EDM at a wedding

[herodotus]

As for myself, most of the music I admire most was made by people who died long before I was born. What that means I dont know.

I do not know much 5th century BC Greek music Heroditus.

Bet its pretty sad if Socrates is anything to go by. Not exactly the life and soul of the party was he ?

Wrong again. Read the 'Symposium'. Non stop drinking and revelling.

[dellboy]

As for myself, most of the music I admire most was made by people who died long before I was born. What that means I dont know.

I do not know much 5th century BC Greek music Heroditus.

Bet its pretty sad if Socrates is anything to go by. Not exactly the life and soul of the party was he ?

Wrong again. Read the 'Symposium'. Non stop drinking and revelling.

I once read at least half of Platos "Republic" and promised myself to finish it one day. But the bit about Socrates I did read was the day he took the Hemlock.Pretty depressing if I recall. But fascinating nevertheless. The "Symposium" looks like another heavy going text that I may one day download and attempt to read.

[dellboy]

The Rite of Spring has both melody and structure. It is true that many people have trouble perceiving them, but that isn't Stravinsky's fault.

There are musical structures other than verse chorus verse chorus bridge verse chorus.

Of course you are right.

I doubt that I have ever listened to the whole thing to properly evaluate it.

EDM uses a similar approach of tension - dissonance - and release,except that classical music embodies all these theories through musical training and knowledge.I guess EDM dj's achieve a similar effect in realtime instinctively. Unless of course they are classically trained and then turn to EDM.

[jancivil]

I suppose my point is that EDM has never gelled with me.

But neither did Stravinsky "The rite of spring"

Guess I am not a fan of dissonance.

I like music to have structure and melody.

This is pathetically inept. Dissonance, which one won't be real confident of your understanding of in context (none of EDM I ever heard was dissonant particularly. A lot is extremely conventional, in terms of sonority and form.), as the antithesis of "structure and melody" (dissonance is pretty much a vertical construct, melody unfolds horizontally, for starters) is just a statement of real ignorance.

I'd also advise against being proud to be a musical philistine, I mean unless the idea is to spread your particular sort of misery to no other point.

[dellboy]

I suppose my point is that EDM has never gelled with me.

But neither did Stravinsky "The rite of spring"

Guess I am not a fan of dissonance.

I like music to have structure and melody.

This is pathetically inept. Dissonance, which one won't be real confident of your understanding of in context (none of EDM I ever heard was dissonant particularly. A lot is extremely conventional, in terms of sonority and form.), as the antithesis of "structure and melody" (dissonance is pretty much a vertical construct, melody unfolds horizontally, for starters) is just a statement of real ignorance.

I'd also advise against being proud to be a musical philistine, I mean unless the idea is to spread your particular sort of misery to no other point.

You need to retrain your ears if you think that "The Rite of Spring" is not deliberately dissonant.

I admit that My knowledge of modern day EDM is tiny,but the small amount that I have heard contains deliberately dissonant chords and deviations from melodic form. My guess is that it is a tension /release thing.

And by the way,who told you that the Philistines were Philistine ?

[fluffy_little_something]

Depends on the age of the couple getting married. Young people grow up listening to that crap, so it's probably acceptable to them.

If it were my wedding and they played EDM, I would either kick the DJ out or take my bride and leave...

[Googly Smythe]

Depends on the age of the couple getting married. Young people grow up listening to that crap, so it's probably acceptable to them.

If it were my wedding and they played EDM, I would either kick the DJ out or take my bride and leave...

I think that even teenage couples would have their aunts/uncles/parents/grandparents in attendance - they should all be catered for. I think...

[ghettosynth]

Depends on the age of the couple getting married. Young people grow up listening to that crap, so it's probably acceptable to them.

If it were my wedding and they played EDM, I would either kick the DJ out or take my bride and leave...

I think that even teenage couples would have their aunts/uncles/parents/grandparents in attendance - they should all be catered for. I think...

It might have been a fake wedding. We've used that trick before to throw parties and get all the old folks and the authorities on board.

[jancivil]

You need to retrain your ears if you think that "The Rite of Spring" is not deliberately dissonant.

You need to learn to f**king read.

[murnau]

EDM and dissonance..

[jancivil]

I don't have much interest in the EDM remarks, other than conflating them with Le Sacre because 'dissonant' is something you can't bear. You're just deeply ignorant about these terms. Tension and release? You disapprove?
What do you want to hear in music, totally placid all the time, I don't even know what. All ambient washes, all chill all the time? Don't bother with a reply, that's just rhetorical, I don't even care.

Then, your tack is to focus on the word 'philistine'?? What is that?! Everyone knows what I meant, with the possible exception of you in your amazing lack of understanding of... most everything here.

[jancivil]

One couldn't do more to look like the most foolish person imaginable. This may be a new low.

[jancivil]

As to Le Sacre du Printemps, I know specifically what happens in it.
The opening high bassoon tune, a Lithuanian folk tune, for starters. It's all reducible to just 'dissonance', meaning there is no melody or structure? You haven't the first clue what you're talking about.

This absolutely typifies the total ignoramus as reactionary philistine. It's truly gross, son.

[Zombie Queen]

EDM at wedding would be EWM.
Otherwise it would be WDM...

[dellboy]

You need to retrain your ears if you think that "The Rite of Spring" is not deliberately dissonant.

You need to learn to f**king read.

I never learnt how to read "pompous".

You seem very skilled in the language,perhaps you could teach me.