If you want to explore the world of classical music but don't know where to start, I know how you feel. I've been there before myself. That's why I wrote my Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Classical Music, a simple and straightforward guide to the basics of classical music: rewirethewest.com/classical-music-for-beginners-the-ultimate-guide/ In the video description, there are five other articles I wrote for people wanting to get into classical music. I tried to make the sort of resource I would have loved while first venturing into the beautiful and complex world classical music. Happy reading, and more importantly, happy listening! -Evan PS - All my videos are scored with original music - in this one though, I included rephrasings of two of my all-time favorite classical pieces. Can you guess what they are?
I'm here from your post on r/catholicism. You have a great talent for making videos. If you keep up the work, I see a bright future for your channel! I hope you will get more subscribers, because your message is good!
Thank you! I'm writing and releasing a new video each week, so definitely putting in the work - Glad to know it's recognized and appreciated by others. Thanks for the kind words and encouragement!
Usually the background music in grocery stores I visit isn't too intrusive, but the other day they must have put on some top hit list because the songs were so repetitive and "in your face" that my brain felt like it had been thrown into a tumble dryer for the whole time I spent in there. Very high production value for being a starting channel with relatively few subscribers. You must have had other channels before, or just experience in production and editing elsewhere?
Ouch! Not a fun feeling at all, I feel for you... To answer your question, I don't have much of a background in production. A few things here and there but nothing serious. It wasn't until this past year that I began working incredibly hard to learn and hone my craft in order to provide real value to others. Additionally, I make it a point to surround myself with individuals who know more than me and push me to grow. Especially on the technical side of things, they are absolutely key to any success this project has. Hope this answers your question! Glad you're here, Fred
I found you through Brittany Pettibone and you're awesome. Modern pop music is degenerate in so many ways, a byproduct of our plastic capitalist culture that breeds degeneracy. There are a few artists I listen to today who make contemporary classical music but in all honesty I think in the west music peaked in the 16th through 19th centuries. In the east, traditional classical music continued on much longer, and pop music in the DPRK draws heavily on classical music. The complexity of classical music reminds us of how precious music can be and how much it can enlighten us. Whereas pop music is just four chords and 2 minutes and 50 seconds of hedonism.
Most people, and especially the younger generations in the western world are heavily brainwashed and pacifying themselves with drugs to shut out the depressing state of the prison they are living in. When the incredibly corrupt western elites see that North Korean society is actually much happier, warmer and more moral than theirs on average, it triggers their jealousy which causes them to go out of their way to paint the worst possible image of North Korea to their own citizens. That way, they will actually be made to believe that they have it so much better and go on pacifying themselves with such vices as drugs, casual sex and mindless entertainment.
@@revolutionaryhealing9992 Well said, I agree 100%. Western elites are scared of nations like the DPRK where the people are happy and the nation isn't property of IMF loan sharks.
@@ErikaBell_Z I once heard a term for describing people who get triggered by those who are highly evolved or are advanced souls, too. It’s called spiritual jealousy.
@@ErikaBell_Z I also find it laughable that South Korea is considered to be the way more “livable” country of the two Koreas. It doesn’t exactly look like such a livable place when the pressure on its people that exists thanks to the competitive nature of capitalism causes them to have the world’s highest suicide rate, lowest fertility rate and one of the lowest happiness rankings, does it? Not to mention the portion of its population which still lives in shantytowns or slums with third world conditions which only exist in capitalist societies.
If Pop is porn, then Reggaetón is Hardcore Porn lol. Great video, I think that your channel's message is really great, as a Psychologist I find it interesting how you can have a sense of what kind of person someone is, based on the type of music they listen to.
Whiel i agree to the videos point and the comment, ther is quit the chanch that it come to this point becouse people followd a certain Logic: More is better. Music and sensual experienches are great, and during and after the industial revolution acessebiletie of more goods became easier including those to, and having that became a status symbole. You now how in certain culturs being overweight symbolyses wealth becous not evrybody had enough to eat. Might have gone with music like this, skiping som stepps: Oh loke how grate i'm we can leave the radio on during Newstime, meals and relaxing houers, until leting music play in the backround became a tradition we feel wird without. As for Porn, Patriarchal sochiety might be at foult. TheBurgerKrig made a good wideo som time ago about that. So in shortModeration is importent, meaning we miht need an alternative to kapitalism thatdosn't always end in dicktatorships or similarly unpleasent regims.
having been on the "wrong" side of pop for *many years (ie: progressive rock, long song formats, Bartok, Ravel, Stravinsky, Zappa,etc,,) - this video is spot on!
