Interlude: Chapters 1 and 2

Random perceptions.

Interlude

Chapter 1

Inevitably someone asks me, “How do you play guitar" and "make sound come out of it".  This is a hard question to answer.  It takes practice, of course.  But, it also takes an intangible talent and an innate dexterity.  Sadly, few are born with these. Yet, the good news is anyone may become technically proficient in music, and with an instrument.  Anyone may create music.   I simply want to be realistic when I say, “NOT EVERYONE IS A MUSICIAN.”

 I have an easy test to determine if  your dexterity is up to par for playing an instrument. 

Ask yourself, "When I use the television remote, do I have to look at it?" 

If answered, “Now that you mention it... NO! I do not look at the ‘clicker’!” odds are you can learn to play an instrument, and, at least grow to become  technically proficient.

 

Interlude

Chapter 2

Am I correct in assuming, that the movie scenes most often remembered and quoted, are not necessarily memorable because of their music?  The most popular movie of the year, may not be acknowledged for its musical score.  Even today there is a disparity among the mainstream Awards and the lesser known, more ambiguous, Oscar Awards.   Two awards, of which are for “Best Original Score”, and “Best Adaptation Score”. 

Two?  Only two awards to acknowledge a category so important, and essential? A category already dwarfed in comparison to the likes of “Best Actor”, and “Best Adapted Screenplay”.  This seems a huge disservice, as is normally the case.  That which is most important often goes unnoticed until it is gone, taken, or removed.  Save a few exceptions, I may say this with complete certainty.  Minus their musical accompaniment, these “Screen Gems” may have left far less an impact, and imprint on Popular Culture… if any at all.  It is music which sets a mood, the ambience, and the tone of an experience.  It helps in the processing of our own personal experiences.  Simply, music fleshes out and defines, audibly, the human condition.   At times, I feel music and its application even border on dictation and manipulation of our naturally self-aware and reflective minds.   Our primitive brain may be so easily subdued and persuaded