How the hell did the elders come up with musical compositions like this?

[WIA20XX]

Most of the greats learned from Church or Family or Both. Rarely school

• Mayfield is from a Gospel Family.
• Pendergrass - Church
• Stevie - Church
• Prince - Parents were musicians
• Miles - Family/Friends of family
• James Brown - Church
• Isaac Hayes - Church
• Aretha - Parents are musicians + church
• Donny Hathaway - Church (but later School)
• MJ - parents were musicians
• Marvin - Church

School (tax dollars)

• Coltrane
• Hendrix

Aside from changing tastes in music, there's been big changes in the community.

And think about what instruments they TYPICALLY have in schools - Strings, Brass, Woodwinds, Bass Drums - stuff in orchestras.

Where as the stuff used most often in popular music - guitars, drums, pianos - rare for a school to have that.

Honestly they should be teaching Fruity Loops to these 8th graders instead of clarinets.

 

[Fill Collins]

I hear you. I don't wanna be THAT parent either. Just a shame. Especially considering his crew is mostly talentless MFers who would rather play wack sports n Fortnite all day

I can't speak on parenting but as a former child, yeah, I wouldn't outright push it but anything, it could even be coding (there's plenty of school/kid+parent coding events out there), is way better than having "fun" on a screen all your life

 

[Amo Husserl]

This, and weirdly, segregation. A bunch of elite talented black folks were packed by law into a few neighborhood blocks in cities and towns, and there is a multiplier effect when talent connects with other talent.

The culture was concentrated. Secret sauce stayed secret.

 

[Cakebatter]

Most of the greats learned from Church or Family or Both. Rarely school

• Mayfield is from a Gospel Family.
• Pendergrass - Church
• Stevie - Church
• Prince - Parents were musicians
• Miles - Family/Friends of family
• James Brown - Church
• Isaac Hayes - Church
• Aretha - Parents are musicians + church
• Donny Hathaway - Church (but later School)
• MJ - parents were musicians
• Marvin - Church

School (tax dollars)

• Coltrane
• Hendrix

Aside from changing tastes in music, there's been big changes in the community.

And think about what instruments they TYPICALLY have in schools - Strings, Brass, Woodwinds, Bass Drums - stuff in orchestras.

Where as the stuff used most often in popular music - guitars, drums, pianos - rare for a school to have that.

Honestly they should be teaching Fruity Loops to these 8th graders instead of clarinets.

Church was like the AAU of the music industry. Every Sunday you are putting reps in front of an audience. You learn showmanship and how to improvise on the fly. That list can be sooooo much longer.

 

[WIA20XX]

Church was like the AAU of the music industry. Every Sunday you are putting reps in front of an audience. You learn showmanship and how to improvise on the fly. That list can be sooooo much longer.

Yeah, I was definitely cutting it short.

Producing, Rapping and singing definitely democratized making music. But honing one's craft, performing, getting valuable feedback from the audience...

If the average Black kids wanted to be Curtis, good luck. If the average parent wanted to raise the next Curtis, it would be very expensive.

As has been said before, We're losing recipes.

 

[Micky Mikey]

They were inspired by love. Where as this generation is inspired by fear, anger, animosity, and materialism. There's no soul to our music anymore because we became souless as a people.

 

[Rozay Oro]

You know how many people would have thrown in the towel facing those odds?

What else he gonna do or even can do in that position? Might as well continue.

 

[Secure Da Bag]

Weed, acid, alcohol, tobacco, coke, qualudes, etc.

Bill Cosby EP'd the 70s???

 

[Rozay Oro]

Most of the greats learned from Church or Family or Both. Rarely school

• Mayfield is from a Gospel Family.
• Pendergrass - Church
• Stevie - Church
• Prince - Parents were musicians
• Miles - Family/Friends of family
• James Brown - Church
• Isaac Hayes - Church
• Aretha - Parents are musicians + church
• Donny Hathaway - Church (but later School)
• MJ - parents were musicians
• Marvin - Church

School (tax dollars)

• Coltrane
• Hendrix

Aside from changing tastes in music, there's been big changes in the community.

And think about what instruments they TYPICALLY have in schools - Strings, Brass, Woodwinds, Bass Drums - stuff in orchestras.

Where as the stuff used most often in popular music - guitars, drums, pianos - rare for a school to have that.

Honestly they should be teaching Fruity Loops to these 8th graders instead of clarinets.

When Hendrix go to school for music? It’s said he learned licks from others as a teen and would play along for hours to Muddy Waters records.

Kids need to learn at-least piano or keyboard to grasp music theory to transition that to a DAW