Re: What do you think is necessary in order to have an excellentcomposition?

[Daryl Shawn <highhorse@mhorse.com>]

Great post, Stefan.

I'm not sure if it's the sign of an open mind or just a weak one that in 
this discussion, I've found myself agreeing with those who contradicted 
me...

Daryl Shawn

> "What are the standards that we should set to judge all
>> compositions?".
>
> This is a good question, because its an absurd question.
> Art is not in the category for US to judge, but it is in the category 
> for ME to judge. This sounds like a contradiction...
> It is not, but its the reason for so much confusion.
> If I have friends which like the same music, its likely we find 
> criteria which let us believe we found THE common argument and rule to 
> describe what is the standard to judge.
> But what you do, is lock yourself up and stop searching for the beauty 
> in the music you don't like...
> This isn't necessarily bad, it will protect us for waisting our time. 
> Usually we need some other members of our community to unlock us and 
> lead us to the beauty, for most of us our parents and teachers do 
> this, and keep us open for the beauty...