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Originally Posted by GRACE
There comes a time when you realize that the mainstream, no matter what country you're in, sounds exactly the same. All American mainstream songs sound like every other mainstream American song, and all Japanese mainstream songs sound like every other Japanese mainstream song. When one reaches that point, you learn that creativity is limited to a select plethora of artists who control their careers versus the artists who's careers are controlled by their labels. You have your Britneys in America, your Hello!Project and Johnny's in Japan, where every single one of them sounds the same and they make basically the same kind of music with little to no originality. And then you have your creative people. They can be broken into two categories, massively successful or massively unsuccessful. You have your Ayumis and Madonnas on top because they were able to keep their music in line with the mainstream, but also include their own flare and spice to it, and then you have your indie artists who go completely out of left field, and usually aren't noticed because their music isn't considered "safe" and not played because the supposed lack of an audience.
Both Western and Eastern music industries have their fair share of people who are incredibly creative and massively talented, it's illogical to say that one is more creative then the other.
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I do agree with this but I think the poll is asking you to choose which mainstream sound you prefer over the other. Although, I do agree that “all American mainstream songs sound like every other mainstream American song, and all Japanese mainstream songs sound like every other Japanese mainstream song”, which mainstream sound do you prefer to hear, the Western one or the Asian? And, this may be only MY interpretation of the poll question, but I
don’t think its asking you to choose which one is more creative, but
which one’s creative style appeals to you the most, as a whole.
To tell you the truth, I only started listening to Asian music because I was bored of the very similar-sounding Western music that kept coming out. It was then when I was err... ‘convinced’ that Western music had really lost its touch. But, you know what? I was wrong. Western music HASN'T exactly lost its touch, I think I just needed a larger variety of artists/styles to listen to, which is why when I started listening to Asian music I thought it was much better at the time.
For the past couple of years I've been hooked to Asian music but I know a time will come when I'll be sick of that too. Of course there are a few Western singers/bands who, I believe, are very unique and creative Coldplay, Radiohead, Madonna just to name some. And I don’t think even the greatest of Asian artists could match up to them. Just like I believe that there are many Asian singers/ bands that are way better than many of the other Western artists that are quite popular today. So, I really don't know how to judge these two.... especially in terms of creativity since both are really creative in their own ways.