Re this from @jasonkoebler, two things:
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Esther Payne :bisexual_flag:replied to Jen last edited by
@JetlagJen @inthehands I bang some sticks on my dry log stack.
No one hears it, but it brings me pleasure. It's fun.
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@inthehands Funny, you're describing how I enjoy working in tech!
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@alcinnz
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Sure, there is •something• to that. But my love is solo piano music, and the primary way that repertoire has led to social connections throughout history is from people playing in the home or for small groups of friends — and also from learning and teaching it.
I see those same impulses at work in people sharing DAW tips and tricks with each other, getting together to listen to works in progress (which very much happens), etc. The instinct is there. The possibility is there. It’s social support structures — time and slack, first and foremost — that are missing.
There are always avenues for turning a completely solitary creation into a point of human connection in a well-functioning society.
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@inthehands What a great thread, and well said! While I’m not a musican, the way you describe feeling and living music is perfect. Music has been super-important to me my whole life, in good times and bad. It can make me smile and it can make me cry, and that’s mostly because of the *life* imbued within by the artist. Thank you for writing this.
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I see @Gaolaitch is on a related train of thought today:
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@coperob
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@inthehands @Gaolaitch I was reading Heinrich von Kleist's "On the Marionette Theater" recently, and was really struck by how much it speaks to our current moment
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Paul Cantrellreplied to Paul Cantrell last edited by [email protected]
Since I mentioned Don Betts upthread, I feel like I should link to something of his. In his later years, in his 80s and even 90s, his daughter and grandson helped him make videos of himself playing his piano at home:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYCRBroUi9EI think these intimate videos capture more of what this music is supposed to be (to me, at least) than the most polished and prestigious commercial release in the world. And they are so very •Don•.
I miss him.
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Marc Triusreplied to Paul Cantrell last edited by [email protected]
@inthehands
I can't agree with that 100% due to value system reasons, but I do think that this is a great example why those systems represent a kind of spiritual death. It's interesting to be a witness to what real good old fashioned idolatry (as distinct from paganism, by the way) is doing to humanity. -
@alter_kaker
Yeah, I’m not sure I could agree with my own statement truly 100% without far more careful teasing out of nuances than a post allows.
