tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post8605763035873946765..comments2024-03-26T15:57:13.443+00:00Comments on On An Overgrown Path: The Bartok effectUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-12341805079440330342010-10-30T18:02:10.559+01:002010-10-30T18:02:10.559+01:00I was thinking about this topic again today and so...I was thinking about this topic again today and something struck me, why should art not have commercial appeal and vice versa? It seems like an odd dichotomy. As if to say that something can only make money if there's very little artistic merit in it or, if it's a serious artistic work, there's no way it could also bring in the cash. I'm just conjecturing but I wouldn't be surprised to find a slew of classics that were highly successful commercially when they premiered as well.joshisanonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02858689289521564817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-35159107709188788502010-10-24T18:52:53.996+01:002010-10-24T18:52:53.996+01:00Great post. The last line about bringing the creat...Great post. The last line about bringing the creative back to the everyday, to my mind at least, has got to be part of the mix.<br /><br />The advent of recorded music has changed the culture of home made music, and "live" music is far less common than it once was. Combine that with my notion that embodied cognition probably kicks in a lot more (slams?) in live than recorded music, and you've got the beginning of an explanation of its cultural, societal importance.<br /><br />Another path I especially look forward to following.Lyle Sanford, RMThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312150272934828223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-51120322781859147882010-10-24T17:06:26.943+01:002010-10-24T17:06:26.943+01:00JoshMc, you are quite right in saying "it'...JoshMc, you are quite right in saying "it's still difficult to find a source for the problem that everyone can, for the most part, agree on".<br /><br />I deliberately phrased my concluding paragraph as questions rather than answers because, like you, I am not certain what the problem is. And to a certain extent I am arguing against myself by advocating dispensing with "silly conventions" while questioning a media driven celebrity culture.<br /><br />If I had to give a very simplified summary of the problem classical music faces it would be the following.<br /><br />Think of a continuum from eclectic heavily public funded classical music at one end to open market and commercially driven classical music as plain entertainment at the other.<br /><br />The problem is that classical music today sits on the fence somewhere in between pure art and pure commerce, and as a result is losing support from both camps.<br /><br />Maybe it is the time to be a lot bolder and move decisively in one direction or the other?<br /><br />At least the good news is that we are starting to debate this crucial topic, which is why I wrote this and other posts.Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-59079775077182640082010-10-24T16:34:50.514+01:002010-10-24T16:34:50.514+01:00The variety of solutions posed towards classical m...The variety of solutions posed towards classical music's dilemma are interesting in and of themselves. For instance, you're dabbling here with the idea that classical music may have made a mistake by pursuing celebrity culture but, if you've ever read Greg Sandow's blog, you find arguments that classical music has lost touch with popular culture and has actually worked hard towards avoiding being seen as plain entertainment. To me, this is evidence of just how much work really needs to be done since it's still difficult to find a source for the problem that everyone can, for the most part, agree on.joshisanonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02858689289521564817noreply@blogger.com