“Do I think all contemporary Christian music is good? No.” ThinkingChristianMusic IsContemporaryGood ChristianChristian MusicContemporary MusicContemporary Christian Author:Amy Grant
“All great music is contemporary. If it's still alive and kicking, then it's contemporary. If it fades away, it was a period piece. It had its moment, and that was it.” IfsStillsMomentsPiecesAlivePeriodsMusic IsContemporaryFadesKickingGreat MusicFade Away Author:Steve Reich
“Underground electronic music is art - fundamentally it's based on contemporary art, culture, dance, and real music. If you look at EDM, how many of those cultural standpoints are the same?” IfsLooksArtRealCultureMusic IsContemporaryStandpointElectronic MusicContemporary ArtReal MusicEdm Author:Seth Troxler
“FKA Twigs is stunning. She has beautiful contemporary and unique sound with an almost psychedelic vibe. Her music is great for the runway.” BeautifulSoundMusic IsUniqueContemporaryPsychedelicStunningRunwayTwigs Author:Chelsea Leyland
“Just as all pop music is not simplistic, not all contemporary concert music is complex. Often what a person connects with goes much deeper than generalized issues of simplicity and complexity.” PersonsIssuesMusic IsComplexesSimplicityDeeperPopsContemporaryComplexityConcertsPop Music Author:Michael Hersch
“Oh God almighty, another Detroit monster is Chad Smith of the Chili Peppers. Their music is intoxicating between Flea and Chad Smith. They're contemporary because they're still making good records, but I don't think there's anything new that has a groove and soulfulness. The Chili Peppers just stink of soul-and that's the ultimate compliment. They continue what James Brown created.” ThinkingStillsSoulRecordsMusic IsUltimateMonstersContemporaryBrownComplimentAlmightyDetroitStinkGrooveFleasPeppersChiliChadGood RecordsChili PeppersSoulfulness Author:Ted Nugent
“Classical music is at odds with contemporary culture precisely because of its insistence on the tension between the bodily and intellectual, the material and the spiritual, the thinglike and its transcendence in thought. A culture that is merely sensuous and that denies the activity of the mind within sensuous materials risks becoming pornographic.” MindSpiritualCultureRiskMaterialsBecomingActivityMusic IsIntellectualDenyContemporaryTensionOddsTranscendenceClassical MusicInsistenceSensuous Author:Julian Johnson
“One of the central flaws in the state of contemporary music is that the major record companies have failed to incorporate that simple fact into their business plans. They've come into an industry that's based on idiosyncratic artists and tried to erase every idiosyncratic aspect out of it.” StatesFactsArtistSimpleCompanyRecordsPlansIndustryMajorsMusic IsAspectContemporaryFlawsEraseRecord CompaniesBusiness PlanContemporary Music Author:Moby