[Dixielandjazz] What they teach in college these days...

[LARRY'S Signs and Large Format Printing]

snip:
 Certain notes, chords, especially if they are 
played at loud volume can trigger all sorts of responses (depending 
somewhat on cultural training) 

This may be why people want to take their cloths off when I play.
Larry Walton
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Richoux" <tubaman at batnet.com>
To: "DJML Jazz" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 1:31 AM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] What they teach in college these days...


> Adding on to what Bill said and speaking as a secular agnostic I can 
> say there are many physical and mental aspects of music that can 
> profoundly effect humans. Certain notes, chords, especially if they are 
> played at loud volume can trigger all sorts of responses (depending 
> somewhat on cultural training)  and composers have taken advantage of 
> that for centuries. A large pipe organ in a cathedral, a gong in a 
> temple, a choir singing in particular ways can make the average person 
> "Feel God" so maybe the musicians are "Speaking to God" or maybe they 
> just know how to trigger a human response.
> 
> Movie soundtrack composers know the same magic tricks.  So do some rock 
> bands and even a few jazz musicians...
> 
> Likewise, a good architect (taking the term loosly) can design a temple 
> or cathedral that will make the average human feel a sense of awe and 
> power when they see it ( I have experienced it many times as I visited 
> various buildings in Europe and Japan ) so I think I can conclude there 
> is a cultural training along with a very basic brain response to 
> stimuli that can trigger a "God Effect."
> 
> Or a good shot of Scotch Whisky. ;-)
> 
> Dave Richoux
> On Apr 20, 2005, at 9:34 PM, Robert S. Ringwald wrote:
> 
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Gunter" 
> > <jazzboard at hotmail.com>
> > To: <robert at ringwald.com>; <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 9:16 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] What they teach in college these days...
> >
> >
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> Bob Ringwald wonders what I meant when I said " . . . music must 
> >> speak to God."
> >>
> >>> Oops there.  "Music must speak to God???"
> >>
> >> is the way Ringwald put it.
> >>
> >> Yes . . . "speaking to God is just a way of saying music is an 
> >> expression of your soul . . .
> >
> >
> > But, what if there is no god?
> >
> > And, I don't see where "music is an expression of
> >> your soul." means "music must speak to God."
> >
> > What if we do not have a soul?
> >
> snip
> 
> 
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