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Originally Posted by willravel
So because he plays he's right and Webster is wrong?
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Don't misrepresent me, Will. My point was that I was against trying to define music at all...and so it's not "me vs. Webster."
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personal (and of course this changes and deepens as time goes on) definition of music, which I'd like to share but not impose, is: organized sound. To speak up for "those who think three minutes of traffic sounds" is music, well, I do... sort of. To me a lot has to do with the way it's presented. Standing at an intersection isn't music to me. Every once in a while there are events which could be described
as musical, but for me, to really be music, it has to be presented that way, i.e. at a concert or on a recording. At that point, someone has decided to organize the sound.
Doesn't mean I like it or that it's pleasing. Music doesn't have to be pleasing. It's not that simple.