Comments on: Hiding Away, Writing, And Listening To Cassandra Wilson Day http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/09/15/hiding-away-writing-and-listening-to-cassandra-wilson-day/ Random samplings from a universe of ideas. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:09:16 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Plato http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/09/15/hiding-away-writing-and-listening-to-cassandra-wilson-day/comment-page-1/#comment-3536 Plato Mon, 19 Sep 2005 14:11:31 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/09/15/hiding-away-writing-and-listening-to-cassandra-wilson-day/#comment-3536 The music sets the stage for a inspirative surge for the essence of mathematics and deep thinking Non! <a href="http://eskesthai.blogspot.com/2005/06/music-in-platos-academy.html" rel="nofollow">Every Platonist</a> would know this?: ) The music sets the stage for a inspirative surge for the essence of mathematics and deep thinking Non! Every Platonist would know this?: )

]]> By: Jocelyn http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/09/15/hiding-away-writing-and-listening-to-cassandra-wilson-day/comment-page-1/#comment-3535 Jocelyn Mon, 19 Sep 2005 00:22:52 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/09/15/hiding-away-writing-and-listening-to-cassandra-wilson-day/#comment-3535 I also cannot do writing work with lyrics I understand, but I can with languages I don't know very well. I have a playlist entitled "singing, non-english" for listening to if I want to hear vocals while I work. I also cannot do writing work with lyrics I understand, but I can with languages I don’t know very well. I have a playlist entitled “singing, non-english” for listening to if I want to hear vocals while I work.

]]> By: Clifford http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/09/15/hiding-away-writing-and-listening-to-cassandra-wilson-day/comment-page-1/#comment-3534 Clifford Fri, 16 Sep 2005 13:27:49 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/09/15/hiding-away-writing-and-listening-to-cassandra-wilson-day/#comment-3534 Hi Moshe, jepe, Words and voices don't seem to bother me....but maybe it is once it has become really familiar....not sure. I have diferent moods...sometimes I must just listen entirely to piano. So last week I had a "Mendelsshon's Songs Without Words Day", for example, and I've had "Bud Powell and Thelonius Monk Days" in the past, and will in the future. When it is vocal music, it has to be of the right sort...otherwise it would be distracting... Cassandra works for me maybe because of the way she fits with the music so well; she not just singing on top of it, she's inside it. And yes, it sometimes helps to switch gears and get into the "zone".. Suz! Go out right now and get her last...listen to samples at the links I gave.... She reworks a lot of songs into masterpieces...With "Time after Time", she fully completed the transformation on it that Miles Davis began....Get "Glamoured", say....or "New Moon Daughter" or several of the other later albums for these multiple-genre reworkings... you'll be laughing and in tears....its great. And let me know what you think! -cvj Hi Moshe, jepe,

Words and voices don’t seem to bother me….but maybe it is once it has become really familiar….not sure. I have diferent moods…sometimes I must just listen entirely to piano. So last week I had a “Mendelsshon’s Songs Without Words Day”, for example, and I’ve had “Bud Powell and Thelonius Monk Days” in the past, and will in the future. When it is vocal music, it has to be of the right sort…otherwise it would be distracting… Cassandra works for me maybe because of the way she fits with the music so well; she not just singing on top of it, she’s inside it.

And yes, it sometimes helps to switch gears and get into the “zone”..

Suz! Go out right now and get her last…listen to samples at the links I gave…. She reworks a lot of songs into masterpieces…With “Time after Time”, she fully completed the transformation on it that Miles Davis began….Get “Glamoured”, say….or “New Moon Daughter” or several of the other later albums for these multiple-genre reworkings… you’ll be laughing and in tears….its great. And let me know what you think!

-cvj

]]> By: Suz http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/09/15/hiding-away-writing-and-listening-to-cassandra-wilson-day/comment-page-1/#comment-3533 Suz Fri, 16 Sep 2005 12:53:22 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/09/15/hiding-away-writing-and-listening-to-cassandra-wilson-day/#comment-3533 1. I love Pretty Girl blog style. 2. I love the one song Cassandra Wilson song I have, her version of "Time afte Time." 1. I love Pretty Girl blog style.
2. I love the one song Cassandra Wilson song I have, her version of “Time afte Time.”

