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I was in the shower this morning, thinking about the entry below, and I felt bad, because it isn't really fair. To be honest though, my Blog isn't a page of facts, it's about perspective and one angle of view, mine. So maybe I need to add several other thoughts. Please read the entry below first before reading this.

Again, since I'm not a true patron of the arts, I don't really know too much about classical music. It's basically what I've seen in movies and heard on the radio. But back in the day, didn't people adore composers as well as the conductor? I mean, even today, there are famous conductors that can headline an orchestra right? If conductors can interpret the music by guiding the orchestra into different movements, doesn't a DJ do the same thing?

I say they do. A DJ can take several tracks, and re-arrange it to convey a feeling. I already conceded below that both types of music can and do convey feelings, although again, after the set, you're likely going to forget just what the DJ was playing. Electronic music is fleeting. The music isn't as important as the dancing. I don't see a group of teenagers sitting in a circle, with electronic music blasting in their midst, and discussing the intricacies of the said piece. It just doesn't happen, does it? I hear people talk about DJs, but that's really about it. Furthermore, I say that dance music all sound alike after an hour anyway, and that's why it's harder to know which song is by which artist. If you listen to enough songs, you'll also notice that a lot of those pieces have a long mono-rythmic intro and outro, made specifically for DJs to conveniently mix 2 songs together.

I feel slightly bad, because I'm a connoisseur of neither the electronic craze, nor the great classics of Mozart and the like. My musical inclinations lean toward titles like "Project Chick" and "Who Dat". So who am I to critize what others evidently enjoy?

Just like punk rock grew out of the backlash to disco, electronic dance music nearly devoid of lyrics probably exist to stem the onslaught of karaoke. If you can't sing to it, then they can't make cheesy music videos, mostly over filtered to give that dreamy look, and have people sing offkey for 3-5 minutes at a time, thinking that they're someone cool, like Barry Manalow or Burt Bacharach.... It's all starting to make sense!

....Thank goodness there's no Karaoke for rap yet. Imagine Chinese people belting out JayZ - Change the game?! Oh my.


posted by losir at 12:36 PM