What takes more talent: someone who can talk incessantly over a repetitive drumline (rap), or someone who can actually play an instrument and write a real song (everything else)?
Personally, i think it takes more talent to write a song on an instrument. you can include key changes, time changes, and chord progressions, and it's actually creating music
2006-12-22 18:51:34 · 6 answers · asked by squatch 6 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
yep i agree with u.
keep up the good work.
2006-12-22 18:59:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Musically, you are right about playing an instrument and writing a real song. Occasionally, there are some very well done lyrics in rap, but seldom are the two combined. I think that "Hey Ya" by Outkast was a musically complex song with a good sound and good rap talent in it. But I also think that Led Zeppelin's "Battle of Evermore" could whoop that songs **** in the test of time both Lyrically, and by way of the mandolin.
2006-12-23 03:25:21 · answer #2 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You answered your own question!! Rap is more an alternative artistic expression set to a repetitive beat which takes nowhere near the talent required to write a good song which incorporates many more instruments besides the vocal.
2006-12-23 02:56:24 · answer #3 · answered by Lee W. 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes it takes talent to appreciate talent. I am studying jazz guitar now, and a new world has opened up to me. Music that I have heard for years, I liked, but I didn't appreciate why I liked it. Now, I am beginning to enjoy music that I previously didn't even like. I think when we grow, our tastes can change.
Rap seems to me to be more lyric than music. The fact that it appeals to young people, whose tastes are not well developed, doesn't worry me.
What worries me is that music education is not given the importance it diserves, and children with musical talent are left to waste.
Rap does deal with words and ideas. The kids are tuning into that. Let's see where that leads.
You are right, however, music theory takes longer to master, and the creations have many more avenues of expression.
2006-12-23 03:03:06 · answer #4 · answered by gepsteinod 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Also consider the voice as an instrument....such as the piano. Everyone can talk, and everyone can press a key. The key will sound the same no matter who presses it. Its just what they do with it. Thats what makes great piano players and great singers. As a vocalist, you also have to be aware and create music with your voice through modulations, tempo changes and be able to improvise over changes. A voice is just as equal as any other instrument when creating music, and communicating through that universal language.
2006-12-23 02:58:33 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No doubt about it, the true musician has to have and develop (yes, it really is WORK!!) their talent. Rappers (or at least wanna-be's) are a dime a dozen.
2006-12-23 03:01:09 · answer #6 · answered by swttxlady 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