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Originally Posted by dead_battery
and black people cant come up with anything new for us to steal. why is hip hop still happening?
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Funny. And true. Just about everything recorded by a black person before 1980 was good or goddamn great. Kinda patchy, to say the least, since then.
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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator
Maybe musical appreciation is like any muscle, overuse, creates fatigue.
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My last big project was to study Beethoven's 32 piano sonatas. It's something I'll probably never be one with entirely, but I've heard several performances and paid a lot of attention to smart pros and professors discussing them.
Glorious stuff. But jesus fuck I need a break. Like, a lot of silence.
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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator
what gets tiresome is chasing the "new"
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Oh, well, "new" music. I haven't cared about chasing the new for about a decade now. I'm sure I'm missing out on great stuff. But I don't care.
But for music in general, it's been awhile since I've strapped on a pair of headphones, rolled some cigs and a joint or two, and blissed out for a few hours. I miss it. I don't know. Perhaps western harmony can only do so much. Even with classical music, I was starting to get tired of that genre's cliches.
It's weird. I'd never say I DON'T like music. But mostly, I sure don't act like it.