tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290163255778893789.post7644697723716041267..comments2024-03-16T05:19:07.061-04:00Comments on Retirement Blues: The Real World of Real WorkJazzbumpahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07337490817307473659noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290163255778893789.post-41779961497074373692012-02-01T08:11:58.295-05:002012-02-01T08:11:58.295-05:00"he must be a very odd person, indeed"
..."he must be a very odd person, indeed"<br /><br />Indeed indeed. So is my friend. Not a good musician by any means, but a great guy.Steve Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11895481216028771016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290163255778893789.post-48289278578825414452012-01-31T11:30:17.663-05:002012-01-31T11:30:17.663-05:00Steve -
Interesting article. I am totally unable...Steve -<br /><br />Interesting article. I am totally unable to relate Marcus' experience, and imagine he must be a very odd person, indeed.<br /><br />Rhythm is pretty universal - most babies have a good sense of it. So to see someone who had to work hard to get any of it is really strange.<br /><br />Music has real power, though, and you really can't get to the core of it through rational analysis - or at least not completely. Like all art, music speaks to the intellect and the emotions. Overly emotional music is sappy, banal and trite, overly intellectual music, like 12 tone, is sterile and unengaging.<br /><br />Music works by hitting a sweet spot where mind and hart intersect. It's pretty broad, in general, but not the same for everyone.<br /><br />Cheers!<br />JzBJazzbumpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07337490817307473659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290163255778893789.post-33698162837257230512012-01-30T20:28:32.151-05:002012-01-30T20:28:32.151-05:00Yeah I always say "life has its whims." ...Yeah I always say "life has its whims." Never know where you'll end up, or doing what.<br /><br />On music/programming, I sent this to a friend of mine recently, a freakishly smart programmer and annoyingly well-read humanist with a penchant for creating weird experimental music:<br /><br />http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/26/books/gary-marcus-professor-at-nyu-picks-up-a-guitar.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&ref=general&src=me<br /><br />He replied "This is so similar to my own thinking/process that it's scary. Yes, I want to understand how music works, or, failing that, understand why not understanding is okay."Steve Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11895481216028771016noreply@blogger.com