Sunday, August 30, 2009

Everyone should play!

via Frank Almond's blog:



If you believe that making music with others is an essential part of the human experience (as the anthropological evidence suggests), it's clear that, while this orchestra may be "terrible", it's immensely valuable given what it provides its members. The tragic byproduct of the technical advances that made recording sound and disseminating those recordings possible is that the experience of hearing music has become almost completely separated from making music -- we get flavor without nourishment. Karaoke and music-based video games do get people active in making music themselves, but the communal experience of making music with others is still neglected.

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