tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post5423545736659734957..comments2023-10-14T09:40:06.690-05:00Comments on Jean Kazez: Do we have reasons to enjoy music?Jean Kazezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00592593002719828153noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-2672163208393001432013-02-17T20:27:17.142-06:002013-02-17T20:27:17.142-06:00Update: The links I posted don't work the way ...Update: The links I posted don't work the way they did when I posted my comment, so here is the same video on YouTube in HQ as <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=NC1qV2l7Ms0" rel="nofollow">Part 1</a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=RII5A7g6q9I" rel="nofollow">Part 2</a>.<br /><br />Again, my point is you can hear Wayne Shorter's octaves are "stretched&Dave Rickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03131126038425198891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-2271206215977499082011-09-08T23:09:27.655-05:002011-09-08T23:09:27.655-05:00One person's "reason" to dislike mus...One person's "reason" to dislike music could be another person's "reason" to like it. I enjoyed hearing the Fleet Foxes posted here, and if the vocals were "in tune" I might like it less. I expect the band listened to different takes and made similar judgments.<br /><br />Consider this duet between Joe Zawinul and Wayne Shorter, posted as <a href="http://Dave Rickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03131126038425198891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-80517191082318438002011-09-06T16:15:32.542-05:002011-09-06T16:15:32.542-05:00I recently saw a post by Jonah Lehrer about this s...I recently saw a post by Jonah Lehrer about this stuff - <a href="http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/07/why-does-beauty-exist/" rel="nofollow">Why Does Beauty Exist?</a> and he mentions too why stuff that's not completely perfect,- like the off tune voices of the Fleet Foxes, can be so attractive ...<br /><br /><i>the hook of beauty, like the hook of curiosity, is a response to an crystalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05681674503952991492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-40515976643618214992011-09-06T06:14:19.585-05:002011-09-06T06:14:19.585-05:00The reason to like something, or not like it, is t...The reason to like something, or not like it, is the state of your brain at the point of experiencing it.<br /><br />When your naive musical brain hears Fleet Foxes it enjoys the various tones, melodies and basic things that it has been set up at that moment to like.<br /><br />When your brother educates you about music he has changed your brain. You may now listen for different things that you March Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13116034158087704885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-69917055277237064672011-09-05T16:45:16.542-05:002011-09-05T16:45:16.542-05:00I can't stand traditional Chinese music. I...I can't stand traditional Chinese music. I'm thinking a very specific kind of Chinese music... like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWF21cpzTmU<br /><br /> I think it sounds like really loud noise and horrific singing. I mean, I hear the melody, and I can understand the tempos and such... But no matter what it sounds dissonant. And the clanging somethings that act as percussion Waynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08627147979307495870noreply@blogger.com