I listen to music constantly every day but not modern Pop music. Along with classical artists I have always favored more complex modern genres such as prog rock and alternative bands. In my youth these were bands like Rush, Yes, Genesis and ELP. For the last 20-30 years or so bands like Dream Theater, Porcupine Tree (Steven Wilson is a great song writer), Riverside and Opeth. There is is rich, powerful and even beautiful music still being made but you kind of have to seek it out.
Cool, I just started listening to Genesis. They really were a band of their own. I really love Selling England, and Duke actually gives me an out of body experience when it all comes together in Duke’s travels.
I just found out your channel thanks to Bjorn, and I must say that I haven’t seen videos as speaking as yours for a long time! Something that speaks to the soul easily and reflects my own perspective. Thank you for this, and please, keep going! It is not just about the meaning and delivery, beauty or views, it is the reminder. World needs you.
Unfortunately, most public places play rap music today. It has degraded society beyond belief. I often lament that TVs and music is constantly blaring everywhere. We won’t be taking our kids out very often because there are very few public environments that are conducive to civility. We enjoy time in nature and attending events with genuine culture. We need to bring back culture and high society again. So tired of all the tripe and trash.
I still haven't found something better than Handel's Messiah. It is one of the greatest musical expressions that man has ever created. You make some very good arguments in this video and I appreciate it.
I HATE the kind of pop music that plays in the background, and you don't even really listen to it! It isn't WORTH listening to, and that's why your attention naturally wanders while "listening" to it.
I have an interest in a wide variety of musical tastes. I wouldn't say that Classical music (as I assume you're implying) is the only true music. I can find myself truely engaged and emotionally moved by a good electronic trance track as I would be by a present day composer or one from a previous era. I do agree though that the Pop music we hear today, is infulfilling. Comparing it to fast food was very accurate. I honestly believe that the talent shows such as xfactor and the likes was the final nail in the coffin for mainstream pop music, its a cheap, short lived rehash of what was available in the year proceeding it and this trend continues on some endless loop of musical murder. Made worse by the music videos that are produced for these tracks, disgusting.
thanks for your insight and feedback. I'm not saying classical music is the only "true" music. Simply that it is far more worthy of that label than any of the manufactured pop of today is. Also, for people wanting to rediscover a meaningful experience with music, classical is a great place to start! 🎶
@@RewiretheWest You should check out some electronic music composers exploring contemporary, new soundscapes. They're sometimes a bit harder to get into, but they definitely provide meaningful experiences. Jon Hopkins, Disasterpeace, Little Snake, Ivy Lab, Boards of Canada, Photay, Emptyset, False Noise Edit: I might have mistakenly assumed you weren't familiar with these. That could of course be possible. You enjoying classical music does not exclude enjoying all sorts of other music.
@@RewiretheWest I would say that Jon Hopkins is a good start to see if electronic compositions can offer you a similar kind of 'depth of experience' and 'invitation to open your senses' as attributed to classical music in the video. He explores timbre, rythm, minimalistic iterative development and a slow arc of building tension and cathartic release within tropes of 'build and drop' structures. Of course the 'story arcs' of the compositions are shorter than classical concertos, but I still feel if you listen to an album of his from start to end it conveys an overarching narrative of sorts. I am rambling and not fully coherent/succinct, but I hope my enthusiasm and love for his music comes across :)
C'est la grande difference qu'il y a entre la music actuelle et la music d'avant. La music actuelle est faite pour la consommation elle est faite pour plaire sur une courte période, le niveau de l'art est donc limité car si elle plaisait sur de la longue durée elle nuirait au commerce de la music. La music ancienne ou certaine actuelle son fait pour s'inscrire dans le temps. The current music is just the sound The old music and sometimes current music is the real music. Many listen the beethoven but who will continue to listen to the old music of the RAP in the futur ? Nobody, Old music is the art by artist Many of new music is just the business for make the money.
"La music actuelle est faite pour la consommation...la music ancienne est faite pour s'inscrire dans le temps." T'as mis le doigt dessus. Excellent insight. Art is always limited when it's designed solely for consumption and the short-term. Thanks for the thoughtful comment!
