>Forcing new composers to conform to what old people want from because tradition, damn it is a recipe for creative disaster. Is it? That's how music and cultur

>Forcing new composers to conform to what old people want from because tradition, damn it is a recipe for creative disaster. Is it? That's how music and culture was preserved and slowly enriched over millenia, from Gamelan music to masterpieces like Bach. I'd say forcing new music for the sake of it, especially to the degree and speed we do in the latter half of the 20th century onwards, leads to music following "fast fashion" like deappreciation, lack of understanding of its legacy, lack of leaving a legacy, spintering of audiences to individual echo bubbles, and ultimately commercial crap.