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I’m sure most of you will agree that when comparing a book to its movie version, the book is almost all the time much better, because you’re able to put a lot more details than you would in a movie, and also your own imagination will do the rest. When i read a book, there’s a lot going on in my head (well ok, if the book it’s not that good i fall asleep ), so it gives a more immersive feeling than watching a movie.

I was wondering if « writing » a song down on paper would give the same feeling as the movie/book comparison. Of course i’m not talking about a 5-10 lines description that you can find in reviews, rather at least one page or more. It’s also related to Dev’s music because there is so much going on in his songs, and his albums would probably be transcripted into nice little books.
Just imagine reading a book called « Infinity » !

Morever, this would be a way for deaf people to access « music ».

"Ok, imagine this wall of sound ... and it's rising ... and it doesn't let you go. Until you die."

I love happy endings.

There's a good Stephen Fry quote about why he likes music is because music is mostly indescribable by any other medium.

I'll have to find it.

I don't know if I really agree with that. I always imagine visual ways to represent songs all the time for fun, and I think just about everyone can agree that music "evokes colors".

When I think about it actually, I can't think of any artform that's harder to transcribe than other ones.

I think music is very hard to describe. Largely, because of the subjectivity of the listener. Two different people can hear such different things. Even two people that like the samepiece of music can often describe it as though they are not talking about the same thing.

I think this especially true when you take the real "great" albums. Those ones have that intangible element that makes them special. I don't have a clue what it is, and I wouldn't want to start trying to describe that!

That's a very very interesting thought...

But personally, I think I'll go with the quote Atari mentioned

Goat wrote:"Ok, imagine this wall of sound ... and it's rising ... and it doesn't let you go. Until you die."

I love happy endings.

fragility wrote:I think music is very hard to describe. Largely, because of the subjectivity of the listener. Two different people can hear such different things. Even two people that like the samepiece of music can often describe it as though they are not talking about the same thing.

I think this especially true when you take the real "great" albums. Those ones have that intangible element that makes them special. I don't have a clue what it is, and I wouldn't want to start trying to describe that!

I totally agree here. Funny how a lot of things can inspire and be transcribed to music, but vice versa is nigh on impossible. It would likely give more of an impression of the listeners interpretation rather than what an artist intends to "tell" with music... If there's really any such intention at all.

That's the ingeniousity of music. No other media/format can express the same features.