zen & music

cartesia · Post by **cartesia** » Tue May 27, 2008 4:58 am

minimalism, zen, taoism, etc..

All these things are related in my mind, in a sort of 'beauty does not have to be a complicated thing' kind of way.

I'm wondering if anyone has any links to articles that talk about these things in relation to music..

(Drewzle you out there? you always seem to have a lot of links to various articles)

ColeRockLee · Post by **ColeRockLee** » Tue May 27, 2008 5:07 am

Just listen

what you can not hear

is the answer.

drewzle · Post by **drewzle** » Wed May 28, 2008 8:18 am

sorry man...i'm drawing a blank :/

i'll definitely post in here if i come across something
those concepts interest me alot too

fauna · Post by **fauna** » Wed May 28, 2008 2:00 pm

i read "zen guitar" by philip toshio sudo. it was good; had a really open perspective on music creation (obviously) that could be applied to nearly any instrument. here's an amazon fing:
http://www.amazon.com/Zen-Guitar-Philip ... 068483877X

i also have received a lot of inspiration from brian eno's "oblique strategies", which are cards (and i fink there's an online version) with opaque sayings on them...you get blocked in the studio, pull a card, do what it says. uh...here:
http://www.rtqe.net/ObliqueStrategies/

and, of course, there's the dhammapada, which is obviously not specifically related to music, but certainly has application.

this is the sound of my two cents clapping.

drewzle · Post by **drewzle** » Wed May 28, 2008 10:35 pm

^ yeah, the Oblique Strategies are very nice. they are pre-loaded into Bhajis Loops - one of the strategies appears on screen for you to contemplate while the file Saves. there's been some great synchronicity there, sage advice for my current musical predicament : )

vivi pedraglio · Post by **vivi pedraglio** » Thu May 29, 2008 12:00 am

cartesia:
zen and music...from japan, is one myspace friend....i like that kaolimba!!

http://www.myspace.com/kaolimba

big kiss, vivi.

Euclid Ov Oåklånd · Thu May 29, 2008 12:07 am

That's tight I love kalimba's, but his are amped.

vivi pedraglio · Post by **vivi pedraglio** » Thu May 29, 2008 12:09 am

i think yes...

....i want one!!!!

....with my sps LIVE!! :idea:

SaintElsewhere · Post by **SaintElsewhere** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 3:25 am

Zen Guitar is a great book. One of the first books I found when I first started playing music, lucky for me.

Dare I suggest The Art of War? Applies to hitting the streets and performing as well as playing music.

And the Book of The Tao, the writings of CHuang-tzu.

The Dancing Wu-Li Masters is about the connection between modern physics and Eastern Philosophy. May be a bit more than you were asking for, but it's very cool to see how the the entire western world's system of thought has completely undermined itself...

btw I studied Eastern Philosophy for a couple years before dropping out (;

I had a professor who always used to say "Minimalism is great and all... until you start to over-do it." Still makes me smile.

606man · Post by **606man** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 3:56 am

http://www.trance.edu/drupal/node/29

Link to a site that talks about this stuff. Sorry if I've posted the link before (can't remember at the moment - very big weekend lol).

Euclid Ov Oåklånd · Post by **Euclid Ov Oåklånd** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 5:38 am

You always have great tips and links 606man.

cartesia · Post by **cartesia** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 7:27 am

606man wrote:http://www.trance.edu/drupal/node/29

Link to a site that talks about this stuff. Sorry if I've posted the link before (can't remember at the moment - very big weekend lol).

have already scoured that site!

its a good one tho