Originally Posted By: Mark Hayes
Originally Posted By: David Snyder
If you use a flute, a piano, any other instrument(s) or even Band-in-a-Box to capture and present deep feelings that represent an "expression" of your soul, then I am eagerly waiting to hear. Yes, a tool is just a tool. It is the "soul" part that is most important.


I really have no idea what this means. I can't take it literally and I don't relate to the metaphor. All I know is that you think pre-1954 musicians FOR THE MOST PART had Beautiful Souls and present day musicians FOR THE MOST PART have souls like garbage dumps.

Here's a challenge.

Go back in time, if you can, to 1953. Literally, in a time machine.

Spend a year listening to everything that was coming out back then.

Condition: Your memories from 2021 are wiped when you go back, so you won't have a cheat sheet of what to listen to, where to find the good stuff. You won't remember any of it. You're just a 1953 guy listening to 1953 music, including all the crap that has by 2021 been relegated to the dustbin of musical history.

Then come back to 2021 and tell me 1953 was really so much better a year for music than 2020. Bet you won't!



Mark,

Again, this is not what I said. You are toying with my quote which you totally [*****] [this word is getting purged and it is not a curse word, oh well] the first time. You need to read a little more carefully.

I never said that ALL musicians from a certain day had beautiful souls, etc. etc.

I also never tied 1953 to that. It was a tongue-in-cheek comment in another point.

And I never said all musicians today have the soul of a garbage dump.

What I AM saying is that there was a time when I heard a lot of music that I felt on the level of my soul. It moved me.

And I am saying that MOST new stuff I hear coming out today sounds soul-less and robotic. TO ME. It just does.

I am not the only person who feels this way. But for the purpose of the discussion, that is not important. It is what I feel. Most new music today to me sounds canned, artificial, robotic and soul-less.

If you cannot understand that I am saying that, I can't help you. If you feel differently, then get out your credit card and buy it dude.

Over and out.

David Snyder
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