Klarinet Archive - Posting 000972.txt from 2000/12

From: Bilwright@-----.net (William Wright)
Subj: Re: [kl] Performance [was, Peplowski continued]
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 15:01:16 -0500

<><> The only thing is, when you say, 'If you had a hand in
forging consensus' -- who is this 'you', and with whom are you forging
consensus? What if there were no audience?

....well, I was responding to the situation where there is an
audience and therefore there are (or may be) constraints placed on the
player that don't exist when a person is playing for himself or herself
alone. This was part of my thought about how creativity is still
creativity regardless of the context.
Actually, I *do* feel that I talk with myself when I play, even if
there is an audience. If I like what I hear, then I make it part of
myself, otherwise I reject it. There's only one of me --- I'm not a
multiple personality -- so perhaps the term 'consensus' doesn't apply,
exactly.

I'm not sure that I understand your question about "Who is this
'you'?" I suppose I could make a wisecrack about multiple
personality, or perhaps conscious-me vs. subconscious-me, but I don't
think that's what you mean (above), is it?

<><> which bit of you counts as the 'performer' -- the conscious
part, or
the unconscious part?

Now we're back to my theme that thought involves crosstalk between
the various senses --- regardles f whether we're discussing rational
thought or musical thought or whatever. It doesn't make sense (to me)
to claim that only one part of me is responsible for a particular
output.
I agree with what you've said in other messages about how the
subconscious contributes to the playing and how this is absolutely
necessary because the conscious has its own bandwidth limits; but it
seems to me that the more one part of me knows about the other parts,
the better.
This discussion may seem like 'college dorm metaphysics' to some
people on this list; but to me, it is part of the reason why playing
music is enjoyable. You get to know yourself more completely. Both
speech and music *are* languages that allow the various parts to
approach each other.

Cheers,
Bill

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