Thursday, December 11, 2003

 

Musicing about music

Lisa Rein, a musician and activist recently said:

"I believe that music is a good way to approach the emotional side of these controversial political issues. I believe that the cultural aspects of, for instance, copyright -- and the common man's loss of our history and heritage in exchange for big business to make more money on it's intellectual property -- are explained better through song."

This relates to two things I've been thinking about. One of my previous professors mentioned that I might be a good one to "music about music." I'm still not sure what that meant, but I'm getting a little better idea after reading the quote above. The other is that I've chosen to teach Iran in a Music of Asia course because I hope to get into the "hot" issues through music, thus bypassing some of the presumptions and prejudices which can pop up if you address the same issues directly.

posted by Charles 6:13 PM --