Is there still such a thing like instrumentalist snobbery around?
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fluffy_little_something fluffy_little_something https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=281847
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Just because something is composed doesn't make it pleasant to listen to. I mean, what is the purpose of music? It was already the case with classical music, most of it was utterly boring and soulless in my view.
Mozart for instance, I won't even torture myself with that crap while cleaning the toilet.
I find most supposedly sophisticated music irritating. For instance certain Jazz musicians that run up and down the scales at crazy speeds. Particularly irritating with saxophone.
There are a few great musicians/composers who at the same time manage to make their music pleasant to listen or dance to. Patrice Rushen, dunno if she is still active, though...
Mozart for instance, I won't even torture myself with that crap while cleaning the toilet.
I find most supposedly sophisticated music irritating. For instance certain Jazz musicians that run up and down the scales at crazy speeds. Particularly irritating with saxophone.
There are a few great musicians/composers who at the same time manage to make their music pleasant to listen or dance to. Patrice Rushen, dunno if she is still active, though...
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- Boss Lovin' DR
- 14312 posts since 15 Mar, 2002 from the grimness of yorkshire
I for one would be interested to know what the recommended musical accompaniment to cleaning the bog is.fluffy_little_something wrote: Mozart for instance, I won't even torture myself with that crap while cleaning the toilet.
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- KVRAF
- 3506 posts since 12 May, 2011
I confess to not actually listening to this...donkey tugger wrote:I for one would be interested to know what the recommended musical accompaniment to cleaning the bog is.fluffy_little_something wrote: Mozart for instance, I won't even torture myself with that crap while cleaning the toilet.
- KVRAF
- 44054 posts since 11 Aug, 2008 from clown world
For laundry, try the 'underpants' song ...donkey tugger wrote:I for one would be interested to know what the recommended musical accompaniment to cleaning the bog is.fluffy_little_something wrote: Mozart for instance, I won't even torture myself with that crap while cleaning the toilet.
This is the same method MJ used when he was working on Anthony Marinelli's Thriller.
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- KVRAF
- 3506 posts since 12 May, 2011
It's ironic to note that a lot of the traditional, so called, composers were often musical radicals, just as often ridiculed for their art as praised.
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- KVRAF
- 2070 posts since 5 Oct, 2005
Bog standards ?donkey tugger wrote:
I for one would be interested to know what the recommended musical accompaniment to cleaning the bog is.
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- Boss Lovin' DR
- 14312 posts since 15 Mar, 2002 from the grimness of yorkshire
Acid Mitch wrote:You don’t know any bog standards ?donkey tugger wrote:
I for one would be interested to know what the recommended musical accompaniment to cleaning the bog is.
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- KVRist
- 354 posts since 15 Nov, 2005 from Melbourne Australia
I studied and worked in the classical orchestral field for a decade or so whilst simultaneously working on electronic psychedelic trance music as a hobby. I learnt early on to basically keep my mouth shut about my hobby around classical musicians... as I lost serious respect from a few people around me when I hinted I was into 'electronic' music.
Of course there were exceptions to this rule, but in general I think people how have spent their lives playing an instrument will always look down on those who haven't. A fair amount of pride come a with mastering an instrument, and pride can be very hard to let go off.
So yeah definitely still a thing In my experience.
Of course there were exceptions to this rule, but in general I think people how have spent their lives playing an instrument will always look down on those who haven't. A fair amount of pride come a with mastering an instrument, and pride can be very hard to let go off.
So yeah definitely still a thing In my experience.
- KVRAF
- 5703 posts since 8 Dec, 2004 from The Twin Cities
You do know, I am sure, that 'pleasant' is relative to the person listening.fluffy_little_something wrote:Just because something is composed doesn't make it pleasant to listen to. I mean, what is the purpose of music? It was already the case with classical music, most of it was utterly boring and soulless in my view.
Mozart for instance, I won't even torture myself with that crap while cleaning the toilet.
I find most supposedly sophisticated music irritating. For instance certain Jazz musicians that run up and down the scales at crazy speeds. Particularly irritating with saxophone.
There are a few great musicians/composers who at the same time manage to make their music pleasant to listen or dance to. Patrice Rushen, dunno if she is still active, though...
Right?
- addled muppet weed
- 111304 posts since 26 Jan, 2003 from through the looking glass
as an idea, rather than a person. i look down on all of you as mere mortals.
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fluffy_little_something fluffy_little_something https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=281847
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herodotus wrote:You do know, I am sure, that 'pleasant' is relative to the person listening.
Right?
Sure, but if someone likes what I dislike, I don't think much of them, anyway
Like many music critics, they seem to be obsessed with complexity rather than appeal. That's why their verdicts have often nothing to do with what most people like.
- KVRAF
- 44054 posts since 11 Aug, 2008 from clown world
There's no snobbery attached to stating facts. You'd be lying if you said otherwise.vurt wrote:as an idea, rather than a person. i look down on all of you as mere mortals.
This is the same method MJ used when he was working on Anthony Marinelli's Thriller.
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thecontrolcentre thecontrolcentre https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=76240
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