10-21-2009, 11:00 AM
Jakensama Wrote:When most people say music they are referring to songs, which include both the instrumental and lyrical elements that make up that song.
As I said, if you take narrow enough definitions then yes, but taking the narrowest definition is of little value to any discussion.
I am not saying the story told in songs are not important but when you talk about "music" specifically we are not talking about a narrow definition. We are talking about all music created today vs. 200 years ago.
In our example the story told is irrelevant from a musical perspective. With all of the pieces that go into creating music the lyrics are not only not neccessary but the story is limited based upon the music being used to tell the story.
IF we can agree that most popular songs today is basically all the same musically then the only real difference is the lyrics. IF that is true then one can make the argument that originality is gone from music.
Your point of view just answers the question. Music itself has run out of idea's from a popular perspective and really the only difference from song to song is now just the story.
Does that not answer the question that Art is limited?
Vllad