What Are You Listening To?

[trbc08]

My philosophy in terms of music is decidedly postmodern. I find that it is impossible to define what music "is," just as with the theory of relativity and the thought of many 20th century philosophers it is impossible to say, definitively, that "A is A, A is not B" etc. I also think the idea of collective freeform improvisation, inspired by the twelve tone method which places no emphasis on any note in the chromatic scale (and in free jazz, no emphasis on a particular instrument) is extremely anarchic and socialist in nature, which appeals to me, and could potentially be very spiritual. As far as making music and my low level of skill at playing instruments, I've always been interested in improvisation moreso than writing an immortal melody or what have you.

Sorry for the pretentious psychobabble on my part.