Beyond the sound of things, and into the soul of things.
The vices we had in our youth are almost forgotten memories that can be triggered by music. My thesis is that the intensity of the memory is dependent on the quality and intensity of the music; the ultimate rig would bring back the memory associated with the music in life like detail. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJPJ6SYQ5Fk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJkxFhFRFDA |
I'm a music lover who grew up listening to music from the 60's and 70's, many from a handheld transistor radio. My parents owned a radio that sat on top of our fridge that played mostly one AM station on Sunday mornings and a record player that was supported in a 4 legged cabinet. I got my first (portable) record player for Christmas at 12 years old and with it Diana Ross and the Supremes Christmas Album (Which I still have unscratched) and a 45 from "My Fair Lady" now long lost. My first stereo (one of those record player/AM/FM contraptions) was bought at a pawn shop when I graduated from high school. I say this because not everyone grew up listening to music with great sound quality. Even as adults, not every has the means (or desire) to own vinyl AND its CD duplicate to compare. I have more than a few dozen LP's and their CD counterpart. I love the convenience of CD. I ripped the LP's that have no CD counterpart to my computer with Audacity. Not everyone has a passion to keep vinyl clean or listen to the (rare or many) clicks and pops they present or get up and flip it when one side is done or pay the price it takes to make vinyl sound better that CD. Another thing is with vinyl you HAVE to listen to every song, even if you don't like it. CD, you can skip what you don't like (probably a major reason why CD sells are bottoming out and streaming is so popular). For me, the "soul" is in the music itself. Not how it's transported. Memories can be triggered by music no matter how its transported, vinyl, CD, cassette tape, reel to reel, streamed or live. I've experienced them all at some time or other. I don't insist that one is better than the other for anyone. I know what I like and I'm fine with others enjoying music how ever they like. On another note, not all artists have their music on vinyl. Just think of all the great music we'd miss out on if they didn't exist. |
Curious thinking. We have ''all great music we'd miss out on if they didn't EXIST'' while the ''SOUL of the music EXIST in the music itself''. Identity of any entity exist in itself. This way we don't need to think about the question how properties are possible without any bearer of the property. ''Properties on their own'' so to speak. |
"Properties on their own" A true Platonist.. The FORMS.. things exist in a perfect form beyond our mortal realm, and we see but shadows of them.... My take is our unconscious minds like something, and most folks think it is numinous, when really it is just your own mind, parts you don't really know. Many people give extra weight to bits coming from the unknown parts of their minds. Sometimes this is good, sometimes bad. Good is called genius, bad is called madness. |
