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Why should the medium not matter? I actually feel that's the shallow take Quite often, historically, music comes as part of a complete experiential package. Ga
by AlecSchueler 4y ago
Why should the medium not matter? I actually feel that's the shallow take
Quite often, historically, music comes as part of a complete experiential package. Gatherings around fire, singing and dancing in groups, celebrating life's milestones, getting dressed up for concerts, excitement at buying tickets, journeying in and out of the city to pick up new recordings.
All of those things are valid aspects of musical culture for me. Stripping the meta musical aspects from the musical experience is inherently lossy and in some ways diminishes the full spectrum of what music can be.
This is especially true for music that was created outside of and/or before the streaming milieu.
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- cortesoft 4y agoWeren’t those things stripped from music when we invented recording?
- AlecSchueler 4y agoSome things were lost, yes, and some things were gained. My list included both types of things. Some things are lost again with the move to streaming and, again, some things are lost. I was uncomfortable with the idea that the meta musical aspects of one milieu were shallow and that the music should be something that can essentially survive being stripped of them if it was ever of value at all.
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