Were the good old days better

[dick]

How many Mozarts do you know?

I have pondered this for a long time about 5 mins but it seems to me that there is an inverse relationship between talent and technology.

The more technology advanced a society is the less musical, and the more musical the less technology.

By my reasoning the best musicians lived in caves

[The Chase]

I don't agree. In a cave you don't have any bearing on how good the rest of the world is. Things are different now. There are living people who are just as smart and talented but their are more of them now so each indivisual isnt appreciated as much.

[DaveSmom]

Mozart was over-rated hehe

Seriously, it's called evolution. Innovation devolves to banality or nothingness, eventually

[Distorted_Mastermind]

To an extent there's quite a bit of truth in that......music is about feeling, so expression is going to be much better on an instrument rather than a synthesised version of that instrument.
Playing vs Programming.....Real vs Synthesised.....Apples vs Oranges
It can all be debated, however there's never been a better time to be an anti-social musician......who needs a band? No one needs a band, but it adds an element that one cannot get from self.

[dick]

I don't agree. In a cave you don't have any bearing on how good the rest of the world is. Things are different now. There are living people who are just as smart and talented but their are more of them now so each indivisual isnt appreciated as much.

nah dont agree, because the cream always rises to the top, in the 18th century Mozart excelled, and it would be just the same had he to develop the skills now, on the other hand muscians today have more information, so therefore it becomes easier to get the skills, but technology has made it to easy, in the past Composers had to hear all the parts and colors, so technology is a mixed blessing

[dick]

To an extent there's quite a bit of truth in that......music is about feeling, so expression is going to be much better on an instrument rather than a synthesised version of that instrument.
Playing vs Programming.....Real vs Synthesised.....Apples vs Oranges
It can all be debated, however there's never been a better time to be an anti-social musician......who needs a band? No one needs a band, but it adds an element that one cannot get from self.

Music is also about interaction, on many levels, on the personal and the social.

All technology has done has put power into the hand of philistines

Have you ever been to a wedding were the bridal march was played on a computer

[MopisKevin]

There were just as many mediocre and bad musicians in Mozart's time as there are now. We don't remember them because they didn't write much worth remembering.

It always seems that art was of a higher quality way back in the past, just because only the best stuff stands the test of time.

[Distorted_Mastermind]

I wasn't saying music is or isn't about being social....it is what the person making it gets out of it. For myself it does involve interaction with other musicians while for the next guy it might not. Niether one is better, and not everyone makes music or does any kind of art for the same exact reason.
On the wedding march tip.....I've seen it played off a cd deck more than once (I've also been the dj playing it off the cd deck more than once).

[arke]

How many Mozarts do you know?

Neil Peart, Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson. AKA, Rush.

[Benedict]

The average listener does not value talent, only self affirmation, so it takes a while for the deeply talented to be appreciated (not to say that pop singers aren't talented) and the more modern audience hasn't the time to appreciate

[Distorted_Mastermind]

The average listener does not value talent, only self affirmation, so it takes a while for the deeply talented to be appreciated (not to say that pop singers aren't talented) and the more modern audience hasn't the time to appreciate

acronyms are cool....K.I.S.S. keep it simple stupid.

[stefancrs]

Keep in mind also that usually, really huge talents aren't recognized while they're active performers. Probably due to lack of perspective. But I'd still rate quite a lot of artists / bands as more talented than for instance Mozart, even if the rest of the world won't agree with me

[M'Snah]

I don't agree.

[eidenk]

But I'd still rate quite a lot of artists / bands as more talented than for instance Mozart, even if the rest of the world won't agree with me

Who for example ? Not that I like Mozart myself.

[M'Snah]

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