Space and time are measurements of convenience.
Auditory perception structures environments, and our positions in them, according to such things as the placement or origin of sounds, their intensity, and their meaning. Near and far, quiet or loud, sounds inform the listener in ways gross and subtle, simple and complex.
Processing spoken and written language and listening to music engage the intellect and emotions in communications practically infinite in scope, and they generally adhere to the technical "grammar" of their respective modes of communication, as do mathematics and the arts and sciences.
Communication is but one aspect of life, and one exceedingly dominant in contemporary living. One must, at times, consciously make time to contemplate, to ruminate, to reflect, to muse. Such music as would heighten these faculties of consciousness would not be have to be content-specific, and might be more akin to environmental sounds structured in part by the listener's perception than to typical musical arrangements and song forms.
Perhaps it can only be called music as a matter of convenience, and it will be considered something else entirely in the future.
Auditory perception structures environments, and our positions in them, according to such things as the placement or origin of sounds, their intensity, and their meaning. Near and far, quiet or loud, sounds inform the listener in ways gross and subtle, simple and complex.
Processing spoken and written language and listening to music engage the intellect and emotions in communications practically infinite in scope, and they generally adhere to the technical "grammar" of their respective modes of communication, as do mathematics and the arts and sciences.
Communication is but one aspect of life, and one exceedingly dominant in contemporary living. One must, at times, consciously make time to contemplate, to ruminate, to reflect, to muse. Such music as would heighten these faculties of consciousness would not be have to be content-specific, and might be more akin to environmental sounds structured in part by the listener's perception than to typical musical arrangements and song forms.
Perhaps it can only be called music as a matter of convenience, and it will be considered something else entirely in the future.
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