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From:
Darshan M. Jesrani
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Date:
01 Mar 1994 19:04:57 -0400 (EDT)
Subject:
Re: Emoting
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A few things off the top of my head that move me are Autechre's '444', AA's 'Mountain Goat', Aphex Twin's 'XTAL', Frank De Wulf's mix of The Orb's 'Blue Room', etc.. There are a few others; I like Jam & Spoon's 'Stella' a lot, and 'Camargue' by CJ Bolland is really nice too (although it's really basic - I think those opening chords are really great). I dunno - all those songs definitely capture a mood and make me feel, but nothing has succeeded in really making me crazy. I suppose another thing to consider is that the listening experience with respect to emotion is very circumstantial - it's not only the music that affects the way the listener feels while listening - I often find that I attach particular feelings and/or memories to certain songs which make listening to them that much more powerful. I suppose that a good song will naturally act as a medium for the transfer of feelings/memories back and forth from the listener. I suppose a good song will also act as a medium for the transfer and communication of feelings from the artist to the listener as well. I don't really have many ideas on how the two modes of communi- cation interact while listening (the listener's own emotional attachments vs. the artist's communication) but the results are potentially beautiful. Darshan All this talk makes me want to leave school and go make music.. Damn..