2016-06-20

Music of the Soul

What does NJ Kpopper mean by music of the soul? There is music that is influential, music that is great, music that is fun, music that is memorable. All great categories of music. Some of the world's finest musicians fall into these categories. But I think that each person will have their own music of the soul, something that is very particular to them. There is music that influences a person, penetrates and changes them, but can retain its effect without requiring any relistening, or even remaining as an actual favorite. Music of the soul is something that you respond to EVERY time in a deep and visceral way. That music is somehow just right for evoking a sympathetic vibration in the heart of the listener. For NJ Kpopper, the few musicians that fall in that category are surprisingly different, but all exhibit Sincerity (as described in a previous post), искренность, as a paramount virtue. There can be no fakery or preening display in music of the soul. But there is something even beyond that which I am still struggling to put words to. One can only evoke it, in a poem or something, which would have to appear later in a place other than this blog.

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