What Is Music?
Music is emotion put to sound. Music is a rendition of the inner experience of a conscious being that is too rich and complex to be conveyed merely by words, experience transformed into sound, layers of sounds, combinations of textures of sound and rhythms to communicate something about what it is like to be alive and to experience living through the refracting lens of the being or beings who create it.
Therefore music is art, that which conveys what it is to be alive, and not only that…
In My Room - Remembering Brian Wilson
My interpretation functions as a reflection by an older man looking back on a full life of experience, while the original from Wilson’s channels the experience of an adolescent. Mine channels the reflections of an older version of a similar adolescent looking back at a life fully lived. As Wilson’s lyrics in the opus masterpiece Smile observe, the child is the father of the man.
Listen to Your Sleeping Dreams
The lesson from my story is, listen to your dreams! What parts of you might you have left behind, things that make your heart sing? It could be anything. If you feel a kind of nagging emptiness in living that you can’t quite define, the clues you need may be in your dreams if you can learn to listen.
Research Links Music to Health Outcomes for Young and Old
Music can reduce physical pain, facilitate regeneration and health of neurons in the brain, improve memory, and other benefits. The outcomes are greater when people take music lessons or learn to play an instrument, rather than passively listen to music. Music’s impact is evident across all ages, benefiting children and older adults alike.
Negra Murguera is a Three Act Play (versión de Milo J)
Negra Murguera is not just great a song, it’s a multilayered work of musical literature that illuminates the human condition and rewards not only joyful listening but thoughtful analysis. Don’t believe me? Read on!