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**QQ9ktYrV** · 07-27-2012, 04:14 PM

I have to laugh at Someguy suggesting that it's the audiences which are out of touch. As if grinding on a violin and making it sound like a helicopter or other industrial noise isn't "out of touch". You can cry about it all you want - audiences still want melody and they got that, "ancient" and "modern" in Haydn's time. I have a real problem with avant-gardism and NOT contemporary art music. There's a significant difference between the two and I do not want to listen to 'Elegie for a circular saw' or any other such 'sound design' in place of music - or I'll go to a Steven King film! It's a good discussion to have, though.

07-27-2012, 04:14 PM	#13
QQ9ktYrV Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 446 Senior Member	I have to laugh at Someguy suggesting that it's the audiences which are out of touch. As if grinding on a violin and making it sound like a helicopter or other industrial noise isn't "out of touch". You can cry about it all you want - audiences still want melody and they got that, "ancient" and "modern" in Haydn's time. I have a real problem with avant-gardism and NOT contemporary art music. There's a significant difference between the two and I do not want to listen to 'Elegie for a circular saw' or any other such 'sound design' in place of music - or I'll go to a Steven King film! It's a good discussion to have, though.
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