The biggest problem with music in general is that it has become an elitist cult. Music schools tend to promote a hierarchical and exclusive approach to music. A Mozart or Bach today would not find many academic music schools in which to thrive. Debussey walked out of Cesar Franck's orchestration class calling him "a modulating machin…
The biggest problem with music in general is that it has become an elitist cult. Music schools tend to promote a hierarchical and exclusive approach to music. A Mozart or Bach today would not find many academic music schools in which to thrive. Debussey walked out of Cesar Franck's orchestration class calling him "a modulating machine". Academics and creativity are often at odds. The former insists on rules that often crush creativity. As you mention, Ted,
an un-brainwashed culture needs to thrive before creative artists are allowed to surface. I'm not sure of the difference between a thriving recording company and an academic music school.
A new model for a music school is one of the answers.
The biggest problem with music in general is that it has become an elitist cult. Music schools tend to promote a hierarchical and exclusive approach to music. A Mozart or Bach today would not find many academic music schools in which to thrive. Debussey walked out of Cesar Franck's orchestration class calling him "a modulating machine". Academics and creativity are often at odds. The former insists on rules that often crush creativity. As you mention, Ted,
an un-brainwashed culture needs to thrive before creative artists are allowed to surface. I'm not sure of the difference between a thriving recording company and an academic music school.
A new model for a music school is one of the answers.