Re: (313) The more things change

[Michael . Elliot-Knight]

made sense to me

you arrange the sound and create music.  The sound may feel musical to you
but in and of itself it is not music.  It's just a sound.  It has a tone or
aspect that lends itself to becoming a part of a musical piece.  It's not
until that sound is arranged and purposefully placed within the context of
other sounds that it becomes music.  "Purposefully placed" could be either
deciding to let randomness stick it somewhere in the continuum or deciding
exactly where that sound is going to go and interact with the other
elements.
It's just the act of doing - I'm going to do something with this sound so
that it is no longer just a sound but a part of a constructed statement.

wow - this is getting academic

not really the point of my original post at all.

MEK



                                                                           
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>I'd be of the opinion that a persons interpretation of the sound is
>what makes it music, to them.
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Yes, but you're doing something to the sound in your head.  You are
making it into music by attaching a "story" to it, or a "meaning", or [I
don't really have the words].  In a way, when you're sitting on a train
and it's making funky rhythms, and you're hearing it as music, really
you're being more of a musician than a listener, because you're making
it into music in your head.  I think part of this is seeing potential
for a "story" in the sounds you're hearing.  So, in short, what you
heard was not music till you processed it so you hear it as in a way,
sounds made intentionally, as if there was a purpose to them or a
message in them.

(Btw, I hate trying to put this stuff in words because it's guaranteed
that I'll use the wrong ones just because I can't think of decent ones,
and 99% of the time my meaning gets lost.  Some people are good at
talking about music though.)

Jamil