The Future of Music: Wonderings on 2 Centuries Ahead

[Mk]

Mozart was a friggin genius, a bit overrated, but I think "overrated hack" is too much.

You could pose in the same way many of both Shakespeare's and Stephen King's works came from "copied" works, but I believe them still literary geniuses.

 

[Bladibla]

Mozart was a friggin genius, a bit overrated, but I think "overrated hack" is too much.

You could pose in the same way both Shakespeare and Stephen King both work out of "copied" works, but I believe them still literary geniuses.

So were a lot of other composers. I find it pretty hard to believe that on the classical music radio stations, he always comes top EVERY YEAR. It is agreed among professional musicians that Bach was the greatest musician to ever live, and yet so much atttention to Mozart.

Don't get me wrong. I recognize that Mozart was extremely talented, but nothing in partucular stands out with him. His concertos are not much different from say, Haydns. Only Top classical period supporters will even know that well about Haydn.

And another thing that really deters me from Mozart is how overrated in the 'Mozart for babies' crap. Big deal. Why aren't other composers being recognized as much as him? He might be a genius, but greatest? I REALLY doubt that. The closest greatest genius is probably Bach, or even Beethoven.

 

[Mk]

So were a lot of other composers. I find it pretty hard to believe that on the classical music radio stations, he always comes top EVERY YEAR. It is agreed among professional musicians that Bach was the greatest musician to ever live, and yet so much atttention to Mozart.

I doubt that there is a consensus that Bach was the greatest musician to ever live.

Mozart for babies was a marketing scheme. Don't fret over it!

 

[Bladibla]

I doubt that there is a consensus that Bach was the greatest musician to ever live.

Mozart for babies was a marketing scheme. Don't fret over it!

Did I say there was a consensus? I said the general opinion of PROFESSIONAL musicians is of that. A musician obviously has more knowledge of music than the Layman.

It doesn't matter whether it was a marketing scheme: If it did contribute to Mozarts heightened status, my point still stands.

 

[dduardo]

Mk,

Here is a good example of Sigor Ros. They are playing at a concert in Iceland (FYI:The band itself is from Iceland):

http://exodus.interoutemediaservices.com/?id=5e0bed71-1689-4322-b3af-6b4b51b134d3&delivery=stream

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God Speed You Black Emperor! actually has narrative on their album "F#A#Infinity". It can be a bit weird just to warn you, but I like the incorporation of real world sounds (Trains, Cars, People in the streets, etc)

In contrast, "Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven" is all about melting sounds together. A lot of computer generated music here.

 

[Moni]

I often wonder what music will be like in a century or two. In fact I wonder if humans will have anything to do with music, beyond listening. Will we eventually write a program that is the perfect composer? Will all acoustic instruments be abandoned and replaced with electronic ones, or will we even continue to play instruments manually? And what of singing? Will we continue to sing, or will the computer do it better than any human could, some day?

Aha...very thoughtful questions!

Yes, as music composing has some underlying relations with mathematics, time'll come when computers will be very good composer even in the field of classical music!

But, like anyother electronic media or thing...just like cyber romance could never be the same as the real life love and feeling of each others; there'd be NO end of the real music...acoustic music or human voiced songs!

 

[Integral]

Depends on your tastes I guess. If you like rock there's been some good stuff released if you know where to look.

The good news is that, according to an article in a recent Rolling Stone, there is a rising interest in young (13-14) teenagers in classic rock. Sales are going up for Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Jimmy Hendrix, The Doors and other of the 60's and 70's bands. Perhaps some of them will try to emulate the classics and we can once again have some decent music.