A displaced Californian composer writes about music made for the long while & the world around that music. ~
The avant-garde is flexibility of mind. — John Cage ~
...composition is only a very small thing, taken as a part of music as a whole, and it really shouldn't be separated from music making in general. — Douglas Leedy ~
My God, what has sound got to do with music! — Charles Ives
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Just What Is It that Makes Today's Music So Different, So Appealing?
This would be an interesting question for someone like Oliver Sacks. I'm currently reading his book Musicophilia, but so far it hasn't addressed anything along these lines. The answer no doubt affects popular taste in other areas as well. What made feathered haircuts fashionable in the 1980's? Why were bell bottoms acceptable in the 1970's? These things did not seem dated at the time. Whatever it is tends to be cyclical, as clothing and music trends often come back into fashion, sometimes decades later.
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This would be an interesting question for someone like Oliver Sacks. I'm currently reading his book Musicophilia, but so far it hasn't addressed anything along these lines. The answer no doubt affects popular taste in other areas as well. What made feathered haircuts fashionable in the 1980's? Why were bell bottoms acceptable in the 1970's? These things did not seem dated at the time. Whatever it is tends to be cyclical, as clothing and music trends often come back into fashion, sometimes decades later.
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