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Culture and tradition also play a part here, but it might be included in the "larger collection of humans" category. There are also limiting/modifying factors, both mental (like knowledge of theory) and physical (like environment and available instruments).
This just turned into a general theory for how different types of music formed, didn't it
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@NoeticJuice thanks for sharing.
I think i have a better way to describe what I’m seeing, it’s been discussed much when describing christian movies or right-wing art. Trying to sell an on-the-nose message, often leads to more energy put into the message than the art-making part.
Pick your best christian movie and compare it to a solid blockbuster... No comparison imo.
On the flip side, a lot of christians honed the craft of music making, so there are some pretty solid christian songs, but even christian music has faced the same critiques of what I’m describing.
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I can see what you wrote being true. I wouldn't like it if someone tried to force-feed me a message.
@LetTheRedeemed said in Songs you like:
often leads to more energy put into the message than the art-making part.
If a person separates message and art in their mind, seeing art as just a decoration for the message, then this is likely to happen. But art doesn't have to be just decoration; it can be a way to allow another person to experience the message/meaning instead of just being told it.
If an artist views message/meaning and art as inseparable, then both will naturally develop together.
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@BlooDrinker420 this is an old comment but, how the hell do you listen to Mozart’s Laudete and not feel extreme peace, tranquility, or a divine pleasure?
I’m no classical snob, but if you can’t enjoy that, it’s kinda like pop music did to human musical pleasure, what porn did to sex!
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@NoeticJuice and that’s the great artist’s tension, isn’t it. What creates a true masterpiece — how can we transliterate what’s in our head into the thing that changes the world.
It plagues the artist: “how do i make that thing that I can see perfectly in my brain???”
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@LetTheRedeemed said in Songs you like:
It plagues the artist: “how do i make that thing that I can see perfectly in my brain???”
I'm not a great artist, not yet anyway--I've only written 3 poems, drawn relatively little, and I've yet to make any music--but it doesn't plague me. As I continue to make art with intent and awareness, I'll get better at making art.
Thinking about it too much is likely harmful--it strangles, suffocates the flow.
"We must remember that the only instrument of investigation we possess is our mind . . . The quality and condition of the telescope govern the observation resulting from its use. If there is dust on our lens, we see dark spots in the heavens."
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but it doesn't plague me
I feel like I should clarify this a bit. It's not like it never bothers me, but it's not a constant, or even a frequent, companion. And I continue moving further away from it.
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