music as non-controlled sounds

in #music6 years ago

few remarks on john cage theory of music, ambient, sound space and the medium itself

music is buildt up of sounds. spoken words are made of sounds. words being written are the notation of a spoken language. to stop being hearing oriented imagine words in natural languages not being made of sounds but for example movements or visual signals. imagination needs to work more but, still, you can manage. now go further. the language of smells or tastes. why not. hard to imagine, but only because of our own barriers. the language of touch. the language of vibration. here somehow we go back to common understanding of the word "music". making any statement using any signs invented to bring a meaning can lead to poetry and the poetry is clearly close to music, maybe it is music even. so you can use music just like words and you can use words like music. the word "use" brings some connotations to pragmatics or simply to economy. it brings opposition when you say "music user". but why? some cultural rising aspects. not important now. in fact, people use music just like they use words. does it makes you feel bad? and further if i say that words are music do you feel offended? am i starting to write poetry or just talking nonsense? it's just a matter of definition? maybe you're right. i see or feel something bigger here. consider this text as a notation. isn't it simillar to reading notes, scores, partiture? now, while writing, i compose something using a method of improvisation. i compose a text. i improvise cause i had no plan what to write exactly when i started to write. only the topic was given. it's simillar to the theme of musical improvisation. and now, when you read this text you simply perform my composition. the effect of performance should be the feeling that you understand what i had written or you don't understand. whatever.

what word "music" really means?when you check etymology dictionaries in the web, definitions connected with "music" give variety of possible roots of the word; from mysterious art of muses, to even more mysterious abillity to think. there is this word "abillity" coming back. still no clear clue what is behind those words. so what about thinking of music as art of non-controlled sounds or art of not controlling sounds? then is it a piece of art you can share with others? what is the reason to record what you hear or think? if we go back to thinking further, if music is the abillity to think about something, is it important to share your thoughts with others? and why your answer is what it is?

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