EPISODES
epochs of evolution

Music is a language. Like all languages, it takes a while to become fluent and proficient in it. Many people speak English or French, but few communicate in Serbo-Croatian or in Swahili. If you have never heard Swahili or Serbo-Croatian , you may be shocked or amused by the sound upon first experiencing it.

I compose modern music. Some people may call it contemporary classical art music, it's a language that not many people speak or are familiar with. However as little as a century ago, classical music was the pop music of today. Kurt Cobain was equivalent to Brahms. People understood the language. Somewhere and somehow in the time that followed, classical art music lost its audience. Its language became more foreign, its syntax convoluted. Today, this type of musical language may indeed invoke the same reaction as a person first hearing Swahili.

Music is based on tradition. As in a language, Music is based on a historical reference point. Even that long-haired classical art music! The music I write, is strongly referenced in the past. The biggest dilemma for the modern composer remains that so few people are well versed in the tradition of classical music; therefore, not many people can "speak the language" or teach others about this tradition. Classical music of today needs an audience.

Many people understand the musical language of Beethoven and Bach, but those people died hundreds of years ago and a whole history has happened, both culturally and musically since their time. Music, like all art forms thrives and strives on evolution.

Music is communicatively universal. Even if you didn't speak Swahili or Serbo-Croatian, you would recognize a laugh, you would recognize angry words. A deaf person can read body language. Contemporary classical music contains all these elements. You don't need to be an expert, you need to take the time to listen actively.

"Too many notes!" "Dissonance to hurt the ear!" Comments on the composers of today? No, in fact those were made about the music of Mozart and of Chopin. They are long regarded as geniuses in music. Contemporary classical art music IS CON-TEMPO..meaning "with the times". Give it a try, you may decide you like Swahili!

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"Eon-Epochs of Evolution" genre: Classical General
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