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Which is more important? Music technique or emotion?
They shouldn't be weighed on the same scale in the first place, I think.
Just... the way some people describe it robs all the color from my musical prospect. I hate it and I don't know why it hurts so much if I know that it's not right. It's like they stab at the deepest part of my dignity, over and over.
In my case, whether it's singing or piano, emotion runs higher than technique. I know that I don't have the best technique. Quite frankly, I don't care if all my triple note runs are exactly a milisecond each apart at the exact Hz measure (or however you measure pitch). I know I can cover it with how much passion that I have.
I don't want to astound or amaze people. I want them to cry. I want them to laugh. I want them to feel nostalgic.
I want them to feel it.
And then, people come around who say that emotions are useless if the technique is not there. For example, you could have all the emotion to put out in the world, but if you couldn't sing on key, it would sound terrible right?
But I think... who gives a damn? That is only looking at one side of the whole spectrum. They think they're all open-minded because they know about more musical theory than most of the people in this world.
Of course technique is important. Of course it is. But if it were the most important thing, then all the singers, pianists, musicians in general, would all sound the same.
So here I am, passionate-and-proud-of-it me, being told that it's useless, that no one will acknowlege it if my technique isn't perfect. That is a stab. I have lost all self-esteem and confidence because of it. The world looks gray.
Music is complex. It really is. But when it comes down to listening to it, it's really how you feel it. Then, it's not complex at all. Music is like breathing air. It's built into us. If you're listening to it with a filter in your ears, you're not truly appreciating it for what it is.
Then they come with the argument that, well, music has been going on for a looong time. And our predecessors know what is best, knows what sounds the best. So we should all bow down to that and follow it exactly.
And if I say, but there isn't just one type of music in the world.
They'll say, I'm talking about classical music.
Technique is probably most crucial in classical music. But it's not all of it. It can't be all of it.
If it were, then classical music would be like a MIDI file. Just notes played at exact beats and pitches. And I guess some people like that. And if that's what they like, then I guess the argument ends there.
But then... it's not all the musically educated people who listen to classical music. If you're a tone-deaf high school dropout who happens to switch the radio on to the classic station and you happen to like it, then that's great, right? Not everyone listens to be critical of music.
Oh this makes me so frustrated and sad and I know I'm probably not making any sense. If you have loads of free time, please comment and tell me how you feel if you can make out some of it without craning your neck.
I have cried so much over this. My pride and dignity are in pieces. I feel that any music I produce is horrible, not good enough for show, a selfish act of rejeuvenating only my soul.
Technique puts people in ranks. On who's the best, who's the worst. That is abuse of music. I know that. But still.
They shouldn't be weighed on the same scale in the first place, I think.
Just... the way some people describe it robs all the color from my musical prospect. I hate it and I don't know why it hurts so much if I know that it's not right. It's like they stab at the deepest part of my dignity, over and over.
In my case, whether it's singing or piano, emotion runs higher than technique. I know that I don't have the best technique. Quite frankly, I don't care if all my triple note runs are exactly a milisecond each apart at the exact Hz measure (or however you measure pitch). I know I can cover it with how much passion that I have.
I don't want to astound or amaze people. I want them to cry. I want them to laugh. I want them to feel nostalgic.
I want them to feel it.
And then, people come around who say that emotions are useless if the technique is not there. For example, you could have all the emotion to put out in the world, but if you couldn't sing on key, it would sound terrible right?
But I think... who gives a damn? That is only looking at one side of the whole spectrum. They think they're all open-minded because they know about more musical theory than most of the people in this world.
Of course technique is important. Of course it is. But if it were the most important thing, then all the singers, pianists, musicians in general, would all sound the same.
So here I am, passionate-and-proud-of-it me, being told that it's useless, that no one will acknowlege it if my technique isn't perfect. That is a stab. I have lost all self-esteem and confidence because of it. The world looks gray.
Music is complex. It really is. But when it comes down to listening to it, it's really how you feel it. Then, it's not complex at all. Music is like breathing air. It's built into us. If you're listening to it with a filter in your ears, you're not truly appreciating it for what it is.
Then they come with the argument that, well, music has been going on for a looong time. And our predecessors know what is best, knows what sounds the best. So we should all bow down to that and follow it exactly.
And if I say, but there isn't just one type of music in the world.
They'll say, I'm talking about classical music.
Technique is probably most crucial in classical music. But it's not all of it. It can't be all of it.
If it were, then classical music would be like a MIDI file. Just notes played at exact beats and pitches. And I guess some people like that. And if that's what they like, then I guess the argument ends there.
But then... it's not all the musically educated people who listen to classical music. If you're a tone-deaf high school dropout who happens to switch the radio on to the classic station and you happen to like it, then that's great, right? Not everyone listens to be critical of music.
Oh this makes me so frustrated and sad and I know I'm probably not making any sense. If you have loads of free time, please comment and tell me how you feel if you can make out some of it without craning your neck.
I have cried so much over this. My pride and dignity are in pieces. I feel that any music I produce is horrible, not good enough for show, a selfish act of rejeuvenating only my soul.
Technique puts people in ranks. On who's the best, who's the worst. That is abuse of music. I know that. But still.