Common to musical forms is a sense of the emotional.
This sense may be communicated in such a way as to induce a cathartic release of inner tension or energy. It may invite empathy with the singer, songwriter and performer, or provide a vicarious sense of romantic adventure. It may offer an uplifting religious or spiritual state of being, or a frisson of intense excitement. Certainly any emotional condition, from joy to sadness, to ecstasy, to fear, may be enhanced by music and sound.
This effect of reinforcing or effecting changes in listeners' emotions is part of the appeal of every musical genre and style of recording and performance.
It is not outside the realm of possibility that, beyond the emotions, consciousness itself might be elevated in conjunction with the experience of a form of music-- or non-music-- as yet to be fully realized.
This sense may be communicated in such a way as to induce a cathartic release of inner tension or energy. It may invite empathy with the singer, songwriter and performer, or provide a vicarious sense of romantic adventure. It may offer an uplifting religious or spiritual state of being, or a frisson of intense excitement. Certainly any emotional condition, from joy to sadness, to ecstasy, to fear, may be enhanced by music and sound.
This effect of reinforcing or effecting changes in listeners' emotions is part of the appeal of every musical genre and style of recording and performance.
It is not outside the realm of possibility that, beyond the emotions, consciousness itself might be elevated in conjunction with the experience of a form of music-- or non-music-- as yet to be fully realized.
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