TheCapitalClinic

Sometimes when I listen to music I feel that disconnectedness as well, often times when playing music, when the groove is right, there is an alchemy of sound that occours with the blending of the instruments.
If you have a two person band, the two become one, almost like the music blending is the third member.
I think there could be a definate glandular process that happens as well, much like there is too much DMt released in the pineal gland of schizophrenics, or imbalances in other glands. Music does have a very physical effect on us. I like to think it is the physical manifestation of frequencies, we are seeing with our ears, we get emotions from tones, different sounds, inspiration and imagery plays in our minds. For me one of the most powerful of musics is classical, or opera even. I feel so much strangeness come over my mind, a boundlessness of sourts. When listening to the merry mozart, the magic flute, or JS bach on cello. As those tones and vibrations come out to me, my mind body and soul seem to recieve them on different levles, at times to the point of tears, or goosebumps.
Not sure what happening, but Im sure it is much the same as good deep thought on the processes of life, or the trance like states of shamans...all I do know, is Im honored to be feeling it, and feel blessed everyday in my life because there is this thing out there...called. Music...
great post...thanks for the heads up on the article in time magazine there too, gonna go check that out now, interesting....if people had a genetic disposition to self-trancendence, it sure puts alot of ideas in my head about bloodlines....peace

A fascinating blog, and can have similar answers for many artists and listeners up to a certain point. Then things begin to diverge and become individualistic for every person. I personally feel many different things when music is present like so many of us.

When I’m listening to music versus hearing it in a background setting, the emotions I feel can sway greatly, some days as far as the east is from the west. Other times it can allow me to focus in on every nuance of the music, every note and rest that can either paint an audio picture, or tell and audio story in my mind.

When I’m playing music on an instrument alone(normally a bass), the factors of what I hear and feel are dependent on a couple of things. One factor is whether I am practicing either a new song or new technique on the instrument to play in a solo environment, or whether I’m participating with the same factor to play the instrument in a duo or a larger group environment. The other factor is when I play the instrument for the sheer enjoyment of playing, and for the love of the sound of the instrument itself.

But when I play my instrument with a duo or a group, the factors of what I hear change, mostly because of the obvious fact that I’m not playing my instrument alone, but it hardly stops there. Listening to the other player(s) opens up another part of my emotions, and allows me to “converse” with the other player(s) on a level that is not easily expressed in words. When this happens in a rehearsal setting, it is the time for putting the music together for a presentation before other people, and it gives the players a chance to work out where and how they want the music expressed from themselves, and as a whole.

Once the setting changes to the performance one, my emotions change once again, because now the music is being expressed in front of others, often(but not always) for the first time. For me, everything is heightened in my senses, and my emotions also run deeper as the music is being played before others. The inclusion of an audience adds to the excitement of each moment, and their looks, body language, and vocal expressions add to the high emotions I’m already feeling as the music is being played. It is an exchange of earth vibrations, language and consciousness that mostly is felt by all present, and often falls out of the category of using words to describe the event.

BB

May I cite this or include excerpts of it in my blogpost dealing with great music's ability to bring about the 'O'?

FaThEaD, I would be most pleased for you or anyone to quote or use any of my blogs, including What Happens To Us When We Listen To Music .

Actually I was pleasantly surprised that the system "poked" me when you posted your question since I was hoping more fuzzers would engage and extend the thought-piece.

Your idea of the "0" [void, null?] being part of the experience is intriguing.