#39 Erik Satie

I think that Satie is one of the most entertaining composers of this era because how he carried himself in society. He clearly was mocking most of the famous musicians of the time. I specifically liked how he began "Memoirs of an Amnesiac" with the phrase about his musicianship; I thought that it was extremely clever. The one modern connection that Satie reminded me of was Stephen Colbert; while Colbert is not a musician they both make create satire about the clever people around them. Furthermore, I enjoyed "The Musician's Day" because it was clearly poking fun at how he would organize his time to write music, when in reality musicians never organize anything. Half of the great minds of his time were crazy or couldn't even accomplish simple tasks. Additionally, I thought that it was comical how he scheduled time for "inspiration". He also mentions how he wrote music to poke fun at the boring pieces of Debussy. He mocked him with his own pieces that were erratic.