Re: looper vs storyteller. if there even is

[Daryl Shawn <highhorse@mhorse.com>]

Extremely well put, Stefan! This echoes my thoughts on the matter, 
though I'd given up trying to find the words to express it. (Clearly, I 
should have composed a tune instead...)

Daryl Shawn
www.swanwelder.com
www.chinapaintingmusic.com
 

> I think we do play in the same game. A story made with words is 
> basically creating a timeline of pictures by describing what happened 
> in words (the meaning doesn't create a story, it helps to understand, 
> at its best).
> A musical story can create a timeline of feelings, which I would call 
> a story as well. It could also create pictures by association which 
> tells a story. This story might be very different between listeners, 
> and might also be different for the musician.
> It seems a story made out of words is fixed and everybody perceives 
> the same story, but that is a complete illusion if you think about it...
> Simply listen to the classics of musical story telling like Smetanas 
> Vltava... I think its pretty evidently story telling...