Listening
I've been doing lots of listening lately.
Mostly to music and artists that at some point I formed a negative or indifferent opinion about.
I feel I've been changing recently. So I wanted to revisit music and ideas that didn't strike me originally - thinking maybe I just wasn't ready for it. Some stuff I still think is lame (or rather - "not for me") - and in other stuff I'm discovering new appreciations.
I'm not getting much playing done this week - we have a heat wave blowing through and it's 90 degrees in my practice room- at 6:30pm!
I probably won't get in there until after 11pm and maybe then only for an hour. But when I have played in the past few days - I'm finding myself working on new stuff rather than perfecting already written stuff.
Go figure.
Comments
hey Jeff,
I'm of the mind that something has got to strike you (musically speaking) right away. I don't think it has anything to do with "if we're ready to hear it or whether it's something just not meant for us."
I find myself losing track of what is happening around me when I hear music that is of special significance. There's no other way for me to describe it except to say that "the moment is changing" and you transcend. Granted it's not always like this but ususally it is. Ah but I have examples that prove otherwise. Like AC/DC "Back in Black" CD. God how I hated AC/DC but I love them now. I wouldn't live on it daily but hey it's the exception. But I didn't go back and say hey I should listen to AC/DC because maybe I'm ready. I came to it naturally. I guess I'm regressing. Anyway I've been doing a lot of listening too. Perhaps to get more inspired or perhaps figure out that musical line that eluded me. I'm thinking we need to jam soon.
Posted by: Edo Castro | June 26, 2006 09:33 PM
Regarding my last comments.Ignore me.
I'm a such a "case." (LOL)
(Oh we Geminis like to jaw don't we?)
I'm glad to see you're enjoying the "path."
Edo
Posted by: Edo Castro | June 27, 2006 07:38 AM
Ha! No worries Edo.
I was going to disagree with you - but instead I'll simply say that to me music has multiple layers and I don't always perceive them all the first time I'm exposed to it.
I find the things that speak to me in a piece of music is often a direct reflection of where I am (physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually) at the time I'm hearing it.
When those realms change - so do the things I'm able to appreciate about a piece of music.
Posted by: Jeff | June 27, 2006 04:38 PM
Jeff my friend
you should have clobbered me with a 2x4!
(LOL) And as you duely noted there's really no wrong or right or disagreement. It's all very personal.
We all have our way of experiencing things in the world of music.
I'll shut up now...
Edo
Posted by: Edo Castro | June 28, 2006 03:43 PM