[Dixielandjazz] Music is ?

[Bill Gunter]

In other words, even though it may sound like music, it may really not be 
music.

This stands in an interesting contrast to the other point of view which olds 
that even though some other sounds may not sound like music they actually 
are.

Go Figure!

Bill Gunter
jazzboard at hotmail.com



>From: "Ron L'Herault" <lherault at bu.edu>
>To: "DJML" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
>Subject: RE: [Dixielandjazz] Music is ?
>Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 08:44:02 -0400
>
>There is a difference between music and musical sound.   Birds make musical
>sounds for the most part.  Hoots of owls, while not unpleasant don't strike
>me as musical.
>
>Ron L
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com
>[mailto:dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com]On Behalf Of Steve
>barbone
>Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 11:38 PM
>To: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
>Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Music is ?
>
>
>"<SNIP>
>
> > Since music is the result of human effort and not random occurrence, it
> > is art.
> >SNIP>
>  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?
> >
>
>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)
>
>
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