I Will No Longer Be Involved with Classical Music Due to My Aversion to It

As I mentioned on Tistory yesterday, I've unfollowed all the classical music accounts I was following on SNS and made my information about majoring in contemporary music in Korea private. A third party might think I didn't graduate from college, but I desperately want to replace my final degree with a different major someday.

My aversion to classical and contemporary music has reached its peak at this moment. I can't really vent this somewhere in my daily life, so I'm going to let it out here while also organizing my thoughts.

There are several main reasons why I dislike classical music. First, it's too boring and has a high barrier to entry. To properly appreciate a symphony, concerto, or sonata, you need to dedicate at least thirty minutes to an hour to listening. Instead of getting immersed, my concentration wavers, and by the time I'm done listening, I've forgotten what the main melody even was. Baroque concertos, which are usually ten to fifteen minutes long, are slightly better. For busy modern people like myself, it's the worst kind of waste of time. So, even though I want to get closer to it, I end up hating it instead.

Second is the narrow-mindedness of those working in classical music. Actually, I was like this in the past, so I don't really have the qualifications to talk about this, but I'm glad I've woken up and am facing reality. Most classical music professionals don't know how to compromise with popular music; they're simply frogs in a well. This is even more extreme in churches. For example, when I was playing the piano for a church praise team in college, the person who was playing for the choir strongly opposed it, saying something about hurting their hands. And when the choir and praise team collaborated on a cantata, they showed their displeasure so obviously that I thought it was a bit strange.

So, if I ever get the chance to play for a church again, I won't even consider the choir and will focus only on the praise team.

Third, it's the excessive idolization of classical composers. They're already dead, but classical music media and listeners alike make such a fuss about their birthdays and anniversaries. And what's so special about those yellowed pieces of paper that they build museums to carefully preserve them? Anyway, if there's a fire, it'll all be ashes. (Recently, 20,000 pieces of Schoenberg's scores and letters were burned in a wildfire in LA.) Classical music didn't change the world or history, so overreacting to the death of someone who's already dead is, to put it frankly, a foolish and silly act. Of course, I used to commemorate Vivaldi's birthday and death anniversary, but now that I've cut ties, I won't be involved in studying music history or appreciating classical and baroque music anymore.

(That's why I also deleted the music-related bookmark folder in my main Firefox browser yesterday without any regrets.)

After organizing my thoughts, I feel calmer and more composed. I'm prepared for the backlash, so I'll ignore any criticism. I'm done with classical music! But I'm still wondering whether to clean up Spotify or not. Still, it's better to leave it as it is, just in case.