the philosopher Plato once said music gives the soul to the universe wings to
gives the soul to the universe wings to
gives the soul to the universe wings to the mind flight to the imagination and
the mind flight to the imagination and
the mind flight to the imagination and life to everything music has always been
life to everything music has always been
life to everything music has always been a big part of my life
a big part of my life
a big part of my life to create and to perform music connects
to create and to perform music connects
to create and to perform music connects you to people countries and lifetimes
you to people countries and lifetimes
you to people countries and lifetimes away it connects you to the people
away it connects you to the people
away it connects you to the people you’re playing with to your audience and
you’re playing with to your audience and
you’re playing with to your audience and to yourself when I’m happy when I’m sad
to yourself when I’m happy when I’m sad
to yourself when I’m happy when I’m sad when I’m bored when I’m stressed I
when I’m bored when I’m stressed I
when I’m bored when I’m stressed I listen to and I create music when I was
listen to and I create music when I was
listen to and I create music when I was younger I played piano later took up
younger I played piano later took up
younger I played piano later took up guitar and I started high school music
guitar and I started high school music
guitar and I started high school music became a part of my identity I was in
became a part of my identity I was in
became a part of my identity I was in every band that I was involved with
every band that I was involved with
every band that I was involved with every musical finance event
every musical finance event
every musical finance event music surrounded me it made me who I was
music surrounded me it made me who I was
music surrounded me it made me who I was and it gave me a place to belong when I
and it gave me a place to belong when I
and it gave me a place to belong when I was younger I remember walking down the
was younger I remember walking down the
was younger I remember walking down the hallways of my school and I would tap
hallways of my school and I would tap
hallways of my school and I would tap rhythms to myself on my leg or with my
rhythms to myself on my leg or with my
rhythms to myself on my leg or with my hands or tapping my teeth it was a
hands or tapping my teeth it was a
hands or tapping my teeth it was a nervous habit and I was always nervous I
nervous habit and I was always nervous I
nervous habit and I was always nervous I think I liked the repetition of the
think I liked the repetition of the
think I liked the repetition of the rhythm it was calming to this day I find
rhythm it was calming to this day I find
rhythm it was calming to this day I find myself tapping rhythm sometimes later in
myself tapping rhythm sometimes later in
myself tapping rhythm sometimes later in high school I started music theory and
high school I started music theory and
high school I started music theory and is the best class I’ve ever taken we
is the best class I’ve ever taken we
is the best class I’ve ever taken we were learning about music things I
were learning about music things I
were learning about music things I didn’t know like theory and history it
didn’t know like theory and history it
didn’t know like theory and history it was a class where we basically just sat
was a class where we basically just sat
was a class where we basically just sat and listened to a song and talked about
and listened to a song and talked about
and listened to a song and talked about what it meant to us analyzed it and
what it meant to us analyzed it and
what it meant to us analyzed it and figured out what made it tick and every
figured out what made it tick and every
figured out what made it tick and every Wednesday we did something called
Wednesday we did something called
Wednesday we did something called rhythmic dictation and I was pretty good
rhythmic dictation and I was pretty good
rhythmic dictation and I was pretty good at it her teacher would give us an
at it her teacher would give us an
at it her teacher would give us an amount of measures and a time signature
amount of measures and a time signature
amount of measures and a time signature and then he would speak a rhythm to us
and then he would speak a rhythm to us
and then he would speak a rhythm to us and we would have to write it down with
and we would have to write it down with
and we would have to write it down with the proper rests and notes like this
the proper rests and notes like this
the proper rests and notes like this tah-tah took a ticket
tah-tah took a ticket
tah-tah took a ticket tah teka teka teka teka and i loved it
tah teka teka teka teka and i loved it
tah teka teka teka teka and i loved it the simplicity of the rhythm a basic two
the simplicity of the rhythm a basic two
the simplicity of the rhythm a basic two to four measure line and yet each of
to four measure line and yet each of
to four measure line and yet each of them almost told the story I did so much
them almost told the story I did so much
them almost told the story I did so much potential and all you had to do was add
potential and all you had to do was add
potential and all you had to do was add a melody rhythms set a foundation for
a melody rhythms set a foundation for
a melody rhythms set a foundation for melodies and harmonies to play on top of
melodies and harmonies to play on top of
melodies and harmonies to play on top of that gives structure and stability music
that gives structure and stability music
that gives structure and stability music has these parts melody and harmony and
has these parts melody and harmony and
has these parts melody and harmony and rhythm just like our lives where music
rhythm just like our lives where music
rhythm just like our lives where music has rhythm we have routines and habits
has rhythm we have routines and habits
has rhythm we have routines and habits things that help us to remember what to
things that help us to remember what to
things that help us to remember what to do and to stay on track and it just keep
do and to stay on track and it just keep
do and to stay on track and it just keep going and you may not notice it but it’s
going and you may not notice it but it’s
going and you may not notice it but it’s always there and it may seem simple may
always there and it may seem simple may
always there and it may seem simple may seem dull by itself but it gives tempo
seem dull by itself but it gives tempo
seem dull by itself but it gives tempo and heartbeat and then things in your
and heartbeat and then things in your
and heartbeat and then things in your life that on to it like your friends and
life that on to it like your friends and
life that on to it like your friends and your family and anything that creates a
your family and anything that creates a
your family and anything that creates a harmonic structure in your life in your
harmonic structure in your life in your
harmonic structure in your life in your song like harmonies and ornamentation
song like harmonies and ornamentation
song like harmonies and ornamentation anything that makes it polyphonic they
anything that makes it polyphonic they
anything that makes it polyphonic they create beautiful chords cadences
create beautiful chords cadences
create beautiful chords cadences and then there’s you you’re the melody
and then there’s you you’re the melody
and then there’s you you’re the melody then you play on top of everything else
then you play on top of everything else
then you play on top of everything else topped with the rhythm and the beat
things may change and develop and no
things may change and develop and no matter how much we change still the same
matter how much we change still the same
matter how much we change still the same people throat a song melodies change but
people throat a song melodies change but
people throat a song melodies change but it’s still the same song no matter what
it’s still the same song no matter what
it’s still the same song no matter what you do the rhythms are still there the
you do the rhythms are still there the
you do the rhythms are still there the tempo the heartbeat until I left and I
tempo the heartbeat until I left and I
tempo the heartbeat until I left and I went to college and everything
went to college and everything
went to college and everything disappeared when I first arrived at
disappeared when I first arrived at
disappeared when I first arrived at university I felt lost and don’t get me
university I felt lost and don’t get me
university I felt lost and don’t get me wrong sometimes I loved it and it was
wrong sometimes I loved it and it was
wrong sometimes I loved it and it was great but other times I felt like I’d
great but other times I felt like I’d
great but other times I felt like I’d been left alone to fend for myself like
been left alone to fend for myself like
been left alone to fend for myself like I’ve been taken out of my natural
I’ve been taken out of my natural
I’ve been taken out of my natural environment and put somewhere new with
environment and put somewhere new with
environment and put somewhere new with the harmonies and the rhythms had gone
the harmonies and the rhythms had gone
the harmonies and the rhythms had gone away and it was just me silence and my
away and it was just me silence and my
away and it was just me silence and my melody
melody
melody and then even that began to waver cuz it
and then even that began to waver cuz it
and then even that began to waver cuz it know what I was doing I didn’t have any
know what I was doing I didn’t have any
know what I was doing I didn’t have any cords destruction myself her beat to
cords destruction myself her beat to
cords destruction myself her beat to know the tempo then we can’t hear all
know the tempo then we can’t hear all
know the tempo then we can’t hear all these other sounds they were off time an
these other sounds they were off time an
these other sounds they were off time an off-key and the more I was around them
off-key and the more I was around them
off-key and the more I was around them the more my melody started to sound like
the more my melody started to sound like
the more my melody started to sound like theirs slowly began to lose myself
that goes being washed away in the next
that goes being washed away in the next moment I could hear it
moment I could hear it
moment I could hear it [Music]
[Music]
[Music] I could feel it and it was me
and it was different
and it was different but not yourself just changed a little
music is my way of coping with the
music is my way of coping with the changes in my life there’s a beautiful
changes in my life there’s a beautiful
changes in my life there’s a beautiful connection between music and life it can
connection between music and life it can
connection between music and life it can bind us to reality at the same time it
bind us to reality at the same time it
bind us to reality at the same time it allows us to escape it music is
allows us to escape it music is
allows us to escape it music is something that lives inside of you you
something that lives inside of you you
something that lives inside of you you create it and you’re created by it now
create it and you’re created by it now
create it and you’re created by it now our lives are not only conducted by
our lives are not only conducted by
our lives are not only conducted by music they’re also composed of it this
music they’re also composed of it this
music they’re also composed of it this makes me make a bit of a stretch but
makes me make a bit of a stretch but
makes me make a bit of a stretch but hear me out music is a fundamental part
hear me out music is a fundamental part
hear me out music is a fundamental part of what we are and of everything around
of what we are and of everything around
of what we are and of everything around us now music is my passion the physics
us now music is my passion the physics
us now music is my passion the physics also used to be an interest of mine and
also used to be an interest of mine and
also used to be an interest of mine and the more I learned the more I saw
the more I learned the more I saw
the more I learned the more I saw connections between the two especially
connections between the two especially
connections between the two especially regarding string theory now I know this
regarding string theory now I know this
regarding string theory now I know this is only one of many theories but it
is only one of many theories but it
is only one of many theories but it spoke to me so string theory at its
spoke to me so string theory at its
spoke to me so string theory at its simplest form is this matter is made up
simplest form is this matter is made up
simplest form is this matter is made up of atoms which are made up of protons
of atoms which are made up of protons
of atoms which are made up of protons and neutrons and electrons which are
and neutrons and electrons which are
and neutrons and electrons which are made up of quark and here the string
made up of quark and here the string
made up of quark and here the string part comes in this quark is supposedly
part comes in this quark is supposedly
part comes in this quark is supposedly made up of little coiled strings and
made up of little coiled strings and
made up of little coiled strings and it’s the vibrations in these strings
it’s the vibrations in these strings
it’s the vibrations in these strings that make everything what it is Michio
that make everything what it is Michio
that make everything what it is Michio Kaku once explained this in a lecture
Kaku once explained this in a lecture
Kaku once explained this in a lecture called the universe in a nutshell where
called the universe in a nutshell where
called the universe in a nutshell where he states string theory is the simple
he states string theory is the simple
he states string theory is the simple idea that the four forces of the
idea that the four forces of the
idea that the four forces of the universe gravity the electromagnetic
universe gravity the electromagnetic
universe gravity the electromagnetic force and the two strong forces can be
force and the two strong forces can be
force and the two strong forces can be viewed as music the music of tiny little
viewed as music the music of tiny little
viewed as music the music of tiny little rubber bands in this lecture he goes on
rubber bands in this lecture he goes on
rubber bands in this lecture he goes on to explain physics as the laws of
to explain physics as the laws of
to explain physics as the laws of harmony between these strings and
harmony between these strings and
harmony between these strings and chemistry as the melodies that we can
chemistry as the melodies that we can
chemistry as the melodies that we can play on these strings and he states that
play on these strings and he states that
play on these strings and he states that the universe is a symphony of strings
the universe is a symphony of strings
the universe is a symphony of strings these strings dictate the universe
these strings dictate the universe
these strings dictate the universe they’re musical notes but they make up
they’re musical notes but they make up
they’re musical notes but they make up everything we see and everything we know
everything we see and everything we know
everything we see and everything we know they hold us together and they make us
they hold us together and they make us
they hold us together and they make us what we are
so you see everything is music when I
so you see everything is music when I look at the world I see music all around
look at the world I see music all around
look at the world I see music all around us when I look at myself I see music my
us when I look at myself I see music my
us when I look at myself I see music my life has been defined by music I found
life has been defined by music I found
life has been defined by music I found myself through music music is everywhere
myself through music music is everywhere
myself through music music is everywhere and it is in everything and it changes
and it is in everything and it changes
and it is in everything and it changes then it builds and it diminishes but
then it builds and it diminishes but
then it builds and it diminishes but it’s always there supporting us
it’s always there supporting us
it’s always there supporting us connecting us to each other and showing
connecting us to each other and showing
connecting us to each other and showing us the beauty of the universe so if you
us the beauty of the universe so if you
us the beauty of the universe so if you ever feel lost stop and listen for your
ever feel lost stop and listen for your
ever feel lost stop and listen for your song thank you
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