What is music all about?

[GassieBall]

Sometimes I look at all of the expensive basses and incredible talent out there and forget that music still comes from the heart - no matter who you are, what you're playing, or where you live. I am amazed at this master's ability to communicate the importance of these ideals.

Go to 6:44

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moJbjMoD26k

And to 3:13

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cD1uvwn2Pw

[JimmyM]

ain't gotta sell me on the idea, gassie!

[Hoover]

Originally Posted by GassieBall

Sometimes I look at all of the expensive basses and incredible talent out there and forget that music still comes from the heart - no matter who you are, what you're playing, or where you live.

Well, arguably it comes from the brain...

[Badong]

Originally Posted by Hoover

Well, arguably it comes from the brain...

I don't think he was referring to an individual's physical heart

[JimmyM]

Originally Posted by Hoover

Well, arguably it comes from the brain...

my music comes from the liver

you know what he meant, you wisenheimer! you have to feel it, you know?

[Hoover]

Originally Posted by JimmyM

you know what he meant, you wisenheimer! you have to feel it, you know?

Many years ago I was having a conversation with another musician, talking about our respective compositional methods, and I happened to say "when I get an idea for a song..."

He interrupted and said "Ah-ha, see that's the difference: Your songs comes from the head, from thinking. My songs come from the heart, from feeling."

To which my best friend, who was with us, retorted "You only think they come from your heart."

[southpaw76]

When you boil it all down, it's about communication plain and simple. It's been that way since the first caveman started banging on something rhythmically.....


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[doc540]

It's a vibrational manifestion of Divine Love.

[guroove]

Originally Posted by JimmyM

my music comes from the liver

you know what he meant, you wisenheimer! you have to feel it, you know?

Mine comes from the ass.

[rreynoldsbass]

I've heard it described that music is an extension of emotion, something we express when words do not capture the magnitude and true meaning of the idea.

In fact, one of my favorite poets did an interview where he was asked to describe what a "good" gig was for him, and he said, "When no one can stay in their chairs. When the words do something only great music can do."

Personally, I agree with one of the above posts: it's a medium of expression, or art. It has its shining qualities over others, but what I find most striking is the immediacy with which it affects the listener. A few notes in the span of a second can communicate volumes more, with just as much emotional depth, as a passage from a novel or a scene in a film.

[D.A.R.K.]

it's really just more plumage for the mating ritual.