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Classical music doesn’t care if you think it is long and boring
I agree as a Jazz musician with classical education. Classical music shouldn't be seen as an OPPOSITE to popular but as a DIFFERENT parallel alternative and a really amazing one. On the other hand I think the biggest dislike towards the classical music of many people now a days comes from the a certain aura created "as a wrong stereotype" around it. Classical musicians were always the bohemian voice of the society. Mozart was a crazy bohemian womanizer genius not a posh snobbish guy. Genuine people tend to get interest for the music that makes them feel welcome or surprised and then they start understanding the complexity with time not the other way round. Most of the people "70%" you find in concert halls now a days don't even have a clue what they are listening to and they just go there to pretend to be very knowledgeable and look down their nose on those who are being honest to say they don't understand it. I will tell you a story I had in London once. I was on a tour and after the performance I was having a cigarette outside and there was this lady with a really posh accent telling me the she had a vinyl version of that piece performed by some else and telling me with really sophisticated manners that it was great. Funny facts 1- She didn't even realized I was the pianist, but OK that was a big orchestra I can understand it and I am a jazz player so I tend to be more reserve in classical performances because my main instrument is the saxophone not piano. Funny fact 2 It was impossible for her to have a vinyl version of that piece or any version for that matter because it was an original written by me for the tour. After that I decided never to perform in a that sort of venue any more. The only close to classical things I compose now a day are for TV programs. Well I still love classical music. If I being a musician feel that way, what else can you expect from someone who just wants to go to see for the first time and has to deal with that sort of people. I know it shouldn't be a problem for you listen to the music but that's a human nature. Many of the classical music haters don't really hate classical music, they hate the atmosphere around it and that's why they don't even try to listen to it. There are some other factors even between musicians but that's a whole different story to tell. By the way I am German, sorry if I made many mistakes in English :)— February 20, 2017 7:21 p.m.