In einer eMail vom 26.10.2006 19:20:52 Westeurop=E4ische Normalzeit schreibt [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
> Great! Then I'm just as good a player as Paul > O'Dette! Who cares if he plays cleaner, has a finer > touch, etc? I'm after different goals (largely I am) > so we can't possibly say that either of us is > "better," can we? As a matter of fact, then, all > non-musicians are inherently better players than any > of us since they are not clouded by the complexities > that we must confront in learning an instrument. As > John Cage might argue, they can make their music > directly by vocal utterances, feet stamping, and > driving cars. That's just as good as Bach, afterall. I was simply saying that Bach is not better music than Led Zeppelin, because it is more complex. In the end I would not say that any music style is better than another. I may not agree with the message, but if it brings that message over it works. The ability to play fast or cleaner at at least possible somewhat to judge. I was not talking about musicians playing abilities. For instance ALK, told me that he rarely listen to classical CD's because the ensemble playing was often so bad, that his ideal of ensemble playing can be heard on hard rock CD's. If you have heard him play Can She Excuse compared with the Sting version, I can see what he means. > > Seriously, the absurdity lies in saying that since we > often times can't seperate the music from its > historical/cultural/social contexts there's no use in > making any distinction. What is the point in judging one musical style against another? In the end no one will listen if they enjoy something else, not even if Roman or Sting says it is complex. That sort of reasoning died out long ago..... > > > Note that this has nothing at all to do with likes and > dislikes. (I personally would not like to live in the > Duomo.) I will concede, for example, that John > Coltrane probably produced "better" music than Led > Zeppelin, but I personally prefer Zep most of the > time. But then I prefer Dowland to Zeppelin... > Ijust play what I want to and there is no such thing as "better" music IMHO. Mark -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
