MUSIC IS/AS RITUAL
MUSIC IS/AS RITUAL
In the last 100 years or so,
(mas o memos)
technology has made it possible
to hear music in all manner of situations and places
e.g.,
our home
our car
our friends
by rivers
by streams
by oceans
on mountaintops
and unfortunately
even on tops of pyramids.........
first with record players,
then 8 tracks,
then cassettes,
then CD’s,
then DVD’s,
then IPOD’s
then the INTERNET
Bluetooth
then etc., etc., etc.,
and
MUSIC and MUSICIAN as RITUAL
became harder to come by
and harder to find
as most music has become
E N T E R T A I N M E N T
and/or far less
as EVERYTHING is ON TAP
The INTENTION behind the music,
the INTENTION behind the listener,
the INTENTION(s) behind musicians changed
as well as many other things over the years
like being able to remember phone numbers
being able to read a map
being able to enjoy a meal or a cup of tea in Silence
being able to write a letter or make a phone call
being able to look a person in the eye and carry on a conversation
being able to know the names of your neighbors on each
side of you and across the street
and just BE
without looking at any of the
“frightening little devices that SCIENCE has made available”**
**FRANK ZAPPA
because we have learned to not be with ourselves
We are “bored”(?)is what they tell me
when I ask them why are they always looking at their phones
and to that I generally say,
“maybe that is because you are boring….”
Being able to LISTEN
and/or
just sit and BE
continues for most to be something they have rarely experienced
MUSIC is/as FREQUENCY
MUSIC is/as HARMONY
MUSIC is/as MELODY
MUSIC is/as MEDICINE
MUSIC is/as PULSE
MUSIC is/as RESONANCE
MUSIC is/as RHYTHM
MUSIC is/as SOUND,
MUSIC is/as TIMBRE
and the SILENCE which ENGULFS it
before it started and the resonance of the memory
after it has stopped
Science continues to validate the effect of music on the
body,
mind,
heart,
and soul(?)
shared with us by the ANCIENTS
e.g.,
MUSIC physiologically changes
the oxygenation of our blood,
our pulse rate,
our respiratory rate,
our brain waves…………
have you ever EXPERIENCED a piece of music that
makes you tap your foot,
brings a tear to your eye,
makes you clap your hands
makes you SMILE
even though you may
have never heard it
or of it
felt it
or remembered it
and you look at the person next to you
(or yourself)
and some are completely unaffected
in that moment
at that moment
the RESONANCE is not there
it is not FELT ...........
and maybe sooner or sometimes later
it may or may never be felt .........
but the EXPERIENCE
that THING that each of us has
accumulated throughout our lives
unfortunately,
can never be taught
because at best,
it can only be articulated with words
and words always fall out of our mouths
and onto the floor at our feet
our EXPERIENCE(s) can
and will RESONATE with(in) us
when we least expect it
as our BEINGNESS is the ultimate RECORDER
of our EXPERIENCES
and available,
not only when we wish
but sometimes,
when we least expect it
with WILLINGNESS,
within and with(out)our SELVES in the way
we can Listen,
we can Learn
we can BE
and we can Share because
with WILLINGNESS,
EVERYTHING is POSSIBLE........