Fun Stuff > BAND
Don't be a hipster snob
Misereatur:
--- Quote from: Bastardous Bassist ---Yeah. I think we only seem pretentious because a lot of the time, what we want to describe is best said using more esoteric language. However, we're not trying to look smart, honestly. We just love music!
Edit: Okay, I'm sure some music majors are just trying to look smart, but they're typically the ones who don't cut it.
--- End quote ---
Exaclly! :)
I do hate the type that deliberatly uses musical references that unless you had 3 years of musical education there's no way you could understand.
They just take the fun out of talking about music.
And yeah, making fun of idiot goth kids is the best.
Its my favorite pass time in concerts while wating for the horrible local metal band to stop abusing their instruments.
BPMninja:
--- Quote from: Bastardous Bassist ---Which brings me to an important point, actually. Anybody who is going to college/ever plans to go to college in the future, take a music appreciation class! Seriously, even if you know music reasonably well, music appreciation allows you to talk about stuff more intelligently (i.e. so people can actually know what you're talking about!), plus it's a good excuse to listen to a bunch of music. Of course, this advice may be really horrible, because I've never taken music appri personally. It may teach one nothing of value.
--- End quote ---
One of my favorite non-major related college courses to date was a History of Jazz class.
Bastardous Bassist:
That's one class I'd love to take, but I don't think I'm going to get a chance. I remember suggesting that jazz studies people should be able to take it instead of music history, which is reasonably useless. I mean, music theory courses are basically music history courses.
Misereatur:
I study music theory, history and Jazz history.
And although theory can be a drag i enjoy them all.
And music theory classes (at least mine, i dont really know what collage teaches) are not related to music history class. Exept the fact that we study at the moment basic classical music harmony (the very basics, there's no demand for more, we're only high school students).
They are important so you can understand how composers wrote their music, and ofcurse, you cant break the rulls without knowing them first.
We study composers in music history class, and we dont go in to how they composed every section.
Although this could be interesting when it comes to modern composers.
Jazz history is alot of fun. We'll start Free Jazz in a few lessons, and that wold be awsome.
Bastardous Bassist:
Here's the thing, music theory classes are basically really in-depth music history classes, because all you look at is how composers wrote music through the ages. It's just a really in-depth history class. I mean, a true music theory course would cover all the "rules" behind music composition today. I mean, my physics courses don't teach how people used to do physics. They only teach how people do physics today.
Free jazz is pretty cool. If you have a chance, check out the Woodstock Jazz Festival DVD. There's some more avant garde and free-er stuff. The highlight performances feature Pat Metheny, Chick Corea, Anthony Braxton (huge free jazz artist), Lee Konitz, Jack DeJohnette and Miroslav Vitous. They play Impressions, and Chick solos after Braxton. He just ends up looking silly, because Anthony Braxton's solo is better than 'Trane's. There's also this bit where Anthony Braxton sings Konitz's recorded solo for The Song is You (because Braxton learned all of Konitz's solos), and Konitz doesn't recognize it.
GAH! Must stop! Sorry. Jazz is just pretty much my favorite art form, and I could talk about it all day, easily.
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version