim to his own work. One solution to this problem would be to credit the original author for his contribution to the new piece, yet most dj’s are reluctant to give anyone else credit for what they believe is “improving” a piece.

Also, with so much underground music being released nowadays, it’s getting increasingly hard to determine who stole what from whom. The only real thing we can claim for sure is the music industry is losing originality rapidly, not only because of the ignorance of the artists themselves, but also because of the fans that support them. When a band was questioned last month about why their song sounded so similar to an older one (names will not be mentioned, so as not to attack one single incident, but the whole phenomenon), their answer was briefly “What do you expect when there are only 7 notes?”.

If this is the kind of band we encourage, then we should first look at ourselves before we can jump to any conclusions about what they’re doing. After all, it is us, the fans, who give them their power, isn’t it? If we truly care about our music heritage, we will speak up for the ones who have given us those golden memories, or forever lay them to rest, along with the feeling that someone else should’ve done something about it.

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