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A MUSICIAN IN A SUIT (LINK)

May 29th 2008 18:24
a musician in a suit



I have a plan to stick with my plan if I knew what my plan was I'd plan to have a plan. I am a musician in a suit. I have planned to play the piano I have planned to sing and planned to act. I have a plan to plan out all of my plans before I act upon my plan. I am a musician in a suit. My plans are to do everything to meet the qualifications of my plan, and this is my plan. I am a musician in a suit. I have planned to be and to be not, but you see I have a plan. I've plans to not plan my plan and only plan to not. I am a musician in a suit. Unexposed plans in a suit case for a plan. I am a musician in a suit. I am famous and I have plan. Look me up in the yellow pages.

I am the musician in a suit.



I Am A Musician In A Suit.
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"Core of music." So I ask: Does it even EXIST? (LINK)

May 21st 2008 05:36
I'd first like to thank "the only person who commented on my 2nd post" for his comment that made me want to elaborate on it so much that I decided to make it a "formal" post rather than a short response. It actually took me a few hours to put this into words, for a lack of a better word ~ but i enjoyed dicing it out on paper. I hope I answered your question.

My formal definition of core of music is: central to the character and existence of music which in my opinion, is open to an individuals interpretation.

My interpretation:
The cognitive response(s) that is developed when experiencing music. Not just listening, not playing, not singing, not writing, and enjoying, but experiencing.

An experience of disability even for those few seconds of sound that it limits us from our physical being. In fact, in my opinion, this is the "self" that our standardized society perceives as strange, weird and otherwise known as musicians, or artists in general.

I should add that my interpretation has evolved, and possibly developed over time. However, my intention in my previous post was to credit him (my first piano instructor) with guiding me with his developed experience to appreciate these aspects of music in more in depth fashion.
Again it was not my intention to insinuate that "core of music" has a standard universal definition. I simply chose the word to paint the essence of my feeling towards the art.
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So I ask: Is it possible for music to get under your skin so much (LINK)

May 19th 2008 18:59
So I ask. Is it possible for music to get under your skin so much that you can't let it be a part of your life?

I started studying music when I was about 16 years old. Classical music. Piano music. I attended a music institute for contemporary vocals and pitch seemed to be the furthest thing from me. In my musical dictionary, I read the definition of pitch, then practiced it. A few years later, I bought a program called Pure Pitch that I want to give credit to for improving my pitch from a negative 10 to a satisfying 8. Pitch, I realized, is a tool that all musicians hold in their left pocket. (Assuming musicians are *creatively* left handed.) And since I'm in a giving credit mood, (as I always must be,) I'd like to show equal appreciation to my first piano teacher, who taught me how to connect with core of music. I even played in school recitals. All this is almost besides the point, but I just wanted to portray a little background story. Its not about my musical experience that I am worried about. Now its been less than 8 years from when I just started (Hint Hint). But the problem is, I never want to play for others when they ask because I feel as though music is not a service that one should offer. Nevertheless, I understand the reality of it and that they aren't asking for a kidney, but I just feel that way every time that I am asked to play any piece. Is this a weird psychological number? The thing is, this music feels like it's within me. I can't escape it, yet I can't nurture it. (You've heard the expression: I live and breathe it.) I breathe music. But do I live music?

So I ask. Is it possible for music to get under your skin so much that you can't let it be a part of your life?
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Get Your A** out of here if you're not bored!!! (LINK)

May 18th 2008 23:06
OUT, OUT OUTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!


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on Using 'less' versus 'fewer'

May 19th 2008 20:21


I'll Trade you my 100 for your 1
Educational. Pretty interesting. Thanks, now I'll be more alert when, or how I use them. lol and point it out to people who don't know the difference.