Episode notes
Drew is a music teacher at the International School in Tunis in Northern Africa. With a Master's in Ethnomusicology, Drew is able to consider music as an art form within and across cultures, considering the harmonious interplay of patterns and the musicality of intelligibility. We hear Drew's life story and then consider various aspects of music as communication, music as an aesthetic form and music as communitas and worship.
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:13 Drew's Story 14:20 Arriving in North Africa, Master's in Ethnomusicology
15:45 What drew him to The Meaning Code?
18:30 Using music as a bridge to meaning
20:25 Correspondence between color theory and music theory
27:00 Sound colored by overtones
33:58 Is birdsong strictly just communication or is it an aesthetic experience for the birds as ...