[Fmpro] Quote I read today

[Christopher Alpiar]

I agree Marinho! But what about a young rapper who writes passable rap  
lyrics and drags and drops some premade loop samples in acid or garage  
band or fruity loops and then records his rap on it. does he deserve  
the same thing that you, a guy that has his life invested in complex  
excellence, who has trained in the greatest institutions and worked  
with great minds? Does he deserve to even be called a composer? When  
is art not art?

I believe all souls are equal. 100%. From a wino on the street to  
Queen Elizabeth.

I believe all minds are not equal.

To be a composer, to me, implies being an intellectual.
Being a scholar not just of the physical, but of the spiritual and  
emotional.
Being a composer is grappling with issues that average people are too  
afraid to confront.
It is being a seeker of truth and a bastion of ideology.

And we use all that sensitivity and acumen and wrap it up into music.  
Music (like all true art forms) which is the catalyst of change for  
all people whether they are cognizant of it or not. We indeed are the  
wind that shapes the world and we need to remember that and not lose  
sight of the ideals while we fight to pursue making enough money to  
live life reasonably while we perform our mission in this short life

Christopher Kennedy Alpiar
Cinematic Composer
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310.339.9603 (Los Angeles)
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On Apr 16, 2008, at 11:17 AM, Marinho Nobre wrote:

> Composers do sit in front of their computers and sometimes
> for an insane amount of time.
>
> Composers do also perform live, be with orchestral music
> (which is also very entertaining and indefinitely richer than
> someone mumbling lyrics at a small pub with a 3 piece band)
>
> Composers at times also write music to be performed by
> artists, musicians and pop acts which are so often put way
> above classical, world and instrumental music in general.
> They turn out tobe the core of it all for without them, there would
> be no music.
>
> Is there a lot of misunderstanding here, or is it just me ?
>
> No class should be above the other. Music creation in whatever
> form it may come, should be respected, regardless of its nature.
> Be a laptop performance, a solo studio room lockup or a fully
> blown show.
>
> JohnB, your last quote hit right in the bullseye. Here is another  
> one I know,
> from another guy who sat hours in his room alone making music, perhaps
> some of you might find him boring too...
>
> "When it comes to music, there are no schollars, there is no status,
> no academics and egos. There is only love. There is nothing to music
> but Love."
>
> Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
> Vienna - 1770
>
> Money comes with the passion. Emptyness comes generaly
> to those who ignore it.
>
>
> Marinho Nobre
> Music for Motion Picture
> score at marinhonobre.com
> Voice 347-424-4985  Fax - (718) 210-3151
> http://www.marinhonobre.com
> http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1971862/
>
> Those whose compose (and paint, write, sculpt) give life to the soul  
> of
> their society as they starve. Better to starve a hero than live fat  
> as a
> drone. - JohnB
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