Inspired by a post that popped on lemmy world today about Weird Al it got me thinking. I listed out a bunch of names but the one that I think fits the most would probably be Surfan Stevens. Who do you all think?
Raffster, Technical Death Metal would be up there for me. But that is so idividual it seems, for each their own Mozart nowadays it seems.
rockandsock, Quincy Jones
Prince
David Bowie
Danny Elfman
TonyTonyChopper, 
modern?
LemmyKnowsBest, (edited ) well since Mozart is dead, and OP wants us to name a contemporary artist, isn’t it a prerequisite that the artist still be alive right now?
Danny Elfman wins. He’s a fookin’ musical mad genius.
nyakojiru, 
If you are going to compare you should add the context of each, and by adding the context Mozart was a genius and cannot be compared.
TheSpermWhale, 
Maybe someone like John Oliva
Resol, 
Incredible Polo
RustyOperator, Everyone, if everyone could live the lives they want to without starving.
sirico, 
Louis Cole has a great understanding of music structure and plays around with it very well
ComradeR, Kevin MacLeod.
Sarmyth, Justin Timberlake has dropped hit after hit for almost 30 years and hasn’t had any real controversies along the way.
DreadPirateShawn, Tanking Janet Jackson’s career and slut-shaming Britney. Both were accepted behaviors at the time, but IMO that just makes it worse, he never even had to really account for it.
BodePlotHole, (edited ) The fact that Miles Davis or Duke Ellington haven’t shown up yet makes me question the musical diversity of Lemmy.
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