Words for the Thinking Musician
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Wednesday, December 23, 2009

An Orchestration of Sound

 
Sound is a non-sentient physical thing. It doesn't care whether or not it's mixed with other sounds, how loud or soft it is, what you call it, or how you've used it. It is wonderfully neutral and pliable ( given the right software, instrument, and brain).

Freeing it from the usual emotional responses (I like it/I don't like it, that's noise/that's music) gives us a broad range of possibilities. We are not chained to "musical" sounds and can interweave the natural sounds of the universe with our own sonic agenda and then (with the artist in us) create a cohesive whole.
This gives listeners a chance to bring their experiences and emotions to the music unfettered by "genre" sterotypes.



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