Just some truths about the arts and original student compositions found in college:
-Usually comes in the form of experimental jazz, interpretive dance, modern art, or indie films
-Since the student artists' fields are already inundated with established professionals and styles, they must turn to unconventional methods to grab the attention of their audience. This may include the use of unnecessary musical instrument modifications or arrangements or inserting vague monologues in between dance segments to convey an ambiguous underlying message about the environment or puppies or some other popular college cause of the time.
to be fair, this guy admitted he was "extemporizing"
-The best part about creating art in this fashion? You can miss a note, paint something that has form whatsoever, or forget a dance step and make it up on the spot and no one will notice. It's naturally assumed that since you composed it, you meant to do to that.
-The only people who actually do honestly understand your work and its underlying message are probably already in your classes anyway.
-Most students will see an ad or a listing of an original student composed concert/showcase/performance/film screening, and figure that it's the "college" thing to do to check it out. Or cause it's the only free thing to do on campus at night.
-Out of the fear of sounding uncultured or unappreciative of the arts, everyone who does attend these concerts/showcases/performances/film screenings will praise the artist on how amazing their work was and how they liked the use of the Tesla coil and synth keyboard as the melody for one of the pieces or how effective the use of straight lines in blue paint is an effective way of sticking it to the man. In actuality, unless someone already was a student in this field (or currently working on their own original student compositions), the whole time they're probably thinking "...huh. how...interesting."
-Believe me, I know, I've been to a trombone quartet concert, an interpretive dance performance involving naked people and fur coats, an indie film that could be equated to the movie "Ass" in the cult classic Idiocracy, and so many more original student composition showcases I thought would be interesting. And they were...interesting.
-That said, I'm not trying to criticize student artists everywhere. I'd probably never be able to perform or create anything you've already done, so more power to ya and I hope someday you gain a lucrative career in Cirque Du Soleil. Support the arts!
"that sounds the opposite of fascinating"
-KE
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