]]> By: jepe http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/09/15/hiding-away-writing-and-listening-to-cassandra-wilson-day/comment-page-1/#comment-3532 jepe Fri, 16 Sep 2005 12:47:21 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/09/15/hiding-away-writing-and-listening-to-cassandra-wilson-day/#comment-3532 ditto Moshe-- As time goes on, I find if I"m writing, music is essential but there can be no voices. A long time ago, I could listen to King Crimson's 'Elephant Talk' while writing a paper but, now, no chance. Voices in the hall are really bad too. I prefer to shut the door, but then supposedly this gives students a bad impression that one is now 'inacessible'. On the other hand, when I'm working in the lab, then music w/voices is MUCH preferred. Clifford, you touch on another subject; switching mental gears after highly stimulating committee work. For myself, at some point I' like to do some research but the time & political energy drain for committee/infrastructure work can be quite parasitic. Does music help you switch gears quicker and provide motivation? ditto Moshe– As time goes on, I find if I”m writing, music is essential but there can be no voices. A long time ago, I could listen to King Crimson’s ‘Elephant Talk’ while writing a paper but, now, no chance. Voices in the hall are really bad too. I prefer to shut the door, but then supposedly this gives students a bad impression that one is now ‘inacessible’. On the other hand, when I’m working in the lab, then music w/voices is MUCH preferred.

Clifford, you touch on another subject; switching mental gears after highly stimulating committee work. For myself, at some point I’ like to do some research but the time & political energy drain for committee/infrastructure work can be quite parasitic. Does music help you switch gears quicker and provide motivation?

]]> By: Moshe Rozali http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/09/15/hiding-away-writing-and-listening-to-cassandra-wilson-day/comment-page-1/#comment-3531 Moshe Rozali Fri, 16 Sep 2005 12:17:26 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/09/15/hiding-away-writing-and-listening-to-cassandra-wilson-day/#comment-3531 It's curious, Clifford, I never found it possible to concentrate with a human voice in the background, I thought that was a general phenomena. I listen to music constantly when working, but it cannot involve singing (or too many of those crescendos , which excludes almost all romantic era music...). Similarly I am fine with all kinds of construction constantly going on, but a conversation in the adjacent office will throw me off. (apologies, stuck here at O'Hare with wireless, lots of time and nothing to do...) It’s curious, Clifford, I never found it possible to concentrate with a human voice in the background, I thought that was a general phenomena. I listen to music constantly when working, but it cannot involve singing (or too many of those crescendos , which excludes almost all romantic era music…). Similarly I am fine with all kinds of construction constantly going on, but a conversation in the adjacent office will throw me off.

(apologies, stuck here at O’Hare with wireless, lots of time and nothing to do…)

]]> By: Clifford http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/09/15/hiding-away-writing-and-listening-to-cassandra-wilson-day/comment-page-1/#comment-3530 Clifford Fri, 16 Sep 2005 04:35:14 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/09/15/hiding-away-writing-and-listening-to-cassandra-wilson-day/#comment-3530 Hi cassandra (of no relation to the blog subject), Thanks for the Cassandra-esque warning. But I've probably been slightly nuts for quite a long time now, so it's ok... ;-) Check out the link at the bottom of the post for why I did it in that style. Cheers, -cvj Hi cassandra (of no relation to the blog subject),

Thanks for the Cassandra-esque warning. But I’ve probably been slightly nuts for quite a long time now, so it’s ok… ;-)

Check out the link at the bottom of the post for why I did it in that style.

Cheers,

-cvj

]]> By: cassandra (of no relation to the blog subject) http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/09/15/hiding-away-writing-and-listening-to-cassandra-wilson-day/comment-page-1/#comment-3529 cassandra (of no relation to the blog subject) Fri, 16 Sep 2005 04:28:41 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/09/15/hiding-away-writing-and-listening-to-cassandra-wilson-day/#comment-3529 Clifford, it's a fine line between talking about yourself in the second person and doing so in the third. Get some rest before that happens okay? Clifford, it’s a fine line between talking about yourself in the second person and doing so in the third. Get some rest before that happens okay?

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