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InkBlotSam t1_j6oa1b3 wrote

And also intelligent ones. Classical musicians tend to be incredibly smart. Ignoring the geniuses of the past, current performers like Yo Yo Ma, Josh Bell, Martha Argerich, Daniel Barenboim, Gustavo Duamel, Itzhak Perlman, Bright Sheng etc, - a small fraction of the literal geniuses in the field - matter of fact you'd have to work real hard to make a list of dumb classical performers. Same with Jazz, really: from older guys like Herbie Hancock to up-and-coming geniuses like Jacob Collier there's a big difference between true musicians who have spent years or decades mastering the complex theory of their craft and some YouTube "finds" dropping computerized beats in Fruity Loops.

I don't actually get the point of your generalization or thread, really. There are lots of geniuses and lots of dumbshits in all the arts, just like every other facet of society. For every Oscar-winning drama with brilliant writing and performances by masters of their craft, there's 500 straight-to-video or streaming garbage loaded with dumbshit actors.

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dog-pussy t1_j6o908i wrote

That’s awesome, I’m a bit older than her. That album came out when I was 13 and rocked everybody’s world at the time.

I wanted to see them on that tour opening for Ozzy but it was at the height of the 1980s Satanic Panic and my mom wouldn’t let me go. I love the old bird but she made me miss seeing Cliff Burton play live.

C'est la vie I suppose.

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