How do I get my friends to like DIFFICULT MUSIC?

In this video, I answer questions submitted by viewers. [00:00] Introduction [00:49] I noticed you became more provocative with your opinions in your latest videos. Is there a reason for your sharpening views? [05:01] How do you think compositional techniques should be taught? What techniques do you think a composer should know nowadays? [07:36] Could you listen only to contemporary music (let’s say classical music written after WWII) for the rest of your life? Everything else would be forbidden! Please talk about the kind of museum-accumulation of music we are currently experiencing. [11:19] What is expected from a composition student's portfolio, and, in preparing it, what are the most important things to maximize one’s chances of acceptance into the desired institution? [17:05] Do you have any plans to do any more analysis videos soon? [20:17] Can a working class composer rise to social prominence? [20:56] I saw an interview with you from a couple of years ago where you mentioned you were working on a piece for solo sopranino saxophone. What happened with that? [22:32] In your video about your album Swollows you mentioned you recorded about 10 of these ‘weird pop music’ albums before you left for France. Do you plan on ever making them available online? If not, why is Swollows the only one you were willing to share with the public? [24:49] How does the contemporary classical community view scores and pieces written for film and videogames? Are they studied and respected, derided and declared unserious, or just kind of politely ignored? [28:06] Any thoughts on how to introduce people to more challenging music? I’m trying to show a friend Beefheart and I do think things can be a bit dense and dissonant for a casual listener. Any thoughts on how to get people up for that challenge of a tough listen? == HELP KEEP THIS CHANNEL GOING! One-time donations: http://www.samuelandreyev.com/donate Patreon:   / samuelandreyev   PRIVATE LESSONS IN COMPOSITION AND ANALYSIS Contact me via samuel.andreyev (at) gmail (dot) com NEW DOUBLE VINYL ALBUM JUST RELEASED!! Order yours today: https://divineartrecords.com/recordin... LINKS Website: http://www.samuelandreyev.com Twitter:   / samuelandreyev   THE SAMUEL ANDREYEV PODCAST On Buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com/266909 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0MYQHsG... On iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast...