Drewsicology on Music: the Artform of Time Par Excellence

The Meaning Code by Karen Wong

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  ... 

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