Hmm. That's an interesting take on it. I don't merely view Pop music as "porn", as I feel like there can be some benefit to pop if you know where to look. For example, sometimes certain artists have very interesting videos. Aurora is a good example of that, and while I wouldn't say that I approve of all of her stuff, the representation of art is something that is very interesting and insightful in some musicians, even in the modern-day era. The music and the video representation of it can be very interesting, and I very much enjoy geeking out about it. And, not all of it has to be about sex....
Basically, I view music as an expression of pop culture, and while I wouldn't say that I listen to everything, I do think music videos can be interesting from an artistic standpoint.
But then again, I hang out in weird niiches. While I'm in my early 20s, I often lsten to a lot of 90s material, like Tori Amos, Bjork, and the like. So who knows...
At the same time, though, if I apply myself, I can appreciate classical music. When I was I kid, I really enjoyed Stravinsky's Petrushka, and I would play it over and over again for hours.
![Lethal Company Music Video 🎵 "Follow The Orders" [VERSION A]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/QeooZB4Z7RA/mqdefault.jpg)
If you want to explore the world of classical music but don't know where to start, I know how you feel. I've been there before myself.
That's why I wrote my Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Classical Music, a simple and straightforward guide to the basics of classical music:
rewirethewest.com/classical-music-for-beginners-the-ultimate-guide/
In the video description, there are five other articles I wrote for people wanting to get into classical music. I tried to make the sort of resource I would have loved while first venturing into the beautiful and complex world classical music.
Happy reading, and more importantly, happy listening!
-Evan
PS - All my videos are scored with original music - in this one though, I included rephrasings of two of my all-time favorite classical pieces. Can you guess what they are?
Hey man, great video. If you can find it, the Sunken Road album on Yesterday and Tomorrow record label. It is stunningly beautiful.
I'm here from your post on r/catholicism. You have a great talent for making videos. If you keep up the work, I see a bright future for your channel! I hope you will get more subscribers, because your message is good!
Thank you! I'm writing and releasing a new video each week, so definitely putting in the work - Glad to know it's recognized and appreciated by others. Thanks for the kind words and encouragement!
@@RewiretheWest Also from r/catholicism, and I agree. I hope you'll grow!
@@basoivan thanks Ivan! You support means a lot
Usually the background music in grocery stores I visit isn't too intrusive, but the other day they must have put on some top hit list because the songs were so repetitive and "in your face" that my brain felt like it had been thrown into a tumble dryer for the whole time I spent in there.
Very high production value for being a starting channel with relatively few subscribers. You must have had other channels before, or just experience in production and editing elsewhere?
Ouch! Not a fun feeling at all, I feel for you...
To answer your question, I don't have much of a background in production. A few things here and there but nothing serious. It wasn't until this past year that I began working incredibly hard to learn and hone my craft in order to provide real value to others.
Additionally, I make it a point to surround myself with individuals who know more than me and push me to grow. Especially on the technical side of things, they are absolutely key to any success this project has.
Hope this answers your question! Glad you're here, Fred
I found you through Brittany Pettibone and you're awesome. Modern pop music is degenerate in so many ways, a byproduct of our plastic capitalist culture that breeds degeneracy. There are a few artists I listen to today who make contemporary classical music but in all honesty I think in the west music peaked in the 16th through 19th centuries. In the east, traditional classical music continued on much longer, and pop music in the DPRK draws heavily on classical music. The complexity of classical music reminds us of how precious music can be and how much it can enlighten us. Whereas pop music is just four chords and 2 minutes and 50 seconds of hedonism.
thank you Erika! I certainly agree with what you said about music having the potential to truly be precious and enlighten us :)
Most people, and especially the younger generations in the western world are heavily brainwashed and pacifying themselves with drugs to shut out the depressing state of the prison they are living in.
When the incredibly corrupt western elites see that North Korean society is actually much happier, warmer and more moral than theirs on average, it triggers their jealousy which causes them to go out of their way to paint the worst possible image of North Korea to their own citizens. That way, they will actually be made to believe that they have it so much better and go on pacifying themselves with such vices as drugs, casual sex and mindless entertainment.
@@revolutionaryhealing9992 Well said, I agree 100%. Western elites are scared of nations like the DPRK where the people are happy and the nation isn't property of IMF loan sharks.
@@ErikaBell_Z I once heard a term for describing people who get triggered by those who are highly evolved or are advanced souls, too. It’s called spiritual jealousy.
