The listener will recognize the experience of a gradual recognition of a piece of music.
Upon first becoming cognizant of the song, perhaps from a distance, the perception is one of an extremely vague and nebulous familiarity. At times this sense of emerging recognition fragments and scatters rather than quickly coming into focus, yet the sounds themselves may gather clarity as mental processes intensify in connecting to memory.
From my perspective this is always a mesmerizing event, and invariably the musical piece itself seems diminished once it is identified. Whereas it began with an impression of mystery and uncanny strangeness, it then ceases to draw the mind in the direction of the unknown and all the elements fall into place and pattern. The actual music, finally grasped, is insignificant in comparison with the perceptual experience that preceded it.
Seize this awareness-- draw upon it to intentionally compose works that evoke such states of unique aesthetic engagement.
Upon first becoming cognizant of the song, perhaps from a distance, the perception is one of an extremely vague and nebulous familiarity. At times this sense of emerging recognition fragments and scatters rather than quickly coming into focus, yet the sounds themselves may gather clarity as mental processes intensify in connecting to memory.
From my perspective this is always a mesmerizing event, and invariably the musical piece itself seems diminished once it is identified. Whereas it began with an impression of mystery and uncanny strangeness, it then ceases to draw the mind in the direction of the unknown and all the elements fall into place and pattern. The actual music, finally grasped, is insignificant in comparison with the perceptual experience that preceded it.
Seize this awareness-- draw upon it to intentionally compose works that evoke such states of unique aesthetic engagement.
