Music is an art form and it will take many forms of expression. The
arts in their nature are spiritual in that they have a powerful ability
to shift consciousness and emotions.
Musicians struggle with the terms for the public for musical pieces (or
in some cases sound pastiches). "Serious" seems a bit too serious if
you consider that many of the famous orchestral composers stole tunes
from their local tavern. "Classical" refer to a period in music and the
arts, just as there are "impressionist" and "romanticist" periods too.
Best not to be bothered by such labels and enjoy freedom of expression
while we still have it.
On 03/02/2014 06:30 AM, doctordumb...@rocketmail.com wrote:
"Neal" Young plays very serious music - It is an interesting
distinction that some people make, between serious, and 'not serious'
music. Someone recently told me that electronic and/or sampled music,
is not real music.
On the one hand, I can see that musicians like Neil Young, do not try
to master the classical works, or play music with a lot of tradition
behind it. On the other, I've been a fan of his sound, since, "After
the Gold Rush". He has inspired me in a lot of ways - far more than
any classical music.
Music is said to be the most abstract of the arts. I find it amusing
that someone who diligently copies Mozart, for example, is hailed as a
prodigy, yet someone doing the same thing with a Rembrandt, is labeled
a forger.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <authfriend@...> wrote:
*Yeah, not quite the same thing. I'm talking about serious music and
highly trained singers.*
Justin Timberlake, for one, sings in a much higher voice than his
regular voice. Same for Neal Young I believe.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSVHoHyErBQ
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <authfriend@...> wrote:
I'm not a big fan of countertenors myself; the voices always
sound a little strained to me. But this dude is special, not
just the voice but the musicality.
The ear is more important than any musical knowledge (for the
listener, at any rate).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmyLkjxKCNo
Phew! And this is not generally my kind of "thing" but
it certainly evokes all sorts of primal, albeit
refined primal, sensations. His voice and those
instruments and the light and the setting and the
crystal hanging from the ceiling. All of these things
transported me to a long-ago time. Thank you for that.
I am an ignoramus when it comes to knowing about music
but my ear seems to make up for what I lack in
theoretical musical knowledge.