@@ErikaBell_Z I also find it laughable that South Korea is considered to be the way more “livable” country of the two Koreas. It doesn’t exactly look like such a livable place when the pressure on its people that exists thanks to the competitive nature of capitalism causes them to have the world’s highest suicide rate, lowest fertility rate and one of the lowest happiness rankings, does it? Not to mention the portion of its population which still lives in shantytowns or slums with third world conditions which only exist in capitalist societies.
As a musician, I 100% endorse this video.
awesome! Glad to have a fellow musician join the conversation
If Pop is porn, then Reggaetón is Hardcore Porn lol. Great video, I think that your channel's message is really great, as a Psychologist I find it interesting how you can have a sense of what kind of person someone is, based on the type of music they listen to.
ahah the reggaeton comment made me chuckle! Thanks for the the kind words about the channel 😊
Whiel i agree to the videos point and the comment, ther is quit the chanch that it come to this point becouse people followd a certain Logic: More is better. Music and sensual experienches are great, and during and after the industial revolution acessebiletie of more goods became easier including those to, and having that became a status symbole. You now how in certain culturs being overweight symbolyses wealth becous not evrybody had enough to eat. Might have gone with music like this, skiping som stepps: Oh loke how grate i'm we can leave the radio on during Newstime, meals and relaxing houers, until leting music play in the backround became a tradition we feel wird without.
As for Porn, Patriarchal sochiety might be at foult. TheBurgerKrig made a good wideo som time ago about that.
So in shortModeration is importent, meaning we miht need an alternative to kapitalism thatdosn't always end in dicktatorships or similarly unpleasent regims.
having been on the "wrong" side of pop for *many years (ie: progressive rock, long song formats, Bartok, Ravel, Stravinsky, Zappa,etc,,) - this video is spot on!
Thanks Dave! That means a lot
Ravel ?
I listen to music constantly every day but not modern Pop music. Along with classical artists I have always favored more complex modern genres such as prog rock and alternative bands. In my youth these were bands like Rush, Yes, Genesis and ELP. For the last 20-30 years or so bands like Dream Theater, Porcupine Tree (Steven Wilson is a great song writer), Riverside and Opeth. There is is rich, powerful and even beautiful music still being made but you kind of have to seek it out.
Cool, I just started listening to Genesis. They really were a band of their own. I really love Selling England, and Duke actually gives me an out of body experience when it all comes together in Duke’s travels.
Your videos look like trailers for reality.
I love that, thank you! Definitely one of the coolest compliments I've received so far
These are the words I was looking for
Reality as it should be
I just found out your channel thanks to Bjorn, and I must say that I haven’t seen videos as speaking as yours for a long time! Something that speaks to the soul easily and reflects my own perspective. Thank you for this, and please, keep going! It is not just about the meaning and delivery, beauty or views, it is the reminder. World needs you.
Thanks Sofia! I really appreciate your encouragement :)
Maybe this is why pop stars often look like porn stars.
Unfortunately, most public places play rap music today. It has degraded society beyond belief. I often lament that TVs and music is constantly blaring everywhere. We won’t be taking our kids out very often because there are very few public environments that are conducive to civility. We enjoy time in nature and attending events with genuine culture. We need to bring back culture and high society again. So tired of all the tripe and trash.
I still haven't found something better than Handel's Messiah. It is one of the greatest musical expressions that man has ever created. You make some very good arguments in this video and I appreciate it.
Thank you man, pumped to hear that! Messiah is a remarkable work no doubt
Have you heard the song “Selfie”?? It certainly epitomizes everything that is wrong with modern western culture :/
I haven't heard it, who's it by? I'll check it out!
@@RewiretheWest The Chainsmokers
@@revolutionaryhealing9992 thanks, I'll give it a listen
I also will never understand the appeal of “K-Pop”. It sounds even more vapid and mind-numbing than western pop…!
I HATE the kind of pop music that plays in the background, and you don't even really listen to it! It isn't WORTH listening to, and that's why your attention naturally wanders while "listening" to it.
right?
I have an interest in a wide variety of musical tastes. I wouldn't say that Classical music (as I assume you're implying) is the only true music. I can find myself truely engaged and emotionally moved by a good electronic trance track as I would be by a present day composer or one from a previous era.
