What's up with mainstream music?

Nobody in mainstream music makes any attempt to try neat musical techniques. It's all 4/4 house beats with 4/4 instrumentals laid over with vocals, which ae the primary focus of the song. Why does no one try even *simple* polyrhythms, polymetrics, diminished scales, atonal chords, time signature changes, etc.? all this stuff can be done without much thought, but it seems to me that mainstream musicians don't even try THAT stuff. If you want an example, listen to this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5o4YJsPWf… He doesn't use all of those but he works with whole tones and polyrhythms and time changes alot in this song. Why can't people even try simpler versions of that? What's up with Lady Gaga? Or "Bratney" Spears? Or any one of a hundred funny-haired, goofy-named artists?

Mushrooshi2011-02-07T19:03:32Z

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A few mainstream songs appeal to me (Don't throw out the lot! There are always diamonds in the rough), but overall I'm not too impressed.

HAve you heard Japanese Technopop? A lot of the stuff is somewhat complex in their meter: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbUV-bCXpsU

Mountain Man Kyle2011-02-07T22:36:10Z

Because non-musicians don't understand polyrhythms, key changes, or any of that other fancy stuff. They want catchy, simple music.