Is there anything worse than Sup Forumssic elitists who can't play a musical instrument?
They buy a $1000 set of headphones to listen to music without actually understanding the process. Action precedes understanding, in all things humans learn. When you've learned to play an instrument from a young age, listening to music literally activates separate areas of the brain. When a pianist listens to a trill, their mirror neurons fire and they can literally envision every note played by their own hand.
It's like a /p/hotographer who has great opinions on photos but can't produce images himself. It's like a /f/itizen who criticises your 5-day split when he hasn't been to a gym in years.
The ironic thing is is that Chad fucking Kroeger would know more about music than your average Sup Forumssic elitist.
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Chase Reyes
I've been playing music since I was 2 years old. I'm 24 now and play professionally now and occasionally land tour work. My city is a very "accepting" city in that really shitty musicians can get gigs or sit in at jam sessions and for the most part you won't get vibed out. real like and Sup Forums are two totally different things. the years that I did spend a lot of time here (high school) made me jaded and it would leak over into real life and hurt my growth. ultimately I still can't stand some normie shit but I don't go out of my way to shit on people. except for the lil peep memers. they can fuck off, that nigga sucks.
Adam Green
>/f/itizen >/f/
Mason Rivera
I can only speak for the classical side, as I've been playing piano for over 2 decades from age 4. I don't pretend to have great opinions about modern rap or kpop, I wouldn't know how to critically analyze them.
I can spot the classical elitist (read: headphone enthusiast) who wants to appear cultured simply by their playlist. They'll have bullshit like Fur Elise that no classical pianist listens to past the age of 9.
Yes, and some people like ketchup on well-done steaks.
Julian Brown
In meta-analysis research, we call that "vote stacking". It's a faux-pas because its use implies that every opinion is equally valid, regardless of statistical significance or effect size.
Leo Powell
I once meet a classical musician and when I asked him about modern classical music from the 20th century, he literally sperged out, started talking about popular music and didn't even gave me an answer.
Jose Long
Some people can't be bothered enough to clean the space they live in frequently enough, so how do you expect everyone who happens to be interested in music to willingly endure a far diffucult task like that?
Michael Hall
I disagree with you, although I do play an instrument myself. A lot of people with real talent for an instrument are only interested in pop, whilst many who haven't touched an instrument in their lifetime have a pretty interesting taste in music. sure, playing an instrument might help you appreciate music more, but there are so many exceptions to your statement that it simply can't be true.
Christian Garcia
>I don't pretend to have great opinions about modern rap or kpop, I wouldn't know how to critically analyze them If it makes you feel any better, analyses of those genres don't even require hours. It's also not nearly as stimulating and rewarding as analyzing finally understanding a classical piece. One and two note melodies, major keys, drum loops, simplistic rhythm machine programming, overabundance of root notes, avoiding sharp or flat notes as much as possible - just some of the traits which are not nearly as rewarding as analyzing classical music from any period.
