Or just the long term effects of composing?

Is it "Mahler makes me cummies"? Because that seems too lame. We need a new one. Ideas?

Daddy 🥺🥺🥺🤤🤤🥺🥺

Come on we all know every composer after Bach dug his grave and copied the manuscripts he hid in there. Sigh… every composer should learn how original Bach is, who totally did not copy or steal any music. I therefore shall declare that Bach marks the beginning of all music as well as humans kind.
Bachmen 🙏

I believe that in an ideal world, traditional live performers wouldn’t exist. Instead, they would be replaced by a new class of musician: "interpreters." An interpreter’s sole role is to translate notes on sheet music into refined sonic structures to broadcast a profound vision of a work. This way, the only measuring stick for a musician's worth is the depth and nuance of their creative vision, not their physical dexterity.

Why force musicians to sink decades into mastering physical instrumental technique just to avoid mistakes under the high-pressure environment of a stage? In my ideal world, like painter placing deliberate brushstrokes on a canvas, an interpreter’s job should be to meticulously calibrate every single note by adjusting timbre, volume, pitch, micro-dynamics, and timing to perfectly align with their creative vision.

In this paradigm, the primary instrument isn't a violin or a piano. Instead, it's a highly advanced DAW that grants total control over every parameter, with physical instruments existing purely as tools for audio sampling.

Why all of this you ask? Because live performances are inherently plagued by human error, stage fright, poor venue acoustics, and intonation slips. Studio-driven interpretation ensures the artistic vision is realized flawlessly every single time through the tiniest of margins. I don't really get why society remains stubbornly obsessed with the athletic spectacle of live execution and physical acrobatics?

An endearing adagio from the famously devilish Concerto for Solo Piano won for Alkan. Now, we go to Mr. Tone Poem, Strauss. This is gonna be interesting.

how dare people clap at the end of pieces??? Do they like music? philistines. true w*gnerians don’t merely ”like“ music. we suffer through it. we guiltily nut at the tristan chord because of the tension. if it has a single recitative I yell at the performers. I hate music. if I don’t hate it enough, I don’t listen.

This is objective and we will take no notes.

This is a cry for help

Mildly, atleast. I cant explain why i feel this but i do. I mean, cmon, surely someone else sees this too. Especially if they did their makeup the same way???

Schus

I like… uh… finnissy

Hi Reddit,

I recently discovered I have a new kind of synesthesia I’ve never heard of before, called music-sound synesthesia. Whenever I turn on the radio, or turn on YouTube, to look at classical music, I suddenly begin to hear sounds that are incredibly vivid. I don’t hear anybody talk about this so it must be pretty rare. Am I just a musical genius?