When studying the earlier forms of music, such as the folk music traditions of any culture, a clear pattern emerges. Music is all about community.
It is used in times of celebration and mourning, times of uprising and times of peace. It speaks to us on a level that spoken words cannot.
How does it work?
Musicians form 'bands' - essentially groups of like-minded people with a common vision. Bands perform for 'audiences' who for the duration of the performance seem to naturally become a unit, they put their differences
aside to participate in the experience of the music with the musicians. Through all of this relationships are formed and bonds created - sometimes ones that last a lifetime.
How does it work?
Musicians form 'bands' - essentially groups of like-minded people with a common vision. Bands perform for 'audiences' who for the duration of the performance seem to naturally become a unit, they put their differences
aside to participate in the experience of the music with the musicians. Through all of this relationships are formed and bonds created - sometimes ones that last a lifetime.
Society cannot but benefit from this sort of unification, and for me, if music serves that purpose and that purpose alone, it is an honour to participate in it.
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