http://rogerbourland.com/2009/03/04/i-spend-more-time-with-your-kids-than-you-do/ Roger Bourland writes about music and life Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:19:13 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://rogerbourland.com/2009/03/04/i-spend-more-time-with-your-kids-than-you-do/comment-page-1/#comment-115291 Music is not just notes § inter-net-viewer.nl Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:03:13 +0000 http://rogerbourland.com/blog/?p=2936#comment-115291 [...] Music is not just notes Posted by Sybilla @ 14:00 I tell my students: Music is not just notes — yes, we will learn about the tradition of harmony, but music is life, death, love, cheating, longing, sadness, eroticism, relationships, play, and exorcisms of all kinds, cast in notes; harmonized with the soul of; and rhythmicized through the metabolism of, the composer. – Many musicians and non-musicians who sing, have a “reset button” that they can access by playing music: the pains and stress of the world evaporate for one brief shining moment. Oftentimes musicians play, and others perceive it as magic, or a gift from God, or genius. We must realize that good musicians are magicians, and can conjure everything and exorcise all that needs to be exorcised — Like taking a baseball bat and smashing it against a tree after your wife has left you; but instead, you pour your chi into a Vivaldi oboe sonata and tear your audience’s heart out. Bron [...]

]]> http://rogerbourland.com/2009/03/04/i-spend-more-time-with-your-kids-than-you-do/comment-page-1/#comment-115221 Hyperufusensitive Thu, 05 Mar 2009 10:36:07 +0000 http://rogerbourland.com/blog/?p=2936#comment-115221 If a blogpost makes me cry, it must be good - right? Thanks for this. If a blogpost makes me cry, it must be good – right? Thanks for this.

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