It is always interesting when the two opposites come together. Clarity and Noise. Live Music and Electronic Music. Purposeful and Random Music. Sometimes it makes wondrous things such as the beauty in the black and white contrast in the yin and yan symbol. And other times, the noise and the randomness take over and distort the product. But when they come together in the right proportions and with the right intentions, amazing art and a splendor of colors and sounds can come about.
Recently, in our seminar class, Derek, Zack, and Prof. Baldwin did just this. Derek with his live guitar, Zach with a computer generated keyboard, and Baldwin with his unique brain waves. What came out as a result was a sound that I had mixed feelings for. Art is about expression. But for me, the conglomerate of sound was just too overwhelming. The distortions, the clouded sounds made my mind feel confused and utterly lost. And I suppose that may be a purpose of art, but my personal preference is the clear art that makes me reflect and think about the artists and their thoughts. What was conveyed was the extreme waves and distortions and randomness in the waves, and I understood that perfectly. However, i feel like because of all the confusion and discordant sounds present at a single time, I found it interesting for one moment, and then after that it just felt even more confusing.
I do think there is an application for sound made by brain waves and live music. But I can’t help thinking that together for an entire length of a song might just be erratic, at least for me. A little bit of noise is good, but too much just distorts the performance. And because of this, I found Zach and Dereks’s mesh of electronic music and live guitar a bit more appealing. But of course, this is solely my own opinion, and an experiment that turned out to help me discover a bit about myself, even if that was not the intention of the improv performance.
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