Finshaggy
Well-Known Member
At the beginning of time music was for "god", we have a much different view of god in modern times, but in ancient times "god" was part of war, "god" was part of celebration, "god" was part of your rule set, and "god" was part of your moral code and ethics.
When music was created, it was for basically for the same reasons.
War: "Our god is better than yours and with us" or "We will prevail"
Celebration: "Thank god for the harvest" or "Thank god for this gift of ..." (child, bounty, peace, victory, etc)
Rules: Like song of the Harper (about 5,000 years old), which is about the rules of life and death and about how you can't bring anything with you.
When people say "The music industry has destroyed music" they don't even use the phrase right. Most people act like there was a time when music was better within the past century, but I can tell you right now that music has not been real for a VERY long time.
Music is no longer about "god", it is not created as it is needed. It is not created in times of great inspiration (as much). More often, music has deadlines now, and needs to meet a certain standard for radio and has nothing to do with the experiences of the person singing. Many songs are even written by people who you hardly ever hear of, and they just get paid to make songs for bands and have been since the 60s and 80s.
When music was created, it was for basically for the same reasons.
War: "Our god is better than yours and with us" or "We will prevail"
Celebration: "Thank god for the harvest" or "Thank god for this gift of ..." (child, bounty, peace, victory, etc)
Rules: Like song of the Harper (about 5,000 years old), which is about the rules of life and death and about how you can't bring anything with you.
When people say "The music industry has destroyed music" they don't even use the phrase right. Most people act like there was a time when music was better within the past century, but I can tell you right now that music has not been real for a VERY long time.
Music is no longer about "god", it is not created as it is needed. It is not created in times of great inspiration (as much). More often, music has deadlines now, and needs to meet a certain standard for radio and has nothing to do with the experiences of the person singing. Many songs are even written by people who you hardly ever hear of, and they just get paid to make songs for bands and have been since the 60s and 80s.
