in my labor history class talked about how developing culture is a type of labor. Cultural laborers usually work off the clock and often respind to society. jazz, rock n roll, house, are all responses to the social and physical conditions of the time. even recession pop in the 2008 crisis has a distinct sound as a response to economic downturn.

music is directly related to the material world and how the enviornment actually affects people.

there are a certain set of recquirements that music has to go through to be taught in schools. we learn about european art music. sometimes jazz but in schools it has become deeply gentrified. there is a certain lexicon of music that we consider standard repitiore but its a long standing tradition of white supremacy. we dont usually consider african american music worth studying.

with these two facts it is no wonder the high music world just recycles the same pieces by dead white guys and continues to lose popularity and interest over time.

classical music is dying and our inability to change and be honest is the reason why.

we have a lot to learn from african american music and our efforts need to go towards crediting the musicians who actually produced it and not the people profitting off of it.

take a look at this arrangment. it gags me. why aren’t we learning from it?

I have been looking at James Jamerson compositions and how they are technically advanced and full of interesting color from chromaticism. why aren’t we not glorifying him as one of the greatest string players of all time?

I am doing a lot of research at the moment. there is a lot of literature to review and a lot of music to listen to. I am not sure what music i might produce but i know im learning a lot.