I need to get something off my chest.
Would all of these "inspirational" videos of musicians COMING TOGETHER IN HARMONY through the POWER OF MUSIC do it with something besides BEETHOVEN'S ODE TO FUCKING JOY?!?!??!
I have nothing against Beethoven's 9th, but there is SO MUCH amazing music out there. Recycling the same few "hits" reduces "classical" music to predictable memes. It dumbs things down for the audience instead, of expanding their knowledge and experience.
^ This pisses me off to no end, because you are just playing to the lowest common denominator. Do people even know what the rest of that symphony sounds like? Let alone all of the other amazing stuff Beethoven wrote that isn't a ringtone?
I even get sick of Yo-Yo Ma who posting "inspiring" videos because it's always the same damn piece. Prelude from Bach's Cello Suite 1 in G. Because it's the one solo cello piece people recognize. Because it's crammed down their throats.
@voltronic
i agree wholeheartedly, however don't sweat it, people come around or not. still. keep sharing more music, there's tons of really good stuff out there