05 Jun Vibrations
Why?
That question has been haunting me for quite a while.
Yet, I guess I still couldn’t find an answer even though I’ve been thinking about it through and through.
Why music is what it is? Why it can move people in such a way? Why simply playing a guitar can mean so much for someone?
I don’t know.
Music comes from notes. Notes are sounds. Sounds are waves. It’s simply the air vibrating around us. Isn’t it so weird? How exactly these somewhat random vibrations can turn into such a beautiful thing? HOW?
Magic?
Maybe.
Why can music mean so much for someone? I repeat that question.
Vibrations. That is the key word. It can mean a lot of things. But let’s take the literal meaning for now.
When we grab a guitar, what do we do? We hit the strings and make them vibrate. What else? Why do we do that? What do we expect from it?
“Vibrations”
And now I’m not taking only the literal meaning of the word. Yes. We expect vibes. Good or bad, smooth or aggressive, sad or cheerful… We want to feel something. But is it just that?
No.
Playing a guitar also means manipulate the “vibrations”. We want to control them. We want to feel the strings under our fingers, feel them crash against each other when doing a bend, make the vibrations get out of control when doing a vibrato and, at the same time, try to keep them under your power. That’s it.
We want to have our emotions under our power. This is why.
We want to yell to the world that we are not passive. We can speak. Some speak through words, some through images, movies, stories, romances… Some speak through war, through violence. But we speak through “vibrations”.
We want to hear ourselves speaking. We want to hear our own “vibrations”.
We want to touch the strings and wait until the vibrations come back at us. We want to feel every bit of this new magic world our minds and hands created. We want to taste every bit of it: to hear the translation of the feelings that are singing inside our mind.
Now… Why do we love gear then? We love collecting guitar, amps, pedals, gadgets… Why? Just because of the happiness of getting something new (“old”, in a few cases – lol)? Like buying new expensive clothes, a big luxury car?
No.
Because we want to get the sounds we have in our mind. And gear is what allows us to do that. Gear is our weaponry. Guitars are like our swords. They stimulate us to get better. It boosts our confidence like a spell. When we hold a great guitar, it’s like it gives us a nod and tells us that it won’t let you down.
And we also want to have something more “physical” to put our love into. We want to attach ourselves physically with music. This is why we love gear. It’s the only “tangible” part of the equation.
And music isn’t only about notes and gear. It’s about rhythm too. Rhythm is measured by beats, right?. Ever wondered why the steady and repetitive percussive sounds can be so meaningful too? Why do we groove?
Because our heart beats too.
It can change its pace, but it never stops beating. If it stops, it’s because it’s the end.
The very same happens to music.
If we hear music, if we can feel it, love it, even though it is just vibration, we can know for sure that we are alive, because we are experience the very “true” magic. .
So… Music is life?
Life is music?
Music is magic?
No.
It is everything.
Back to my first question: “Why?”
No. Not “why”. There’s not a “because” to answer that.
It simply IS.
So, just groove along with it. 😀
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What was this? I’m not sure myself. Just felt like writing it. 😛
Cheers!
JaiminhoPagina
andre peralta
Posted at 02:25h, 16 Mayhii 🙂 my name is andre too, that was quite deep andre did you were inspired by something? or you just felt like writing it? i was very entertained reading it, it was amazing i have learn alot from you, here and at your website (mostly ac/dc) cheers 🙂
TORVICK
Posted at 00:53h, 10 JuneAmazing as always. There is so much passion here… Love it! KEEP ON ROOOOCKING ^^
Ant
Posted at 12:52h, 06 JuneDeep man, realy deep 😀
I always wondered why there is existance (meaning of life so to speak), just because we can i suppose 😛
AngusRudd1019
Posted at 06:49h, 06 JuneMy dad is looking into Majoring in Music Therapy if anyone knows what that is…Using music to develop the brain
Ant
Posted at 13:07h, 06 Junesimple answer! pure hard ACDC just fall asleep when its on 🙂
LedSabbath
Posted at 05:14h, 06 JuneThe answer is Physics.
banane
Posted at 06:52h, 06 JuneSheldon, is that you?
😉
banane
Posted at 23:44h, 05 JuneAwesome writing, Andre!
rjofig
Posted at 23:29h, 05 JuneNice essay, Jaiminho 🙂
(and there’s “string theory” in physics, that the most elementary particles in the universe are tiny vibrating lines)
Cheers
NathanBrazil
Posted at 22:39h, 05 JuneAMAZING!! Nice text Fil, rlly enjoyed reading this one.
See ya!
banane
Posted at 23:45h, 05 JuneHello Nathan, that wasn’t Fil writing it, it was our Andre (JaiminhoPagina) 🙂
NathanBrazil
Posted at 04:12h, 13 DecemberSorry for that Andre!! Still amazing what you`v wrote!