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The origin of music: pre-written?

CrescentShadow	Date: August 7, 2004 @ 9:23 PM I read a quote from a band one time (I think it was Maudlin of the Well) and the guitarist had a theory of "pre-written music." This is the theory that music is already planned out, by some divinity or essence of the universe, and musicians are just the comunicators between the "music" deminsion and our own. This suggests that we are all destined to create our songs at a certain time, and in a certain way. I've thought about this theory a lot, especially while my songs are coming together. "Coming together" - I rarely WRITE my songs, they... happen. Just today I was messing around on my guitar and was writing down the riffs I was playing, and they flowed perfectly, and evovled into parts of a song. It was all really subconscious. I had no intention of writing a song or doing any riffing today for that matter. I often describe messing around on guitar as "finding riffs." It feels like the riffs are already there, you just have to uncover them. Which is why I am a believer of the pre-written music theory.
Cryxan	Date: August 7, 2004 @ 10:11 PM Interesting concept. I think back to a journal azhaz one posted that evolved into a huge discussion on why do we have such an emotional reaction to music.
Zsammy	Date: August 7, 2004 @ 11:27 PM so you would say that bob dylan is not necessarrily a tallented musician, he just passes along messages in a less distorted mannar than perhaps some of us could. well, if i may RESPECTFULLY disagree with you. although i will concede that much of our music and the process of creating music is out of our hands, i do not believe that a "higher being" has much to do with it either. it is my opinion that, assuming there IS a higher being, he/she/it/they is(are), more than likely, not as interested in our dealings as we'd lead each other to believe. we must certainly be a grain of sand on the cosmic beach to the gods. but that's my opinion besides, if you write a killer tune, would you rather i congratulate you? or a god? anyway. hope you don't mind me disagreeing with you. very interesting topic. i dig
CrescentShadow	Date: August 8, 2004 @ 1:17 AM I dont really blieve that a GOD creates the music, its more like the music is.. THERE.. like an essence of the universe, but part of another deminsion or something.
Cryxan	Date: August 8, 2004 @ 4:38 AM Plato just called to me from the other side and asked me to post this for him here on his behalf. There is a perfect musical creation, but it only exists outside of our world. Our creations are merely attempts to imitate that perfection, even though we can never achieve it in this existence. /steps out of medium role
ShakerGreen	Date: August 8, 2004 @ 12:22 PM Interesting Topic, "My" take on it is two-fold, 1st. Take a listen to nature, Birds,wind,Thunder,waves,wolves, mosquitos,crickets,rain, so on and so on, well they are all making "natural" Music, We as Pee Poles, learn from exposure and experience and then evolve, so before we had any instruments "electrinic or acoustic," we at least had rocks and sticks and some grunts,, which progressed to skins and whistles, then to fruity loops. it was, and is and always will be a form of "communication". 2nd part: Why don't people take,accept responsibility for thier actions? "You" made the song. inspiration is everything, but "you" made the song. no need to look for a scapgoat, that only happens when week people are guilty of something, and don't wanna do the time. "the devil made me do it" Wow too many siil bulls for this time of the mornin.
MickeyBreezy	Date: August 8, 2004 @ 2:09 PM c, the way i c it is that i create my muzik, not sum superior force. the thought of this theory is actually kinda kool 2 think about tho, even tho i dont buy in2 it. but mos def kool stuff Cresent.
Alexi1337	Date: August 18, 2004 @ 9:51 PM That's an interesting theory man. "These chords brought to you by manifest destiny" hehe.
LordAndrew	Date: August 19, 2004 @ 12:23 AM "Theres an invisible world out there and we are all living in it"
LordAndrew	Date: August 19, 2004 @ 12:24 AM "Theres an invisible world out there and we are all living in it"
GTLive	Date: August 19, 2004 @ 2:19 AM I think it all started when Ug banged a rock against his wife's head, and liked the thumping noise it made. I think he looked kinda like Ringo, but am not sure. Next thing you know we got people blaming God for Bob Dylan's work.