The current state of Nashville country music
As we close out yet another great year, let’s take a look at the modern country music charts. Thanks for watching, and Happy New Year!
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0:00 Welcome! What in the world is going on in modern country music?
1:22 You can change your tone with just your right hand
1:57 #5 Tucker Wetmore
6:45 #4 Dylan Marlowe & Dylan Scott
8:42 Wait a minute, this sounds familiar…
10:08 Can I learn my own solo? Haha
14:03 Most of these guys are actually pretty country (They hunt, fish, farm, etc)
20:48 #3 Morgan Wallen
23:41 When learning a part by ear, it helps to SING
24:23 Sometimes, the only country thing about a country track is the vocal
25:28 #2 Koe Wetzel and Jessie Murph
31:26 #1 George Birge
35:13 Who is responsible for modern country music?
36:24 Can we save it? How?
37:58 Hope you had a Merry Christmas, and please SUBSCRIBE!
#current #state #Nashville #country #music
Originally posted by UCMR8EDIc1n5TunXTMR77R1A at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEYWv407mCM
Murder on Music Row.
If they're on country radio these days there's about a 100% chance it's not country …morgan and the rest of them rappers is a disgrace to country ppl
We are devolving as humans and people are now stimulated by beats and tones rather than actual music. Auto tune is a scourge on all music.
Justin there are many great musicians, especially on guitar in Twangville, but to me all of today's male country singers sound alike, cookie cutter productions with few exceptions. And have you noticed how they all seem to have similar expansive 20 something histories? "Did you know Johnny X lived in an old cabin with no running water or heat, on his granddaddy's farm before coming to Nashville? He lived there all one summer."
1:22 Your comment about lightening up the hand and then your follow-up to digging in reminds me of a T-shirt:
Telecaster – Goes From Clean to Yee-Haw!!!
All music is being too controlled and formed into this perfect 3: minute song that is controlled to make everyone happy!?!? Sad as it destroys the creativity!!!
I wish Hank3 would make new music because country music today is just pop music
Real country music is definitely out there. It’s just not based in Nashville.
Country Music is dead. It went woke.
#3 (Morgan Wallen) intro has that Gerry Rafferty 'Right Down The Line' (& some Dire Straights) vibe.
love storytime
The man has done to country music, what M T V got looks more like B E T . Murder on music row.???????????????? oh the good old days.
Thx J, reviewing your lesson on Papa channel a 2nd time. Any chance you come out with a full blown solo lesson?
Stay tuned! Schmitty
Trashville is dead
I heard cowboy songs a long while ago, had never heard of George before. Cool to see it hit number 1. I didn’t realize it was that popular. Also excellent guitar playing my guy!
It is garbage. But what are you gonna do.?
Hillbilly Hollywood now!!there is no country music coming out of Nashville!!thank God we’re I live in Tennessee there are still some radio stations that doesn’t play anything coming out of hillbilly Hollywood!!personally i don’t know anyone in last 15 years claim to be country coming out Nashville..but guess that’s why I have a playlist on my phone and cpl good stations i listen to..as the great George jones said no one left to carry on traditional country music..
As a sidenote, the level of musicianship that plays on these really bad nursery rhyme songs for the most part is what makes them palatable. These guys like you, uncle Larry, and others who actually make these songs listenable. The parts you create the arrangements, etc. And alsothe recording engineers that makes and master these tunes. That’s the only reason anybody listens to them. I’m telling you right now.
It’s music probably made mostly with mostly written by AI that sounds like a fucking nursery rhyme.. also the industry tends to sign the least talented monotone sounding dorky looking fake country boys. Not the real talent of people who can actually sing play and write . I saw it when I lived there. I blew out of there in disgust. That place is a joke. Not the behind-the-scenes musicians, but anybody successful and famous.
We were signed to Jason Aldeans label Broken Bow. 2008. I was done with country music 2019. It's so bad. I even own a recording studio, produce, engineer and play sessions. It's so cringe with hip hop beats in everything you do now. I throw up my hands. No talent anymore is the problem. We need Bret Mason back. My 2 cents
As a musician, I think modern country is absolutely horrific.
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Take a look at the songwriter credits on some of the "country" hits these days. 4 or 5 writers to come up with one awful tune is fairly common.
90’s is coming back around!.. bro country is OUT.. zaxk tip is leading this train. All you rockers rhay cant play country get the Fuck out!
What up Justin! Enjoyed the video!
Sell out
# 3 is the best Morgan Wallen gets My 1
The songs have the same sounding beats not much melody ,
Brokenheartsville= Last good country song,lyrics vocals and Big sound,great to dance to and hold your partner’s hand!
But you don’t know about that do ya?
I was in country radio during the 70s and 80s. I listened to country musuc for 5 hours a night 6 days a week for 2 decades. The 70s and 80s was a great time for country music. Country Music in 2025 still sounds country. The music is fine. The musicians are great but the lyrics are the problem. Just like pop music has a formula for hit songs so does country music. They are churning out hits as fast as possible to make money! The songs lyricly are shallow.. They throw in pick up trucks..beer..drinking..raising hell in most of the songs today. Redneck stereotypes are used over and over in modern country. The story telling and deep soul touching lyrics are gone. I think the main reason is they are following a hit record formula on most song written today. Its not the tempo..the musical arrangement..the beat or anything else. The repetitve use of the same themes..beer trucks..partying..raising hell is the problem. Better lyrics will make people respect new country way more.
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Lol! I haven’t listened to what is classed as contemporary country music in decades! It’s all crap ????
Too many woke types are leading record labels. I have no idea how they got to be in their positions.
Track no 3 starts like a 80s German disco tune ????
Every time I hear “Boys back home”, and they get to that line “trucks circled up around a fart fire”.
I said what I said.
No. Country music cannot because of NASHVILLYWOOD.
We have Charlie Crocket and a few others.
I can't stand the hick sounding rap in off words.Put my radio on 70 's country
Love your perspective on current country and the ability to appreciate the different nuances. It gets tiresome hearing people rag on new country all the time.