24db wrote:This thought process is facile....it's like saying unless I own everything by TD then I can't judge it. It's reducing your capacity to think to a maths problem and there's only one answer
I'm not sure I follow. When I "discoved" Bach's greatness I had heard a very small fraction of his works (Violin Concertos, Cantata No 147). I used these works to extrapolate Bach's works. I use this method always when I explore music that is new to me. I "knew" Tangerine Dream rules after having heard "only" a collection CD of Pink years, Poland, Tyger and Force Majeur.
24db wrote:You can't judge art on a 'oh I've been told this is mastepiece' therefore I'm therefore too illformed to say whether the music moves me on a biophysiological level until I've sampled all of it.
It's wise to sample different kind of works. I "got" Mozart's greatness when I heard his Piano Concertos. It also helps if you understand what the composer was doing and what other composers were doing at that time. This all takes time and asks for perseverance.
24db wrote:This thought process has held several forms of music back for years, the two main ones being Classical and Jazz (both of which I love btw). The ethos of 'there must be something I'm not understanding, something 'to get', therefore I should just continue to do the same thing until I do' is, IMHO (and forgive me) utter BS.
It's up to you what you do, of course. I could have chosen not to explore Tangerine Dream. I am glad I did.
24db wrote:I have heard a fair amount of Bach's stuff, and still own some. But it doesn't do anything for 'me', whilst others do. It's how life is
So which classical composer you do enjoy?
can we start another thread on Bach please?