I do agree though that the Pop music we hear today, is infulfilling. Comparing it to fast food was very accurate. I honestly believe that the talent shows such as xfactor and the likes was the final nail in the coffin for mainstream pop music, its a cheap, short lived rehash of what was available in the year proceeding it and this trend continues on some endless loop of musical murder. Made worse by the music videos that are produced for these tracks, disgusting.
thanks for your insight and feedback. I'm not saying classical music is the only "true" music. Simply that it is far more worthy of that label than any of the manufactured pop of today is.
Also, for people wanting to rediscover a meaningful experience with music, classical is a great place to start! 🎶
@@RewiretheWest You should check out some electronic music composers exploring contemporary, new soundscapes. They're sometimes a bit harder to get into, but they definitely provide meaningful experiences.
Jon Hopkins, Disasterpeace, Little Snake, Ivy Lab, Boards of Canada, Photay, Emptyset, False Noise
Edit: I might have mistakenly assumed you weren't familiar with these. That could of course be possible. You enjoying classical music does not exclude enjoying all sorts of other music.
@@milaberdenisvanberlekom4615 thanks, Mila! I'm not super familiar with the genre so appreciate the suggestions. Will give them a listen!
@@RewiretheWest I would say that Jon Hopkins is a good start to see if electronic compositions can offer you a similar kind of 'depth of experience' and 'invitation to open your senses' as attributed to classical music in the video. He explores timbre, rythm, minimalistic iterative development and a slow arc of building tension and cathartic release within tropes of 'build and drop' structures. Of course the 'story arcs' of the compositions are shorter than classical concertos, but I still feel if you listen to an album of his from start to end it conveys an overarching narrative of sorts.
I am rambling and not fully coherent/succinct, but I hope my enthusiasm and love for his music comes across :)
This is a great channel
Thanks Geraldo!
C'est la grande difference qu'il y a entre la music actuelle et la music d'avant.
La music actuelle est faite pour la consommation elle est faite pour plaire sur une courte période, le niveau de l'art est donc limité car si elle plaisait sur de la longue durée elle nuirait au commerce de la music.
La music ancienne ou certaine actuelle son fait pour s'inscrire dans le temps.
The current music is just the sound
The old music and sometimes current music is the real music.
Many listen the beethoven but who will continue to listen to the old music of the RAP in the futur ?
Nobody,
Old music is the art by artist
Many of new music is just the business for make the money.
"La music actuelle est faite pour la consommation...la music ancienne est faite pour s'inscrire dans le temps."
T'as mis le doigt dessus. Excellent insight. Art is always limited when it's designed solely for consumption and the short-term. Thanks for the thoughtful comment!
@@RewiretheWest Oui, j'ai toujours penser cela.
C'est julien rochedy qui nous a dit de passé voir le contenue alors je suis venu voir.
@@lloydhart93 super! Je suis reconaissant à lui, et content que tu sois venu
No wonder why I hate pop music
As I child I always hated pop
Hmm. That's an interesting take on it. I don't merely view Pop music as "porn", as I feel like there can be some benefit to pop if you know where to look. For example, sometimes certain artists have very interesting videos. Aurora is a good example of that, and while I wouldn't say that I approve of all of her stuff, the representation of art is something that is very interesting and insightful in some musicians, even in the modern-day era. The music and the video representation of it can be very interesting, and I very much enjoy geeking out about it. And, not all of it has to be about sex....
Basically, I view music as an expression of pop culture, and while I wouldn't say that I listen to everything, I do think music videos can be interesting from an artistic standpoint.
But then again, I hang out in weird niiches. While I'm in my early 20s, I often lsten to a lot of 90s material, like Tori Amos, Bjork, and the like. So who knows...
But, if something has something interesting to say, I'll listen to it.
And, I think that's the important part.
At the same time, though, if I apply myself, I can appreciate classical music. When I was I kid, I really enjoyed Stravinsky's Petrushka, and I would play it over and over again for hours.
listening to this, travelling to a weird al concert
I can respect Weird Al as he's got some great parodies of pop culture. How was the concert?
Everything you tell about pop music was told about classic music.
Devellop
Classic music was pop music in their time.
Who is the girl in the thumbnail? Asking for a friend...
stfu coomer
Honestly, that just proves the point of the video.
I'm gettin so tired of seeing simps and coomers... -_-"
@@flemishtemplar3766 you guys don't understand irony, do you? I was joking
@@realmless4193 yeah that's the point of the joke
same thing, turn off the tube