Comments on: Like in a Song.

By: richard stuverud

richard stuverud — Mon, 16 May 2011 16:38:23 +0000

it still amazes me to reflect on the song and it’s importance. such an incredible way to communicate.
lightnin’ hopkins once said, “with the blues, there is a feeling, and sometimes that feeling gets you real bad”.
i think what he was talking about are the very heartstrings that can get pulled. from the perspective of the singer, the songwriter and ultimately and intimately to the listener.
talk about vibrations bridging the gap between people. between cultures. between differences.
i love the diversity amongst songs in the sense that so many messages, thoughts and feelings are catapulted into the ether.
what was expressed by the songwriter lyrically may mean something totally different to the listener.
and when we get into the asthetics of the recording processes and how each musician will interpret a song, which dictates their own ideas of what their part should be, it gets real interesting…even if their part is not playing a part.
more later…

By: Robbi

Robbi — Thu, 12 May 2011 20:55:45 +0000

Yes Carol, although i am reminded of the first time you took me to the MOCA in Los Angeles, when we stepped outside i felt as if something in me had changed – i could see more clearly the edges of things, of sounds, of colors and shapes, contrasts, compliments, and life all around me glistened… an atmosphere birthed of me fresh awareness…this all beyond the physical plane that the pieces of art resided in…i remember you saying that therapy really took place after the 50minute session with a therapist – on the way home and for days after…it seems art is like that..like a glass of water that nourishes in unseen ways the whole psychosomatic network. ….yea like a glass of water!

By: Carol nathan levin

Carol nathan levin — Thu, 12 May 2011 19:18:22 +0000

It is fascinating that a song once released from the the original dreamer, goes through the ether and becomes “common property” in the sense that we all can carry it around in our heads once we know it .unlike a visual image which is locked into the material plain.and can only really be experienced when we are in direct contact with it ……or in memory ,but a song we can embody and it can vibrate through us even though it originated through someone else
I often think about this ,loved your explanation ….

By: Tim Parr

Tim Parr — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 21:45:18 +0000

You write So eloquently my broer.I feel what you are comunicating.thanks for the link.big Love to you all,T