Blulum | Posted 7/16/2011 6:32:26 AM | message detail | quote
There will probably never be mythical composers like Bach or Beethoven again because making music is so much more accessible now and there is so much more variety out there. These are people synonymous with the time periods they lived in, the beatles were probably the last music act that will ever be able to claim that kind of status.
I agree with this, but I also think that we can't really know how the future will look back on the music of today - it's like I said, perspective is a powerful thing. It's just about impossible to gain perspective on what the future will look like.
I also don't think this is a bad thing. Just because people aren't elevated to mythical status in music anymore doesn't actually degrade the quality of music. People just get confused because they equate the best music only with people who are legendary. You have to listen to a lot more music than that before you gain any real perspective.
But it's all subjective anyway, so it's completely silly. If you care about music at all, then surely you've heard something you like. So like what you like. I guarantee there's more where that came from if you're willing to have an open mind and not cling to only the one or two things you've ever heard. Yeah there's a lot of crap, but some people like that crap. And I'm all for that, because I'm trying to become a composer and it's a lot easier to impress people who aren't well-read on music, take it from me.