About My Music – Messages

Messages

There is an old adage that states; “…music is the universal language…”. Regardless of what word-language a person speaks, music, even music without words, can reach to and convey the messages a Composer wishes to send to others. Whether it be a message of peace, joy, comfort, anger, happiness or joy, it is the Composer who is attempting to communicate to others through music. Hopefully, that is a positive message.

Most of us live in our own corner of the world, allowing only those things of interest to us personally to penetrate our “defenses, so to speak. We hide or shy away from those  things, ideas and people that fall outside of our own chosen filters of perception, our likes and dislikes, our tastes and our preferences. Each of us takes the time to interpret and to glean from our experiences those things that help us to make sense of our own world.

Individualized interpretation of music therefor, enables a Composer to send these messages in such a way as to permit an auditory, subjective experience, as gained through the conveyance of the sounds used in a musical work to any listener, so willing, thereby completing the link between each, in this unique form of communication.

It is personal, sometimes, very personal. It can be lighthearted and happy, dark and brooding or any combination of character and ambiance, so as to move us in some emotional and/or physical way. Through your own individual interpretation of a Composers work you can experience the intended message. Sometimes, maybe not in the way the Composer had hoped for, but in your own way, your very own unique way, you receive a message. That is what makes music universal. Each piece of music causes some internal reaction to the listener. Anyone within ear shot of the music will react in some way and no two individuals react to it in the same identical way. Now how cool is that!

Instrumental music is without a doubt, a language understood by the masses where communication can occur without imposing opinions or ideas to others through the chosen lyrics, rather, it affords an open ended interpretation that enables rather than disables.  It activates the internal representations of their own inner and private world, without imposing, through the use of words, to dictate or instruct you on how you should think, feel or interpret.

So it is that I have come to select this form of communication, instrumental music, to talk to you. It is a way for me to share those things I experience in my own life with you. The words, pictures, videos, etc., on my websites give you some external catalyst to maybe take a moment to listen to my music, but, it is in the actual listening of it that you will come to know my art. Also, it is in the listening that you will come to know the journey of the song.

It is my journey to learn more, enough to master the art of musical communication so my meaning and intent is well stated and hopefully, well  received by you.  I hope my efforts to master this form of communication will be to your benefit.

For a more in depth look about my music please review the Pages, About – My Music. I use a far different approach to share with you what it is I do musically in other posts, one that is far less philosophical than what you have found in this message.

I think the most I can hope for from this blog or my other web locations is that you get a chance to at least hear some of my tunes and in doing so I hope you find my music enjoyable, thought provoking and pleasing to your ear.

For now, I offer to you the opportunity to listen to my music at my Official Website at – StringTunes and share in this blog things about me, music and an assortment of other things. I hope you will take a moment to experience how well I have done, how well I am doing at this time and to inform you that I am on a journey of mastering the art of music composition.

Learning is a journey. I am not standing still and neither are you. So, I invite you to come back in a year or so to see where we both have traveled, musically. Maybe by then both of us will have the opportunity of hearing each other and we will both benefit.

Otherwise, if you are here with me now, then I welcome  you. I’d love to hear from you. Your comments are welcomed and I will do my best to respond in a timely manner.

With Highest Regards to You!

Don