Gutbucket Quest
“Tones are elements of a musical context because and insofar as they are conveyers of a motion that goes through them and beyond them. When we hear music, what we hear is, above all, motions.
—Victor Zuckerkandle, Sound and Symbol Did you ever do something in your life that changed you?” Slim asked. “Like drawing a line in the dirt and stepping over it. And when you do, you’re so different that you look back at it and it was one you on one side of the line, and someone else on the other, so that you don’t know which one is really you?
“I mean, the festival’s tomorrow. It’s like something I’ve wanted to do all my life about, play the blues straight, my own way. Be important. Change things for the better. But I know, I know if I do it, I’ll never be the same again. I’ll be—I don’t know what I’ll be. Someone or something else. Damn it, it’s hard to say what I mean. We’ve been building up to this thing since I got to this world. And I’m excited, but I’m scared, too, I’ve been scared since ...I got here.MoreLess
—Victor Zuckerkandle, Sound and Symbol Did you ever do something in your life that changed you?” Slim asked. “Like drawing a line in the dirt and stepping over it. And when you do, you’re so different that you look back at it and it was one you on one side of the line, and someone else on the other, so that you don’t know which one is really you?
“I mean, the festival’s tomorrow. It’s like something I’ve wanted to do all my life about, play the blues straight, my own way. Be important. Change things for the better. But I know, I know if I do it, I’ll never be the same again. I’ll be—I don’t know what I’ll be. Someone or something else. Damn it, it’s hard to say what I mean. We’ve been building up to this thing since I got to this world. And I’m excited, but I’m scared, too, I’ve been scared since ...I got here.MoreLess
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