April 12, 200817 yr Can we please drop the "Classical" part. It makes the title seem cumbersome, makes us seem like snobs who haven't made it past 1832, it doesn't begin to cover all the styles here, and it looks lame.
April 12, 200817 yr Rolf! I just realized I automatically filled the space with a previous poll option. LAME
April 12, 200817 yr Not I, said this Mike. I'll add my opposition to the change. Not only are we far from being a single-genre site, the new title may be liable to put off newcomers who write in other styles. I imagine it's some kind of short-term experiment on the part of the other Mike...
April 13, 200817 yr A) I didn't notice it was there until now B) I kind of don't want this site run over by hoards of rock guitarists anyway C) No one cares what the site is called in the first place - it's Young Composers but there are pretty much composers of every age AND Classical music rocks.
April 13, 200817 yr A) I didn't notice it was there until nowB) I kind of don't want this site run over by hoards of rock guitarists anyway C) No one cares what the site is called in the first place - it's Young Composers but there are pretty much composers of every age AND Classical music rocks. A) I DID notice the change (immediately), thought "WTF?" and concluded that I simply hadn't noticed it in the past. B) Yes, but we have a growing incidental and experimental music section that deserves recognition too. C) Young Composers CLASSICAL Music Forum... would be about CLASSICAL music... that is, a place to discuss music of the PAST and not PRESENT. What we write today is not classical music, even if it is in that style. Sorry if I'm scalloping on very hazy technicalities. :P On another note, I hereby restate my point B. Yess, of course classical music rocks and no, I would leave this place if we got flooded with hoards of talentless rock guitarists. (not that all are talentless, I'm just talking about the ones that are and have more ego than they deserve to be allocated) I also love how we, as classical music lovers, musicians, and composers, have stolen the term "rocks" to apply to our own genre. :happy: RAVEL ROCKS, DUUDE! *ahem*
April 13, 200817 yr C) Young Composers CLASSICAL Music Forum... would be about CLASSICAL music... that is, a place to discuss music of the PAST and not PRESENT. What we write today is not classical music, even if it is in that style. Sorry if I'm scalloping on very hazy technicalities. On another note, I hereby restate my point B.Almost every music institute in the world with a composition degree disagrees with you. I know mine has a contemporary composition and classical. So do all in Australia. And music tech is included in classical not contemporary*.I would not want half trained monkeys who are 14 and think they will be the next korn coming here and ruining any form of intelligent discussion. *Though the people we get shouldn't be here. None know who Mahler or Haydn are and they pretty much hate classical music. They are a disgrace to the classical department.
April 13, 200817 yr Almost every music institute in the world with a composition degree disagrees with you. I know mine has a contemporary composition and classical. So do all in Australia. And music tech is included in classical not contemporary*. The fact that it's a widely used terminology doesn't necessarily make it good terminology though. The time when a composition was written is the only line between "classical" and "contemporary" that really makes sense to me. Also, the music institutes I know don't have "classical composition" departments. My own has an incidental composition department (actually it's called "film/theatre/media composition") and a "contemporary composition" department, but I really dislike the term "contemporary composition" for this too, as it should apply to all music written today. And you really seem to have bad luck with your "music tech" students. Ours tend to be very musically interested and talented, and they certainly know who Mahler and Haydn are. I would not want half trained monkeys who are 14 and think they will be the next korn coming here and ruining any form of intelligent discussion. I consider myself a "half trained monkey", as well as most other people here. It's not a professionals forum. Concerning the topic, I prefer the forum name without "classical" by far.
April 14, 200817 yr I disagree with the change..it should remain Young Composers Classical Music Forum Why? ...
April 14, 200817 yr Why?... Well I deleted it because I changed my mind, it will make alot of people leave, and that won't be cool
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