When Beethoven Met Goethe
<p><pre><code>   Beethoven would be making techno
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Why? Given that making techno, or modern pop music in general, is basically trivial. Just spin up Ableton, press a few buttons ... boom, 10 minutes later you&#x27;ve got a competitive techno-track that doesn&#x27;t sound all that different (apart from mastering maybe) from what&#x27;s being played in the clubs. There is no art left in pop-music -- trivial and generic.<p>A genius would be horrified by the trivial repitition of the same that is modern pop-music.