To appreciate, one must understand, and to understand, one must know.
Since artists and art are a prime target for those who want to destroy, they have faced extreme attacks and, as a result, have suffered extreme consequences.
Music is no exception, and all its subtleties and refinements were first ridiculed, then trampled on, and then forgotten.
The beginning of the end in this era was punk in Europe and rap in America, when social engineering transformed incompetence from a source of shame into a source of pride.
Those who were not born yesterday and who know these subtleties and refinements have a responsibility to ensure their survival by passing on their knowledge and understanding: if those who know them do not do so, no one else will.
It is not easy to convey the subtleties and nuances of music; perhaps the more important they are, the more intangible they are and therefore the more difficult to grasp. However, what makes it easier is the fact that music is particularly close to our being, and so it is a matter of reconnecting with oneself in order to grasp music, and reconnecting with music in order to grasp oneself.
Here is a modest attempt to contribute to this preservation: a small list of musicians, which can never be exhaustive, but which aims only to encourage people to immerse themselves in this universe of subtleties and refinements and to reconnect with music and with themselves.
If what we are talking about at first glance is more explicit in the lyrics, in music it is even more intense as you get to know and understand it.
It is no coincidence that it is not called literature; it is called music.
An idea of the value of all this and of passing it on, both for those who transmit it and those who receive it, can be seen in the comments on the tracks: there are countless comments in which children thank their parents for introducing them to this music, and thus enabling them to understand and appreciate it, transmitting to them a richness and elevation that alone enable them to see the degraded state of music today.
One aspect of this state of affairs is plagiarism: to realise how much unpunished plagiarism exists today, you need to be familiar with the originals.
Only if you know the original can you realise that plagiarism is just plagiarism and not an original creation, and above all, you can realise that almost always everything good in plagiarism comes only from the original, while those who plagiarised it limited themselves to stealing it, dirtying it and degrading it.
A world in which sane people allow themselves to be influenced by those who are crazy enough to be locked up is a world in decline, where tomorrow is worse than yesterday because of this.
And in a world in decline, the so-called artists of tomorrow do nothing but take the jewels created by the true artists of yesterday and muddy them enough so that the light they emit is sufficient to attract tomorrow's audience, but not too strong to blind them, and thus be invisible to their poor, dull eyes.
And the insult beyond the injury is that the so-called artists take credit, in those poor eyes, ignorant as well as dull, for the little light stolen from the real artists.
All this cries out for vengeance - or more concretely, justice.
Who else can do it if not those who know and love?
Another aspect of this state of affairs is the gradual reawakening and return to the subtleties and refinements of music that is already underway; this is happening because, evidently and fortunately, it is difficult to keep everyone out of touch with themselves forever.
However, this reawakening and return is slow and weak, and so in the meantime too many treasures are in danger of being forgotten or lost. Therefore, anyone who was not born yesterday and knows the subtleties and refinements of music has a responsibility to help safeguard them, pass them on, make them known, understood and appreciated.
The responsibility for beauty lies with those who love it.
The first responsibility of those who receive all this as a gift is to realise the value of what has been given, handed down and entrusted to them.
And to begin to understand this, they should realise how fortunate they are: today, the technical means at their disposal allow them to have everything ready without having to lift a finger; one touch and all of human creation is at their disposal; everything is owed to them, without the slightest effort. We know that this is the recipe for growing up spoilt, capricious and incapable.
For those who have experienced all this first-hand and are passing it on, things were not so easy: finding it, grasping it and cultivating it required commitment and passion. And so, those who experienced it were educated in both beauty and commitment.
And so those who receive it as a gift have a responsibility to realise that they are receiving both an education in beauty and an education in commitment and responsibility.
The following list is in alphabetical order, and this order is intended solely to facilitate searches.
It should be explicitly stated and emphasised that the very concepts of competition, ranking, winner, loser, superior and inferior have been created and infiltrated by those who want to destroy us, and are totally foreign to the place where, deep within ourselves, aesthetics, art and music are born and live.
One way to learn about these and other artists, and their discographies, is to consult music database websites, while one way to listen to their music is through audiovisual sharing websites. Often, artists have their own channels on these sites, which can therefore serve as a guide for listening.
Music database websites:
Wikipedia page listing music database websites
A selection taken from it, in alphabetical order:
Audiovisual sharing websites:
Wikipedia page listing audiovisual sharing websites
A selection taken from it, in alphabetical order:
The list of musicians, in alphabetical order:
ABC
Agorà
A-Ha
Alan Stivell
Alberto Iglesias
Alexander O'Neal
Allan Holdsworth
Angela Winbush
Anita Baker
Annette Peacock
Antonella Ruggiero
Area
Art Of Noise
Astor Piazzolla
Barry White
Basia Trzetrzelewska
BB&Q
Bee Gees
Bela Bartòk
Bill Bruford
Bjork
Brian Eno
Brothers Johnson
Bruce Cockburn
Bryan Ferry
Burt Bacharach
Cameo
Carlos Santana
Chaka Khan
Change
Chic
Chick Corea
Chris Rea
Claude Debussy
Claudio Baglioni
Con Funk Shun
Curved Air
David Sylvian
David Torn
Delegation
Demetrio Stratos
Diana Ross
Dimitri Shostakovich
Dirotta Su Cuba
Donald Byrd
Drum Theater
Duncan Browne
Durutti Column
Earth Wind & Fire
Edoardo Bennato
Electric Light Orchestra
Elio e le Storie Tese
Elton John
Ennio Morricone
Erik Satie
Estás Tonné
Eumir Deodato
Everything But The Girl
Fabio Concato
Firefly
Frank Zappa
Fred Bongusto
Freddie Jackson
Gabin
Gap Band
Garbo
Gato Barbieri
Genesis
Gentle Giant
George Benson
George Gershwin
Gibson Brothers
Gino Vannelli
Giorgio Gaber
Go West
Goblin
Gotan Project
Grace Jones
Grazia Di Michele
Hans Zimmer
Harold Budd
Henry Mancini
Herbie Hancock
Howard Jones
Imagination
I Tirelli
Isaac Hayes
Jamiroquai
Jan Garbarek
Japan
Jethro Tull
John Barry
John Martyn
John McLaughlin
Jon Hassell
Joni Mitchell
José Feliciano
Kajagoogoo
Kate Bush
Kid Creole & The Coconuts
King Crimson
Kings of Convenience
Kool & The Gang
Kraftwerk
Luther Vandross
Mahavishnu Orchestra
Mario Biondi
Mark Isham
Matia Bazar
Maurice Ravel
Metro
Michael Franks
Mick Karn
Mike Francis (Francesco Puccioni)
Mike Oldfield
Milton Nascimento
Narada Michael Walden
Niccolò Fabi
Nick Drake
Nik Baertsch
Ofra Haza
Olivier Messiaen
Patrice Rushen
People's Choice
Pere Ubu
Perigeo
Peter Gabriel
Peter Godwin
Peter Hammill
Petra Haden
Philip Glass
Pino Daniele
Planet X
Pooh
Popol Vuh
Porcupine Tree
Prefab Sprout
Prince
Propaganda
Quincy Jones
Raf
Rah Band
Ray Parker Jr.
Raydio
Re-Flex
Real Thing
Remy Shand
Richard Barbieri
Rick James
Robbie Nevil
Rockets
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Sade Adu
Scritti Politti
Seal
Sergio Cammariere
Sergio Caputo
Shalamar
Simply Red
Sister Sledge
Stan Ridgway
Steps Ahead
Steve Jansen
Steve Hackett
Stevie Wonder
Swing Out Sister
Talking Heads
Tangerine Dream
Tears For Fears
Terry Riley
The Blue Nile
The Moody Blues
The Police
The S.O.S. Band
The Watch
Thomas Newman
Todd Rundgren
Toni Esposito
Ultravox
Van Der Graaf Generator
Wall of Voodoo
Weather Report
XTC
Yello
Yes
