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> Why does the mainstream get invoked in these types of arguments when no one called them? Oh, I must have gotten lost. I thought I was in a forum dedicated to
by afthonos 3y ago
> Why does the mainstream get invoked in these types of arguments when no one called them?
Oh, I must have gotten lost. I thought I was in a forum dedicated to hacking where a post had been submitted to justify the importance of a composer almost universally found difficult to listen to to a mainstream audience. Probably took a wrong turn somewhere.
> Who cares?
Whoever posted the story here clearly did one way or another. Everyone who commented, both of us included, as well. Affecting detachment while taking the time to clearly post how detached one is is not very convincing.
- vonjuice 3y agoI think importance can be recognized without appealing to the average Bad Bunny listener. I care about the music, people should be more open to hearing challenging music. That doesn't necessarily mean "the mainstream", that entails a whole cabal of mechanisms at play that go beyond what an individual chooses to listen and how. Also many now revered composers were shunned by audiences of their time, such as Mahler. Bach is now regarded as the greatest composer but he wasn't exactly popular during his life outside select circles.