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Music Lane It's all about the music, dude! Sit down, relax and listen to some tunes. |
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Music Lane It's all about the music, dude! Sit down, relax and listen to some tunes. |
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In Reply to: I was at the BMG Classical section.... posted by rockhead on November 24, 2002 at 19:07:07:
I don't know enough jazz music to comment on this in a Jazz context, but my $0.02 as far as classical music is concerned is that it's never acceptable. Though it can be amusing at first, eventually I become more irritated than amused if the "extra accompaniment" is continual and loud enough to be noticeable. I don't even like hearing Toscanini shouting at everyone to play louder during the "Dies Irae" of his otherwise great recording of Verdi's Requiem (unlike my partner, who thinks that's just a hoot).What really floors me about most of the humming I hear (Gould included) is that it's *out of tune*! I can't understand how world-class musicians, who presumably have very good ears, can't hear how out of tune their humming or singing is, and the resulting dissonance they create when their 'contribution' is heard simultaneously with the real music.
The only other possible explanation is that they don't care, and this is where it becomes offensive to me: somewhere along the line these artists must decide that their right to indulge in this behaviour is more important than both the composer's intentions and the audience's pleasure. Dedicated fans can overlook this, of course; but I wonder how many more fans these musicians might have / have had if they were / had been more disciplined?
I also wonder what their reaction was the first time one of their teachers noticed this tendency and told them to knock it off. "Oh, but I'm going to be such a genius, don't you know, that rule won't apply to me."
And please don't tell me that we just have to accept this as part of their genius. There are plenty of great artists who don't do this--the vast majority, in fact--and who are content to express themselves *through their instrument*. Are you listening to Bach, or are you listening to Glenn Gould?
djprobed
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Follow Ups
- Humming along - one vote against it (long-ish) - djprobed 12:34:25 11/26/02 (2)
- Re: Humming along - one vote against it (long-ish) - Bambi B 12:07:15 11/27/02 (0)
- They Don't Care - Or, Sacred Droplets - Severius! 17:54:39 11/26/02 (0)
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