Romantic music, and blogging

[geddcoon]

The "serious" new symphonic compositions, at least those that I've heard, sound weird. Stuff that's non-tonal-centric, melodies so complex that they are unmemorable, unpredictable structure, often pretentious-sounding. I'm sure it's very musically exciting to some people, but it is more cerebral than enjoyable to me. Maybe this makes me a

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[sauces]

I think that the great body of film scores being produced now contains many hundreds of pieces that attempt to emulate the romantic composers. The amount of material to sift through there has to dwarf what we have from the actual romantic era. Some of them have to be able to catch your interest.

About journaling, seems like the "community" is over on tumblr at the moment, most of the other blogging sites seem to be towers of solitude.

[geddcoon]

Yes, many film scores (and video game scores) are great. I guess I filed those into a different category of music for no good reason other than being subconsciously snobby.

But I wonder, maybe I want a tower of solitude. It would set my expectations appropriately and I wouldn't be disappointed when nobody comments on my stuff. ;)

Thank you for commenting and validating my existance! *hug*

[westwind_mv]

> We should be making, like, a Mozart a month

Hear, hear! I certainly cast my vote for the more classical or baroque music.

And it's good to hear from you!

[geddcoon]

JS Bach is such a badass. He made some of my all-time favorite pieces.

Baroque Bach Mountain

[dakhun]

Suppose I wanted to start up a new hobby that has nothing to do with anything that I have ever done before, such as traditional marble carving. I may well want to join an online discussion group about that topic. And I may well make some friends there. But the idea that I would want to subject those new friends to my political views, my bizarre sense of humour, my holiday photos, and my plushie fetish seems a little WRONG. And to give them access to the past 10 years of my political views, dumb jokes, plushie love etc just seems even WRONGER. Different people have different interests, and the concept of gathering everyone you know in one circle and make them listen to everything you have to say about everything is one I no longer get. Even if you have a carefully selected group of friends that agrees with you on everything, eventually there will be a new topic that comes up on which half of them will disagree with you and if you keep talking about it they will no longer be your friends. Then, a few years later another such topic comes

[geddcoon]

Real-life friends have casual conversations about all kinds of things, some of which are not things that the entire group is specifically interested in. That is okay. Sometimes, one even learns new things this way. To seek an environment where your group of friends "agrees with you on everything" is WRONGEST.

I have found that online discussion groups be unfriendly to newcomers. Virtual rooms full of, or at least containing, vocal self-proclaimed experts that will shit on you if you show ignorance or heaven forbid, disagree with them. I don't like participating in that kind of environment, if I go to one, I operate in read-only mode.

I am sorry if I am "making" you listen to things that you hate to listen to, that's the implication I get. You're certainly welcome to not listen, I don't want to offend. But from the sounds of it, you disagree with the concept of a blogging community and not with me specifically. I certainly don't want to add fuel to the fire, although I suspect I have.

[dakhun]

I am sorry if I am "making" you listen to things that you hate to listen to, that's the implication I get. You're certainly welcome to not listen, I don't want to offend. [...] I certainly don't want to add fuel to the fire, although I suspect I have.

No, you're not making me listen to things that I hate to listen to.
*chuckles*
See, I could never walk on eggshells like you did just there. I've always liked to be much more direct and assertive online. Maybe this is why I can't see the all-in-one thought bucket idea of blogging as one with longstanding appeal. And furthermore, I think I have reached the point in my life where I already have all the answers to the questions relevant to me wrt how I should live my life, and its mainly a question of executing this plan.

[geddcoon]

Yes, your comment was quite direct and assertive, and it scared me! :)

With any social interaction, online or offline, there is an appropriate amount of self-censorship. With everybody in the whole world, always. Like on LJ, I don't parade my kinks around, although I may hint at them. On... racier venues, such things might be OK, but I won't write in detail about my work, hobbies, or interests.

I don't know why I bothered to write that paragraph above. It's totally common sense and you're a smart cougar. But I typed it and I don't feel like deleting it now.

[otterdoc]

All the hip kids are on Tumblr these days. That seems to be more about reblogs than original content. However if that's what you're after, it's got the kind of mass followings that LJ used to have.

I write on Wordpress for the hospital blog. I like it well enough, and it seems to be oriented more toward actual blogging. I use an editor app called MarsEdit to post with. Nice functions, etc. Not sure if they have a PC version. I use a free account and it's totally fine. Functional enough, etc.

-M.

[geddcoon]

I'm primarily concerned with original content. If someone's only contribution is clicking on a "share" button, that is not interesting.

Thanks for the suggestions!