Writing Songs

I consider music to be an interactive art , like a dialogue . Interactive in the sense that I would receive and respond to it subjectively and actively , in various different manners , depending on my moods and values , my taste and my cultural background , but most of all depending on my sensibility . I am very selective , but also very eclectic in my musical tastes : I cannot say I have a favorite genre or band . But there is a sum of elements that touch me in particular . Objectively , music is known to combine vocal or instrumental

sounds for beauty of form or emotional expression , usually according to cultural standards of rhythm melody , and , in most Western music , HYPERLINK "http /www .answers .com /harmony " harmony

What touches me first and foremost is the rhythm . In this sense , I am a beat maniac and the sound of drums , battery , or base , or any underlying cadence or tempo caused by percussion , even in random patterns (like atonal music or street sounds ) makes a visceral echo in my blood and humors . I remember a quote from Richard Baker , stating that rhythm is intrinsic to human condition , that the discovery of song ) owed its origin to a human impulse which lies much deeper than conscious intention : the need for rhythm in life ' In this sense I am especially moved by genres like African or Gypsy tribal music , Trip hop downtempo , bolero ( the most popular lyric tradition in Latin America , according to Morales ) which give me an existential experience by the way the rhythm waves a story

Following the concept of rhythm , there is the pitch coded by the audio frequency . I am touched by low or bass frequencies , like Sergei Prokofiev 's Op . 64 Romeo and Juliet , where the bass pitches give depth and momentous significance to the piece . I know that low frequencies make the sound powerful and warm , while midrange frequencies give sound its energy , rendering a great emotional and narrative power to the pitch . Such type of music can essentially become therapeutic , I believe What I call sound therapy ' is a therapy of sturdy rhythm and deep tones , which works in a cathartic way , almost like an external catalyst for the emotions and even creative drive

Finally , acoustics sets the spatial dimension of music . Essentially , I feel that music is globally immersive for the human being , itself lead by pulse , and rhythm . I have selected this minimal , but essential list : a strong rhythm (the more unpredictable the better , a lower pitch and a surround-system type of acoustics . I also need it to be authentic plural , capricious on the intellectual side . This makes music an irreplaceable significant other for me

References

Baker , Richard , Quotegarden , October 3 , 2007 .Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Encyclopzhdia

Bordwell , David Thompson , Kristin . Film Art : An Introduction . New York McGraw Hill , 2004

Britannica , Inc , 2006 . Answers .com 03 Oct . 2007

Morales , Ed . The Latin Beat . Cambridge : Da Capo Press , 2003

Owen , Harold . Music Theory Resource Book . Oxford : Oxford University Press , 2000

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