Thoughts on Live Music vs. Recorded Music & Revolution

Matthew:
it’s ok sorry if I am missing your point

Me:
Here is what I’m getting at plain and simple: I think our problem today is not the lack of well accessible content. The crisis for me is that it is disembodied.

Me:
Sitting around a piano singing together is an act of revolution man.

Me:
Seth puts it this way in that cast (which you should be listening to by now): Folk music is not the recordings Pete Seeger made in the mountains, just like Christianity is not a statement of beliefs or creeds, it’s the actual praxis that reflects the narratives of the people doing it.

Me:
when a song is played live–when you strum out those chords in front of people–that is a unique experience that can never be duplicated, and it cements relationships in a grounded context.

It’s embodied. It’s Lived.

An excerpt of an IM conversation I had with Matthew which was sparked by this blog post by Kester Brewin. I also reference this podcast, which you should listen to now.

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Painting above:
Pablo Picasso
Guitar, Sheet Music, Glass
Paris, autumn 1912
Papers and newsprint (Le Journal, 18 November 1912)
pasted, gouache and charcoal on paper
48 x 36.5 cm

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Thoughts on Live Music vs. Recorded Music & Revolution

Matthew:
it’s ok sorry if I am missing your point

Me:
Here is what I’m getting at plain and simple: I think our problem today is not the lack of well accessible content. The crisis for me is that it is disembodied.

Me:
Sitting around a piano singing together is an act of revolution man.

Me:
Seth puts it this way in that cast (which you should be listening to by now): Folk music is not the recordings Pete Seeger made in the mountains, just like Christianity is not a statement of beliefs or creeds, it’s the actual praxis that reflects the narratives of the people doing it.

Me:
when a song is played live–when you strum out those chords in front of people–that is a unique experience that can never be duplicated, and it cements relationships in a grounded context.

It’s embodied. It’s Lived.

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Thoughts on Live Music vs. Recorded Music & Revolution

Matthew: it’s ok sorry if I am missing your point

Me: Here is what I’m getting at plain and simple: I think our problem today is not the lack of well accessible content. The crisis for me is that it is disembodied.

Me: Sitting around a piano singing together is an act of revolution man.

Me: Seth puts it this way in that cast (which you should be listening to by now): Folk music is not the recordings Pete Seeger made in the mountains, just like Christianity is not a statement of beliefs or creeds, it’s the actual praxis that reflects the narratives of the people doing it.

Me: when a song is played live–when you strum out those chords in front of people–that is a unique experience that can never be duplicated, and it cements relationships in a grounded context.

It’s embodied. It’s Lived.

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Leave a comment Cancel reply

Matthew:
it’s ok sorry if I am missing your point

Me:
Here is what I’m getting at plain and simple: I think our problem today is not the lack of well accessible content. The crisis for me is that it is disembodied.

Me:
Sitting around a piano singing together is an act of revolution man.

Me:
Seth puts it this way in that cast (which you should be listening to by now): Folk music is not the recordings Pete Seeger made in the mountains, just like Christianity is not a statement of beliefs or creeds, it’s the actual praxis that reflects the narratives of the people doing it.

Me:
when a song is played live–when you strum out those chords in front of people–that is a unique experience that can never be duplicated, and it cements relationships in a grounded context.