I'm not the person who defined art. We all know that the simple thing about art is that it is an extension of the soul. If one does not understand soul one does not understand art. When a person has obviously no idea on what makes music music, and what makes art art, then the appreciation and the artistic value of a particular music is lost to its audience.
Take a classic novel for example. You think that a person who does not know how to appreciate the intricacies in the novel would think the book is brilliant? An uneducated person in terms of literature would tend towards reading books which do not require them to have a deeper understanding of anything to fully understand. A full out satire or philosophical book would completely lose its worth on them. That's exactly what's happening to good music. And no good music isn't just jazz, because there's plenty of crappy jazz out there.
And no trained ears hasn't prevented me from listening to everything else. I listen to everything else from drum and bass to extreme death metal. I personally enjoy Shonen Knife, Nirvana, Pink Floyd and other people in many genres of music. I know the legends of most genres and have opened my ears to them. In fact because of my training I've been more willing to listen to those music because I wanted to learn from it. And I definitely did so. If you, as obvious as it seems, read the blog for it's worth then you wouldn't say that. Hooray! Thank you for passing judgement before you even know a thing. Talking crap before it goes through your brain FTW!
I personally leave Cream and Mr Big and Rush and Beatles, and they are some of the best song writers and musicians who will ever come to pass. I will touch on them on my blog. That also includes individuals like Patti Smith, Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan etc. AND I also learned more about World music; I listen to Indian Carnatic, Hindustani and have played with them myself to gain new insights. The problem is that you guys don't even try other genres, keep thinking that all those who are doing other genres (such as metal and all the rest) all think they're so great and therefore think that those music are junk and you'd prefer being there. Problem is, you can learn to appreciate YOUR genre in the same way as I appreciate my genre. That's exactly what this whole blog is about. If you're too dumb to get it and just because I do my analysis and expressions in relation to jazz you think I'm a snob. -_-
You might think that I'm being a jazz snob also because I seem to tell another person off for a general thing, and because my favourite genre is jazz. Well think about it. What is art? Do you understand the difference between aesthetics and arts? Do you know what makes a band sound good and not the other? Why do some bands last forever but most disappear in history? That's what I talk about. The front part yes I talk a lot about jazz because it's my roots and I did mention on my blog that I would be starting it from that perspective. If you didn't read the disclaimer good on you. I'm not telling you that jazz is superior at all.
Btw I can tell you the objective differences between genres. When I mean that I mean their general ideals, arrangements and a whole host of similar patterns within styles. Not which is better or why jazz is superior. Ironically I think that jazz is just my preferred genre because I do feel more connected with it, because my character fits some of the modern players' style. If you like rock, I'd encourage you to really go into rock and listen to the legends like Jimi, Clapton, SRV, Led Zep, etc. to really understand. If you even read anything that I wrote and the approach that my blog takes perhaps you'll open your eyes and stop criticising before talking like the precious two persons who were arguing with me about the same damn points.
As again stop skimming and read first.
PS I personally think that a lot of brilliant 4/4 rock music being passed up for mass produced crap. I can understand the anguish that many true rock fans feel too. If you want to discuss feel free to.
