Something got me on this train of thought;
it was the film “Source Code”. And the
whole subject of quantum physics, and how this works. What I want to discuss here is in relation to music, looking at
theories and how to apply it to music.
Not just the motion of playing an instrument, although that is of
interest but the idea of as Terry Pratchett puts it. “The trousers of time”.
Which is what has made me think about this in relation to my own musical
journey all these years, and what lead me to this type of music. Not just writing and playing but my overall
decision to play a very minimalist form of Black Metal, and I think this is
were quantum comes in my choice of minimalism.
Say for instance if I had taken lessons or perhaps taught myself bass
guitar would the outcome of what I have done over the last decade be
different? And what would I be like as
a person due to such changes? Its these
pivotal choices that sets one off on all these odd expeditions in life or in
this case a musical quest, I feel that even when playing and when things go
wrong i.e. a bad note coming from a sudden scrambled thought process can upset
part of a song. So if my thoughts were
more controlled a different end result may have been achieved… or maybe not can
it be suggested that quantum physics effects everything we do? It is like when the creative flow has
somewhat dried up and one feels that there is no motion and nothing can done,
it is not like I am still through out this period of inactivity but musically I
am. Picking up a pencil and re writing
a song from over thirty years ago, which I have been doing these last few
days. So does this set quantum off
again? To pick up on something from
long ago a song in fact that was originally recorded in 1981, its on tape and is
stored but now I would like to tap into this again and to experiment with
it. Just to see what the outcome would
be, it would seem the possibilities to theorise with this are endless. Where will it end and to think there are
musicians all over the world creating their own sounds in their own vacuum of
creativity, experimenting with new ideas and the theory behind music and the
need for it too! All this activity and motion of music at different tempos and
styles, in this piece I am more over looking at Metal Music. To keep it in the right ball park as it
were.
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