and even a highly talented and technical musician would admit that attending a performance with other people is more interesting than doing theory homework, even if they have a very clever theory teacher who makes the lessons into little stories
I am struck by the inclusion of the seemingly unnecessary phrase “with other people”, which suggests that your real interest is social in nature. And sure enough, you confirm this later in the comment:
That’s a time commitment it’s difficult to justify if I’m to make it before being allowed to discuss the ideas with human beings in the current blog.
and
[current posts are] simply more enjoyable, because it’s interactive
It seems like an important point, and another argument in favor of additional (sub)forums. About that, I’m not sure what I think yet.
Incidentally, against the notion that attending performances is the most enjoyable part of the musical experience, here is Milton Babbitt on the subject:
“I can’t believe that people really prefer to go to the concert hall under intellectually trying, socially trying, physically trying conditions, unable to repeat something they have missed, when they can sit at home under the most comfortable and stimulating circumstances and hear it as they want to hear it. I can’t imagine what would happen to literature today if one were obliged to congregate in an unpleasant hall and read novels projected on a screen.
suggests that your real interest is social in nature
Well, to say it’s my “real” interest suggests that my interest in rationality is fake, which is false, but I am indeed a very social critter and a lot of the appeal of LW is being able to discuss, not just absorb. (I even get shiny karma points for doing it well!)
So, yes—and I was actually realizing that myself over the course of writing that comment (which necessarily involved thinking about why I’m here).
It seems like an important point
Despite the above, I’m not actually sure why it is.
and another argument in favor of additional (sub)forums
Well, I voted for ’em, so it’s good to hear that’s consistent. :)
here is Milton Babbitt
That quote is pretty funny. We clearly differ in at least these two ways: 1) I either don’t know or don’t care enough about music to be bothered by period distractions from it (I’m not sure how to tell the difference from inside my own head), and 2) I like the noisy hall.
He’s right about the novel, though, that would be appalling. (Difference being that verbal language breaks down a lot faster if you miss a piece.)
I can’t imagine what would happen to literature today if one were obliged to congregate in an unpleasant hall and read novels projected on a screen.
Oh, my. Fiction put in a good effort, but truth pulls ahead as always:
Nor is it precisely a theatricalization of the novel …. Rather, in “Gatz” … the text of “The Great Gatsby” is spoken aloud, all forty-nine thousand words of it
I am struck by the inclusion of the seemingly unnecessary phrase “with other people”, which suggests that your real interest is social in nature. And sure enough, you confirm this later in the comment:
and
It seems like an important point, and another argument in favor of additional (sub)forums. About that, I’m not sure what I think yet.
Incidentally, against the notion that attending performances is the most enjoyable part of the musical experience, here is Milton Babbitt on the subject:
Well, to say it’s my “real” interest suggests that my interest in rationality is fake, which is false, but I am indeed a very social critter and a lot of the appeal of LW is being able to discuss, not just absorb. (I even get shiny karma points for doing it well!)
So, yes—and I was actually realizing that myself over the course of writing that comment (which necessarily involved thinking about why I’m here).
Despite the above, I’m not actually sure why it is.
Well, I voted for ’em, so it’s good to hear that’s consistent. :)
That quote is pretty funny. We clearly differ in at least these two ways: 1) I either don’t know or don’t care enough about music to be bothered by period distractions from it (I’m not sure how to tell the difference from inside my own head), and 2) I like the noisy hall.
He’s right about the novel, though, that would be appalling. (Difference being that verbal language breaks down a lot faster if you miss a piece.)
Oh, my. Fiction put in a good effort, but truth pulls ahead as always:
Source; non-free, but includes a thorough abstract.