TubularBelle
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Posted: Aug. 29 2005, 00:19 |
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| Quote (bee @ Aug. 28 2005, 18:19) | | I think there's more. Is there a space between the sounds that 'pulls' us in? Like when an artist draws an object, they look at the neagative space around it, not just the physical form, and draw that space also. So- a composer presents the invisible/inaudible shapes between the sounds he creates and we as listeners understand them subconsciously. If these shapes fit into the corresponding jigsaw of our brain that deals with music then we want to hear the piece again, and hear more and more each time. Classic Oldfield listening. (and not just the long 70's instrumentals, but Tres Lunas, SODE too) I always feel so much better after having listened to Mike's music, so something about it works for me. |
I'm sorry Bee, I have read this passage several times and still do not understand what you are trying to say here. When you talk about pieces fitting like a jigsaw, the only grasp I can make on it is why people like some things and other don't, whether it be music, food, paintings or clothes, whatever. Could it be already predetermined in our brains as to what fits and what doesn't. I read somewhere that is it predetermined what partners we are attracted to, so why not other things? Of course society and our environment has a huge bearing on this, for example, a homeless person might never get the opportunity to discover that he is quite fond of Monet! and if our parents are classical music loving nerds or rock loving hippies, that would have an input. But if this is kind of what you are trying to say then I can go along with that way of thinking. I know for example, that no matter what I say about Mike, not matter how disheartened I may become about what direction he is going in, I will always be drawn to the music and I guess to the man. My tastes in music vary greatly, I can listen to Tool one minute and Gershwin the next and my tastes change, I can like one band one month and not like them the next, but I know I will never break from Mikes music no matter what. I can only compare it to the attachment you have with family being as a general rule stronger than the attachment you have to friends, you are more tolerant, more forgiving. Sometimes you may feel like you are doing it because you have to, rather than because you want to, but it is still your choice to make that decision, you still have control. I do worry about how Mike would feel if he read some of the fans comments on this site, surely he would feel angry and hurt more often than proud and happy. But it is no different than the bitching and moaning we do about our parents or our children or our siblings, most of us would complain about them vastly more than we complain about our friends because we feel more obligated to have to put up with every annoying thing about them. Obviously this Forum is not FOR Mike, it is FOR the fans and if Mike is angry or hurt by me saying that I love him and his music just as much as I love my family, then he is better off not knowing how we feel. I do know that if Mike died, or even if he simply retired from the music business, I will probably cry more than I did when I lost my father. I'm emotional right now. Nuff said.
Tracy
PS - my new avatar is of me holding the oil painting that my brother did for me for my 40th birthday. Have included a clearer copy in 'artwork from Australia'.
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