Simply talking, analyzing, praising, or criticizing won't reform the current system; it won't improve on its own.
Doing nothing and just hoping is a poor strategy.

We need musicians, educators, and simply great people who care about young people. This isolation in front of devices is counterproductive. The music industry promises a lot—videos with "you can do this too, buy our product" are completely unhelpful.

We simply need to give many young people the opportunity to experiment and learn through play.
I think more can be done in schools and youth centers.

Creative music development needs more space in society because passive consumers of the entertainment industry don't awaken anything in them; they simply live passively instead of actively engaging with it.

How about:

- How to program a drum machine and how it works, with guidance from an active instrument expert.
- We'll write a song and sing it together, with guidance.
- How to make good TikTok videos, with guidance from a professional.
- We'll rap together, with guidance from a rapper. We'll cook together around a campfire and build a drum and other musical instruments ourselves, with guidance from a music teacher. Then we'll record a song, write our own lyrics, and publish it online together.

 

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I want more of this musicianship and less lopping off the top of waveforms to make everything seem louder.

 

Idk, Kraftwerk opened doors for electronic musicians, but so did Aphex Twin, twenty years later, so did Skrillex another fifteen years later (love him or hate him -I personally have no love for him- but Skrillex had an impact on the musical zeitgeist like no other artist).

It is naive to consider that all the doors were opened 50 years ago and nobody has opened new doors since.

I always remind people of Burial, whose 2006 debut came out of nowhere and blew everyone's minds. A completely unique, fresh take on electronic music, from someone who was using software that was already old and clunky back then, and its impact can still be heard in recent stuff (Thom Yorke's entire solo career has been influenced by Burial, for one).

 

I´m sorry to ruin the fun, but observation alone is not enough..

engaged observation is another story-> while that might be easy, surrendering to a result is a different beast, body just likes things we get addicted to, like knowing the result of our actions

 

i kinda think this corporate mobile focused version of the internet and online interactions has to collapse from the inside first. The general public need to deeply understand its rotten core first hand to be open to new paths. I hoping smart people and creatives can start building a healthy alternative relationship with real life and online spaces right now and those balanced models will blossom after the collapse.