Posted by A talk on the nature and value of music given yesterday at a community music event in Gateshead
Music: What is it good for?
In the 1970s, at a time when we were less anxious about many things than we are today, there was a vogue for adventure playgrounds in which young people could scramble about, get dirty, build dens and invent games with only minimal adult supervision. It was a good idea, I think: we all need a bit of freedom and wildness, if we are to grow. Most of the adventure playgrounds have gone or been sanitised to meet the standards of today’s more fearful culture. Music, though, cannot be tamed. It is one of our very best adventure playgrounds. Music. What is good for? Playing.
To read the full text of this talk, given at the 2014 Sage Gateshead and Sound Sense community music event, click on the link below.
- Music: What is it good for? (PDF, 6 pages, small file 117kb)
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