Sep
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21st
on making emotional music
Emotion manifests as a result of a composer’s strive towards balance. When the composer achieves an equilibrium with the sound in his composition and the state of his life thus far, the difference between that sound and the listeners’ state is (possibly) manifested as emotion in the listener. (IMhO). An overt attempt to elicit an emotional response in the “general public” isn’t worthy of art and should be saved for jingles, politics and porn. (so there)
