Is Jurica Pađen an artist?
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Kenneth Lee79 said:So tell me, is every single taste considered top-tier? Are there no losers on this planet? I’m thinking that’s what he meant, if I’m following his logic.
And if we aren't using his yardstick, whose should we use? Yours? Sure, art is subjective—it's not some hard science. But come on, are we really going to insult Johann Sebastian Bach, or try to put him on the same level as someone like Brena? If you go after that, someone's just gonna hit you with, "Well, your standard is your own definition of quality," or "You're confusing art with personal taste."
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It belongs to nobody; there’s no such thing as an objective scale. And honestly, saying someone's work is "insulting" is one of the dumbest things you can do. What does that even mean? In my book, any act of creating music is art. Period. Because to create or perform anything—no matter how it sounds—you have to put in the work. You need to know something about music, you have to know how to play, compose, arrange, sing, dance, you name it. Now, whether that finished product turns out to be good, bad, a hit, a flop, a masterpiece (for some), or total garbage (for others)—that's a completely different ballgame.
That first part is art; the second part is taste.
That's why I say it's a fundamental mistake when people equate "art" only with what they personally like or value, while dismissing everything else as non-art.
Why wouldn't Brena and her music be considered art, just like Bach's? Pop/folk music hits every single definition of musical art just as much as Bach or Mozart music does.
How does folk music not fit into this simplified definition? 🙂 Brena has all those elements, and so do Bach and Mozart.
Music is art expressed through sung and/or played tones, various sounds, noises, and the silence between them.