Each tribe has its own music. The men stay up to ward off predators by singing around the campfire. Music is communal. It’s almost ironic that today technology and culture have taken us to where we all have our little ear-buds and we listen to music in private, given that for tens of thousands of years, the only way music was experienced by humanity was communally. Everyone played music with each other. There wasn’t a separate audience and performer. And dancing was always a part of music making. It was a big communal activity.I think our nature, as you were pointing out with the mirror neurons, is to move when we hear music. To move with people and to have it be part of a group experience.
Light Cue 23
Notes from the Drafting Table
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