The Rock Concert - A Review

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Anan gerard says that the rituals an society are almost like executions. And so i go back to the history of rock and mole, where you had this great summer of love, but very soon there was all this violence at altamon. The brockstar feels almost compelled to troy something on stage, not just with the pyrotechnics, but destroying the instrument or setting something on fire. In the united states, at the very moment where the culture is most angry, this musical re enactment in the rock concert diffuses the violent energies in society. This is the diffusing rit a that he says, these rituals ere more important in violent times.

Ted Gioia is a leading music historian and author of 11 books including “The History of Jazz” and “Music: A Subversive History”. He combines his cultural expertise with an extensive business background as a strategy consultant and Stanford MBA.

He also writes an incredibly insightful Substack: https://tedgioia.substack.com/

You can find him on Twitter: @TedGioia

Timestamps:

(00:00:00) - Intro + Ted’s Background
(00:03:16) - Why Culture Is Looking Backwards
(00:09:08) - Financialization Of Entertainment
(00:11:52) - Music And The Lindy Effect
(00:16:12) - How To Foster A Counterculture
(00:20:01) - Why Music Innovation Comes From Outsiders
(00:25:58) - How Music Changes Your Body Chemistry
(00:34:47) - The Downside Of The “Four Chords” Pop Music Formula
(00:40:32) - How To Do Compounding Work
(00:45:55) - How To Pursue A Creative Career
(00:49:40) - Ted’s Thoughts On Rene Girard
(00:55:22) - Rene Girard And Rock Music
(01:02:35) - Hollywood vs. Silicon Valley

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