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Why Music Has Worth
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- title
- Why Music Has Worth
- description
- In my last pod, we talked about why music itself is worth (or not worth) pursuing. I wanted to share more about why music matters to me, and how making and expericing music is a good thing for the soul and for the world. I also dig into my next LP cycle, and whether or not the music I’m making right now is the music I’m supposed to be making.
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- complete
- date
- 2023-07-11
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- solo
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- —
- listenUrl
- https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lovemusicmore/episodes/Why-Music-Has-Worth-e26q7kn
- appleUrl
- https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/why-music-has-worth/id1567355195?i=1000620767830&uo=4
- spotifyUrl
- https://open.spotify.com/episode/5IPY806Pd2GztqwY3e7gub
- topicsDiscussed
- Creativity
- Philosophy
- Value of Music
- Creative Authenticity
- Impact of Audio
- Music and Identity
- Upcoming LP Cycle
- hostNote
- The value of music is physical. It changes the environment the way a fan in the next room does, you feel it before you think about it. That's where I start: not with art theory but with the brute fact that sound is our best way of manipulating the physical world into something we can share with someone else. I get into why music matters beyond the aesthetic, how it shapes our sense of joy, danger, and community, and then into something harder to articulate: what it means to make the music you're supposed to be making right now, versus the music you think you should be making. The record cycle I was working through at the time was built around an idea that the sense of self is an optical illusion, a Möbius strip with no real beginning or end. The episode stays committed to music for music's sake. Not as a career strategy, not as a brand, but as something worth doing because of what it does to the people who make and experience it.
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- I discuss the inherent value of music
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- 48
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- Explores how music changes our environment and perception, using the metaphor of sound from a helicopter.
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- The connection between sound and identity
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- 229
- note
- Argues that sound shapes our understanding of joy, danger, and community, relating it to the essence of music.
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- The concept of the Mobius strip in music creation
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- 723
- note
- Explains how identity is like a Mobius strip, always changing yet constant.
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- I reflect on his musical journey
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- 588
- note
- Describes his thoughts on making the music I i meant to create and the importance of self-exploration.
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- Personal stories behind upcoming releases
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- 857
- note
- Shares insights about his songs 'Stories' and 'Memory Land' and their thematic relevance.
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- Exploration of idealism in music
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- 453
- note
- Discusses how I maintain a belief in the worth of music beyond nihilism.
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- The value of music to me is physical. It changes the environment...just like when you turn on a fan or you have a fan in the next room.
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- 94
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- When we ask, is it worthy of anything? I say yes, not just as an art form...it is our best way of manipulating the physical world into a way that we understand and share it with someone else.
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- 272
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- I remain committed to, you know, preaching the idea of music for music's sake.
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- 580
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- The fun thing about a Mobius strip is that there's no real beginning, no, there's no real end...it's a bizarre little idea.
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- 903
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- What I'm trying to get out with this record cycle is the sense of self is an optical illusion.
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- 768
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- faq
- question
- Why does music have worth?
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- I discuss the intrinsic value of music as a medium for communication and expression.
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- What is the Mobius strip concept in music?
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- I describe how identity and music creation are interconnected through the metaphor of a Mobius strip.
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