The trouble with music appreciation in general is that people are taught to have too much respect for music they should be taught to love it instead.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I think the problem starts with the general appreciation of the music in the larger society.
I'm not sure it's a better music world of appreciation and performance. I think the listener is a different guy, and listening is something he does in passing, with other stuff going on. There's less care and understanding of the relationship between the song and the listener.
I respect music, I do. I love it.
I think for us up-and-coming artists, once you're out there, once you've put stuff up, once people know who you are, once you discover who you are, we're all in the same boat: it's down to whether people appreciate the music or not.
The scarcity of the music not only makes the music itself enjoyable but it also gives the collector a strange sense of superiority.
People don't appreciate music any more. They don't adore it. They don't buy vinyl and just love it. They love their laptops like their best friend, but they don't love a record for its sound quality and its artwork.
It's dangerous to buy into praise and criticism for what you do when you're trying to present your music to people. I don't ignore it completely, but I don't dwell on it too much.
I guess I would definitely feel a bit of a void in what people are getting from music these days. And I think that the problem lies not so much on the listener. People kind of listen to what is presented to them, whether it be on the radio or at a local venue.
The challenge is to get everyone to respect music again, to recognize its value.
When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they never had, and never will have.