Let's talk music, no genre boundaries
This is an offshoot of the jazz thread. I and others found that we could not talk about jazz without discussing other musical genres, as well as the philosophy of music. So, this is a thread in which people can suggest good music of all genres, and spout off your feelings about music itself.
Yes, well, we're all different people, and that's a good thing. I will take issue, however, with "keeping up with trends." I wouldn't say that you introducing me to Wayne Shorter was keeping up with a trend. But I do like to see what's going on around me. When I go to get my hair cut and I see all these women wearing clothes to reveal their tattoos, I think back to when I first came to this salon for a haircut and how different people looked then. I think it's partly because I'm a writer that I'm always trying to notice and hear new things. Especially because I'm now writing about the near future. Also, I play a lot of LPs, and I like to hear how well each recording was digitalized, and you can't fully hear that on Spotify. If an album I like is really badly digitalized, I'll buy the record. Because of streaming, I no longer need to buy CDs.. |
I dont give a damn about trends we must be conscious of ... I am interested only by individual musicians not so much by trends : be it jazz, classical, or Persian and Indian etc... Some trends even repulse me even if the musician is a good one... Sorry ( Commercial or industrialized Pop and rock etc ) I look for individual musicians genius, nevermind the culture or musical language... for example: i dont like the Opera genre , but there is many operas i love a lot to death... Same is true for jazz, or even classical... Who can rival Bruckner or Gesualdo genius ? Very few and they are in the great names ... I dont like symphonic music but i love Beethoven and Bruckner till madness or Schumann fourth or Mahler etc or Robert Simpsons ( A genius not even well known ) etc ... I dont like quatuors... But Beethoven quatuors are pure transcendental music ... I finally understand i like musicians more than music itself...Some are Godly...
How many musicians can direct Schutz music ? Not much... Try Mauersberger Schutz "Geistliche Chormusic " , i listened to it near 1000 times... How did i know the count ? Easy: i wrote for 4 years a project and i listened to Schutz each night when writing for 4 years with Bach various Choral pieces and Klavier ... I dont like Schutz as much alone as the musician Mauersberger able to recreate the musical time dimension rythms and pulse behind the written score. The creative rythms in Schutz is here in this work a perfect mix of German depth and weight with the Italian wings and "lightness of being ". There is no one who can catch this paradoxal mix as Mauersberger directing the Chor...Incredible and strong as the stronger addictive drug after one listening, because like in the 7th symphony of Beethoven we feel the creative pulse of the Cosmos and human heart as One. Music is ecstasy not just fun...Spiritual transformation not just leisure... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnZQ0EPuNqk
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We can go around and around with this. I’m a writer, too. And while I recognize the value of "authentic detail", what interests me more is what doesn’t change from one generation to the next. I agree that Spotify is not the best indicator of fidelity. If I like what I hear on Spotify or youtube or No Depression, I will buy the CD. If it turns out to be a poor-sounding disc (irritating to listen to), I’ll add it to my stack of CDs that I take up to Eugene with me each time me I visit my mom, knowing I can get more in trade for them up there than around here. I don’t actually end up buying many CDs that fall into this category, though. It’s more common that my initial positive impressions don’t stand up to the scrutiny of repeated exposure once I’ve got my hands on the disc. In other words, "operator error" comes into play.
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