Comments on: Music As It Was Meant To Be

By: Taylor Barnett

Taylor Barnett — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 16:02:24 +0000

I just noticed that I should have addressed that comment to Liberty, not Ken.

Anyway…

By: Taylor Barnett

Taylor Barnett — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 15:09:14 +0000

Ken,

That’s a point well taken about the limitation of my “tree in the woods” analogy. I think that my point was not to relate noise to music but to say that the objective existence of an event does not render it any meaning; meaning is a result of consciousness.

To answer Delacroix’s question, I would say that music is an imitation of God. The artist may have a different picture or agenda in mind, which is totally valid; however, ultimately, music points to its source.

By: Liberty

Liberty — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 12:05:59 +0000

opps…thats Delacroix

By: Liberty

Liberty — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 12:05:20 +0000

a tree falling in the woods is just noise, its not music unless there is feeling. Most art is an immitation of something, Deacroix asked “what is music an immitation of?”

By: Ken Noble at KDDK-FM

Ken Noble at KDDK-FM — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 20:37:04 +0000

“Music As It Was Meant To Be” can be heard on a live stream at BroadwayandVocals.com.

By: Dean

Dean — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:49:29 +0000

I totally agree on the types of environments in which monologic and dialogic music thrive best. Big venues where the audience is removed from the performers, as you say, are “less conducive to the social nature of dialogic music,” but so are smaller, more interactive venues where there is not a respect between audience and performers. One could argue a lack of respect from certain members of the audience (i.e. talking patrons) only contributes to the musicians’ performance. I do believe this, but I also believe that just the opposite can have a much more inspirational effect on the music. At Cous Cous this Wednesday during a quiet section of Fight the Big Bull’s “November 25th”, the place was as silent and attentive as I have ever seen it. It was a beautiful moment. Perhaps FTBB thrives under normal Cous Cous game conditions of playing music over a loud bar, but it would be hard to argue that this moment wasn’t a much more ideal situation for the people who came to listen to the band, and that the music at that moment beckoned and received the perfect reaction from the audience: silence.

As you know, Keith Jarrett has personal issues (intolerance of any extraneous noise) that prevent him from playing anything but opera halls and other venues where there is a clear separation between audience and performers. But look at Esbjörn Svensson Trio, who sold out arenas and venues comparable in size to those that Jarrett plays in. But was the audience just as removed from the musicians at E.S.T. shows? I would have had to see them live to make that call, but the nature of their music suggests that arenas could be as conducive to audience interaction of their music as a small club.

Bogart’s Back Room, RIP