I studied music composition and performance in college, and over the years I have ended up simply retreating into my own world of my own music. In academic circles new seriously composed "music" has gotten so strange that no one even pretends there is any kind of market for it. The music "industry" seems to value visual imagery over musical prowess, and the radio is an absolute insult. Why even waste your time? I'd rather listen to sports talk radio, and I am not interested in sports!
Furthermore, why should I bother putting my music out into such a zoo of a culture. What would have happened to Bach or Beethoven in this day and age, REAL musical geniuses? I am convinced that we indeed HAVE real musical geniuses, who sadly hang up their efforts and move on. They move on to arenas where their genius is actually appreciated, like in programming.
I want to hear counterpoint, form, architecture, genius. I hear complete drivel 99% of the time, why try to save it? When I share music with people that has counterpoint and form and real work and thought behind it, I find people don't catch it and don't care.
In my opinion, who cares if this crap is getting stolen? Or these charlatans are losing their jobs? This society needs a general reboot anyway, as far as music goes. I sincerely hope it all crumbles and everyone's favorite "band" gets jobs as janitors where they belong. Maybe real musicians can start getting a chance to shine.
What's wrong with the music industry? The tastes and standards of the listening public AND the "artists" have gone so far down the tubes that the music itself barely seems to matter anymore./embittered rant
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I studied music composition and performance in college, and over the years I have ended up simply retreating into my own world of my own music. In academic circles new seriously composed "music" has gotten so strange that no one even pretends there is any kind of market for it. The music "industry" seems to value visual imagery over musical prowess, and the radio is an absolute insult. Why even waste your time? I'd rather listen to sports talk radio, and I am not interested in sports!
/embittered rant
Furthermore, why should I bother putting my music out into such a zoo of a culture. What would have happened to Bach or Beethoven in this day and age, REAL musical geniuses? I am convinced that we indeed HAVE real musical geniuses, who sadly hang up their efforts and move on. They move on to arenas where their genius is actually appreciated, like in programming.
I want to hear counterpoint, form, architecture, genius. I hear complete drivel 99% of the time, why try to save it? When I share music with people that has counterpoint and form and real work and thought behind it, I find people don't catch it and don't care.
In my opinion, who cares if this crap is getting stolen? Or these charlatans are losing their jobs? This society needs a general reboot anyway, as far as music goes. I sincerely hope it all crumbles and everyone's favorite "band" gets jobs as janitors where they belong. Maybe real musicians can start getting a chance to shine.
What's wrong with the music industry? The tastes and standards of the listening public AND the "artists" have gone so far down the tubes that the music itself barely seems to matter anymore.