Why are Classical musicians so pretentious?

JasonSomethi Ng · 08-31-2013, 11:56 PM

I'm a Classical musician, but the thing is, I never considered Classical music as the be all and end all of the art form, whereas a lot of other Classical musicians I've met seem to. All the music schools are now teaching avant-garde art music that doesn't make any of its graduates a buck. All the students are embarassed to write a major chord due to fear of lack of originality. It's preposterous.

I have posted a few pretty convetionally written yet original pieces on a site of mainly Classical musicians and all of them were met with negativity, such as "this sounds just like Hans Zimmer and I hate Zimmer, he's an untalented hack", or I would get long, long, LONG reviews that over analyze every note and state how they are not up to their artistic standards.

What do you guys feel about this. I just get so frustrated that so many Classically trained musicians have their heads up their butts.

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JasonSomethi Ng Groupie Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 12	Why are Classical musicians so pretentious? I'm a Classical musician, but the thing is, I never considered Classical music as the be all and end all of the art form, whereas a lot of other Classical musicians I've met seem to. All the music schools are now teaching avant-garde art music that doesn't make any of its graduates a buck. All the students are embarassed to write a major chord due to fear of lack of originality. It's preposterous. I have posted a few pretty convetionally written yet original pieces on a site of mainly Classical musicians and all of them were met with negativity, such as "this sounds just like Hans Zimmer and I hate Zimmer, he's an untalented hack", or I would get long, long, LONG reviews that over analyze every note and state how they are not up to their artistic standards. What do you guys feel about this. I just get so frustrated that so many Classically trained musicians have their heads up their butts.