Re: Hackles have been raised!

[Paolo Valladolid <pvallado@waynesworld.ucsd.edu>]

> Sounds like someone who's been to one too many
> contemporary chamber concerts? Or someone who's
> had a music professor who composes with number
> theory?
> 
> There is of course such a thing as overly
> intellectual music, music that is composed with
> theory only.  And on the other hand, there is
> music that is emotive shit.
> 
> Music should blend emotion with thought, Hod
> with Netzach, heart with head.  This = soul.

On the other hand...

I've heard music supposedly "written from the heart and soul"
that sounded dreadful to my ears and I've heard "theory composed"
music that was breathtakingly beautiful.

As a music listener, the methods used to create a piece of music only 
matter
to me as intellectual curiosities.   What truly matters emotionally is 
the impact of the end result, regardless of how it came to be.

Cheers,

Paolo Valladolid
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