A thought that’s been crossing my mind: there is a YouTuber named Gawx Art, and he recently released Before You See, You Listen. I got perhaps 2/3rds of the way through the video, but the premise that pulled me in was his opening on how music shapes our world. Specifically, he questioned what music great inventors and creators were listening to when they composed, brought into existence, their seminal works.
That is such an interesting thought to me. I’ve always enjoyed music and recognized the intense emotional pull that music or sounds can have on me, whether it’s in a progression or the intricate stacking of musical patterns. But I never really gave it a second thought, outside of this being my preference at the moment (or I am okay with whatever is on at the moment), but this passing thought has been coming up every time I decide to put music on while working. I casually enjoy lo-fi trrip hop and alternative, but legitimately enjoy classical or ocean/rain sounds when engaging with deeper work. Now I wonder not just how that music potentially affects my work, but also what music does my work reflect? And how different is the music being consumed during that work, vs the music of the work itself. What music do I think my work reflects vs what it actually reflects?
Wouldn’t most inventors and creators in human history probably not had live musicians playing for them while they worked? Unlimited access to music seems like a weird modern thing.
That is very true, unlimited access to music is definetly a modern thing, 1887 for the grammaphone, modern enough. The rich likely could have live music on command potentially, or a muse of the musical variety?
Otherwise could the hum of a tune or a hymm be a stand in? Or a tune you heard walking by the local watering hole? haha
A thought that’s been crossing my mind: there is a YouTuber named Gawx Art, and he recently released Before You See, You Listen. I got perhaps 2/3rds of the way through the video, but the premise that pulled me in was his opening on how music shapes our world. Specifically, he questioned what music great inventors and creators were listening to when they composed, brought into existence, their seminal works.
That is such an interesting thought to me. I’ve always enjoyed music and recognized the intense emotional pull that music or sounds can have on me, whether it’s in a progression or the intricate stacking of musical patterns. But I never really gave it a second thought, outside of this being my preference at the moment (or I am okay with whatever is on at the moment), but this passing thought has been coming up every time I decide to put music on while working. I casually enjoy lo-fi trrip hop and alternative, but legitimately enjoy classical or ocean/rain sounds when engaging with deeper work. Now I wonder not just how that music potentially affects my work, but also what music does my work reflect? And how different is the music being consumed during that work, vs the music of the work itself. What music do I think my work reflects vs what it actually reflects?
Wouldn’t most inventors and creators in human history probably not had live musicians playing for them while they worked? Unlimited access to music seems like a weird modern thing.
That is very true, unlimited access to music is definetly a modern thing, 1887 for the grammaphone, modern enough. The rich likely could have live music on command potentially, or a muse of the musical variety?
Otherwise could the hum of a tune or a hymm be a stand in? Or a tune you heard walking by the local watering hole? haha