Silly me!Įxactly WHY does any kind of music have to 'triumph' over any other? Music is NOT like a watch - it doesn't *work* better if its individual components are more numerous, more finely crafted or more intricate. For lots of pop music, the best innovations may not have even been by the musicians themselves!Ĭlick to expand.Well, I had hopes for a brief moment. They are clearly different in almost all aspects, and they require totally different talents depending upon which type of music you're composing. Classical music is more focused on innovating in the actual MUSIC, and not so much the recording/distribution/playback methods (if ever, in fact).Īnd this just comes to show how nonsensical it is to judge the difficulty in creating different types of musical compositions. 3 minute folk songs, after all, have been around since the dawn of time. Also, most pop music innovation has come from the production and post-production of the music, and not the music itself. The good thing about genres outside of pop is that they are more likely to transcend cultural trends. Good pop music is generational, and not all pop music can speak to every walking life form.

Such is why 'prodigies' do not exist in the pop music world.

Is this the case with all people? Of course not, but when objectively measuring music theory and sound, it is clear that most pop music would not triumph. As far as just 'sound' goes, Verdi's Requiem is significantly better sound than Strawberry Fields. Click to expand.That wasn't his point, nor is that correct.

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