[MD] Ham on Esthesia

[Stephen Hannon]

[Ham]
Hmmn.  Interesting.  I'm not a performer, but I can be stirred by a
Tchaikovsky symphony after numerous hearings.  I have collected all six on
disc, plus the so-called "7th" which is a reconstruction of his 2nd & 3rd
Piano Concertos and some lesser known works.  I must have heard the last
three 50 times or more since I was 12 -- some in live performances.  My love
for this composer never diminishes.  According to your theory, though, this
is high-grade "static" quality, not DQ.

[Steve H]
Good points.  Well, I don't think those recordings ever change, but
maybe it has something to do with the way we listen to music.
Something about how we are "in the mood" for different kinds of music.
 I might listen to, say, Hilary Hahn's Bach Concertos every day for a
few weeks, then put it away for awhile, then get it out maybe a month
later, etc...  I guess we are the Dynamic entity here, while the
recordings are static.

Also, I think one can focus on different parts of the music to listen
for, and thus have a different experience.  "Strawberry Fields
Forever" comes to mind, because I never picked out "I buried Paul"
until I read about it.  Same thing when I learned that "Dancing in the
Streets" by Martha and the Vandellas was about race riots.

So basically, there is something Dynamic about the human mind that
causes us to experience those static recordings differently, resulting
in new Dynamic experiences each time.  I'm not a psychologist, though,
so I don't know what.  Any thoughts?

Regards,
Steve H

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