[Dixielandjazz] Music is ?

[Steve barbone]

"Edgerton, Paul A" <paul.edgerton at eds.com> (polite snip)

> So if you want to have a definition
> of music that is useful to everyone, you'll want to base it on
> observable reality.
> 
> Here's mine: Music is the organization of noise.

Hear Hear . . . Amen Paul
 
> Since music is the result of human effort and not random occurrence, it
> is art.

Human effort? Maybe not. What about bird songs, or frog mating calls,
especially the peepers here in the Eastern USA or many other such songs.
Aren't they "music", but not art? (since art is usually defined as that
which is produced by humans, as opposed to by nature) Why shouldn't other
animals be able to produce music? Especially now since we are beginning to
realize that other animals besides humans can think.

What makes us so special, other than ego? :-) VBG.

> Art is motivated by intention and powered by craftsmanship. You
> need both intention and craftsmanship to produce good art.

And also to produce bad art, no?

Cheers,
Steve Barbone

PS. Is there not some mysterious hum that occurs deep in the earth. Is this
music? (or the devil playing a washboard) Also, at our ongoing gig in the
Showboat Casino the slot machine rooms emit a droning hum that is exactly a
middle C. Apparently some marketing guru (or devil's disciple) feels that
this hum evokes a betting response in humans. (We play a lot of tunes in C
when we pass the slots areas)