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Is My Music Pretentious?
KharBevNor:
Imagine if each member of the orchestra just went away and made music on their own.
It would be 80 times better.
Or however many people there are in an orchestra.
sean:
okay guys fuck bands, much better music would be made if each individual band member went off and did their own thing.
Eris:
But khar, it wouldn't sound the same. I play the clarinet, but cannot play string instruments. If I wanted to get the sound of 10 violinists playing something I would have to a) learn how to play the thing and then play and record it however many times to get anywhere near a similar sound. Even then every one of those violinists play the piece slightly differently, so it is still not going to sound the same. Also, the skill level of those in an orchestra is much higher than me, so they will be able to understand what is wanted much quicker and will be able to play it more efficiently and generally better than me.
Orchestras would be very hard to replicate, because of all the various elements in the music. You could get the various musicians and record them on different tracks and put it together that way, or you could get them all in a big group and they can work off each other and have a more organic sound. Having all the different parts and adjusting levels on a computer to make it sound right seems like a very clinical way of going about it. My brother is a classical musician, so I have gone and listened to (a ridiculous number of) Wind Orchestra concerts and have been played a huge amount of orchestral music, and saying "let each member go out and make their own music" belittles the amount of work each member puts in to their parts of the music. They all work together and have their own responsibilities and the single piccolo player that has three notes to play in the whole piece is just as important as the lead violinist who has the big solo.
KharBevNor:
--- Quote from: Objects inside Clouds on 06 Aug 2009, 17:29 ---okay guys fuck bands, much better music would be made if each individual band member went off and did their own thing.
--- End quote ---
But the majority of bands write new music. Orchestras just play often boring music dead white dudes wrote. Why the fuck does Mozart ever need to be performed ever again? I'm sure we've got some stonking vinyl lying around. New music is much more interesting.
Eris:
I think it really comes down to the issue of taste. Some people like hearing boring music dead white dudes wrote. Some people actually compose music for orchestras who are not dead, or old, or white! Some people like playing music that dead old white dudes wrote. You don't, I don't, but some people do. Are you going to tell some kid who plays the violin that they will never be able to play the violin part their favourite classical piece because orchestras aren't important so we're not going to have them any more?
Also, what about things like soundtracks for movies? Recording every part individually would take so much more time, money and effort than bringing in an orchestra who are good enough to play what they need to in the time frame.
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