Peter and all who are interested in this I feel that this thread is of very deep relevance to you. That immediately hit a nerve. Of course I can talk about guitars or sound reproduction or different music. But I suspect here it is about the intimate connection of life communication, feeling and the embodiment of time perception. Also about drama, stories out of sound, the captured moment of experience in the flow of time, the beauty of sound worlds and much more.
Perhaps music when it touches us is the most immediate manifestation of a divine message, transcendence. No matter if someone gets goosebumps with Jimmy Hendrix, reverence with Bach on a (real) Silbermann organ in a church or the feeling of a space flight with Herbie Hancock and the headhunters of the 70s e.g. with "Butterfly".
There are so many memories, I love all kinds of music when it touches me. Life music I've heard I won't forget most of the time, from Woody Shaw in a club to Weather report on big stage to Gidon Kremer or Murray Perahia in a concert hall.
And also the memories of the youth. I was also stage hand in the 80s in a local crew that was booked on international tours in our area. After the sound check I played soccer with Deep Purple in the sports hall or on other occasion I prepared the catering for John Mclaughlin and Paco de Lucia in a club. At that time it was a temporary job and today it is an invaluable memory.
Listening to music and being able to play a little bit is for me a great gift in this life in this world.
Bert, what you say is very captivating and it sounds like a very serious and focused approach to the good and true in music. You and your wife will certainly have a lot of pleasure making music and working on the compositions.
Last edited by Heinz; 27/04/19 11:29 PM.
