From: Matt poot (mattpoot@hotmail.com)
Date: Wed Feb 11 2004 - 16:31:34 GMT
Hello Platt,
You said: No one is writing classical music today? Check out:
http://dir.yahoo.com/Entertainment/Music/Artists/By_Genre/Classical/Compose
rs/20th_Century_and_Contemporary/
I say: Well, I did not say that classical music is not being written. What
I said was that no one writes music like mozart today. Mozart was a musical
genius, the likes I have not heard of in today's society.
You said: What emotions are you talking about? Have feelings of love and
hate
changed in the past 300 years?
I say: Perhaps the emotions of love and hate have not changed. This does
not mean that his music is solely a reflection of his emotions. Would not
his surroundings, which give rise to the events of his life, which made him
draw certain conclusions, which also made him feel a certain way after
things happen to him. It is like saying if I had lived in the past, I would
feel exactly the same emotions as I did then, in exactly the same way.
Because our world is different, every aspect of his life would change. He
would have to also manage modern elements of our current world, which did
not exist in his time. Many principles are similar, but not the same. If
Mozart was still a musical genius at some comparable level today, he would
never have become so poor(unless he spent his money like michael jackson).
Mozart lived in a world without technology. There are many, many,
instruments that have been invented or discovered (eastern music) that would
have a profound impact on his music. What if mozart had taken some trips to
japan or india when he was touring the world? I could not see this as
having any small affect on his music.
You said: In addition to emblazoning "Truth is a species of good" on every
page of
the MOQ syllabus I'd add "Some things are better than others." In other
words, great art is drenched in Spirit while lesser art (like most art
being created today) is as Spiritually dry as dust. What's more, I claim
all of us can tell the difference! (Recall Pirsig's experiment with his
students regarding their ability to discern quality writing.)
I say: O.k. So there is a large quantity of crap being produced today,
which is little more than a few notes jotted on paper, etc. In Mozarts
time, was most of the music being produced good? I would say no. there
were a small amount of composers/artists who were truly good. Spirit was in
their music. How about the other 90% of the music? Most of it was folk
music. All of the rest, was written by people trying to make money off of
sounding like mozart, or whoever was good at the time. There is something
to be said for originality.
You said: Many art authorities agree, so it's not ridiculous at all.
Collective
judgments of experts brings purely subjective opinions closer to
objectivity.
I say: Many authorities also rebuke pirsigs theories. Does that make them
right, or closer to being right? It may seem so.
You said: What are you talking about? Please give examples. Are you talking
about
Snoop Doggy Dog?.
I say: Well, as I dont listen to Snoop Dogg, I couldn't say for sure. But
looking at some of the artists, and the places they grew up in, how can you
expect them to compose like Mozart?
Illiteracy and ineducation are maing factors.
However, I will give you a top pick list of artists I either listen to, or
have listened to, which I consider to be good;
(Current at top)
King Crimson
Yes
Buck-65 ('rap')
Pink Floyd
RadioHead
It is the aim towards quality that makes a difference for me. Also, to say
that these artists don't put their spirit fully into their music is a lie.
Listen to 'The Wall' , by Roger Waters (and the rest of Pink Floyd) in its
entirety ,. and tell me there is not great spirit in that.
Time is short, so I cant continue.
What do you think?
Poot
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