On Fri, 2011-06-24 at 15:59 -0400, S. Massy wrote:
> While I agree that good music (or any art for that matter) should
> communicate something, I think that such a discussion, however fun, is
> pretty pointless, since it's all subjective. Communication of emotions?
> Certainly, but certain forms of virtuosic musical styles can take one on
> an intellectual trip so far and out that it rivals any gut-wrenching
> experience in terms of intensity. I love highly intellectual music and I
> love highly emotional music too, yet some high-flown music is just
> inaccessible to me, and some obviously emotional music can sound to me
> like useless whining. Talent also doen't have that much to do with it. A
> talentless musician with a vision is probably beter off than a
> visionless virtuoso (unless he is teamed up with the right people, of
> course). Same with auto-tune: I agree that it can sound extremely
> egregious in modern pop music, but it can also be used to good effect in
> achieving a certain "feel" and I certainly wouldn't discount someone
> just because they were using it.
>
> Anyway, this is just a verbose way to say that we could discuss what
> constitutes a legitimate fusion of classic and pop all day and all night,
> and, most likely, everyone on this list would still have a unique
> answer. In the end, isn't it why we choose to make music: because it
> wants to be wild, free, and hopefully unique to who we are as
> individuals?
>
> Cheers,
> S.M.
I completely agree :), even if my nature tends to discuss more detailed,
but that's a personal weakness ;).
Yes, we prefer to play an instrument, instead of being a sniper :D ...
so you and I prefer to communicate by using music, instead of e.g. using
guns ;).
If the taste regarding to music should differ, I won't call it an issue,
compared to ethical issues we've got on our planet. And additionally
seemingly everybody using Linux for audio, seems to be more near to Bob
Katz, than to current mainstream mastering ;).
We might differ regarding to talent and taste and it seems to be that
there are more men, than women on audio engineering lists, but I guess
everybody of us loves music ;). So at least we have something we can
love, compared to averaged people who seems to need something to
hate :D.
Regards,
Ralf
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