Music is the Heartbeat of Story | Story
is the Heartbeat of Music


***THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS IN DRAFTING AND WRITING PROCESS***

 

 

 

 

 

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Why is music so powerful in film? Or a sound will transform anything? Why do some music resonate more than others, or at different time? Why do we associate certain sounds with certain stories? How does music evoke images in our minds? 

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Now we tend to think of creative writing and music as separate fields. But what I told you these two actually come from the same waterfall? Sure, they're differnet rivers, but they carry the same water. All of them are this: 

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Philosophy of Music

 

1. Evolution of desire and good over a time structure

1. Evolution of proportionate sound over a time structure

2. Music can frame perception. GAmes and movies all change depending on the ways the sounds are 

3. Music frames narratives

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I find this to be a much more challenging venture than just story. There are simply so many facets to consider. 

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For context, 

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- For major, why precisely 3-4 is a half step and 7-8 is a half step?

- Harmonic minor. If it's minor, then why does incoproating a major element in the 7th note have such a powerful effect that makes it feel more minor? How does this relate to story structure? 

-  limitation of my original interpretation is this: Is 3 act necessarily the major scale? Or could it instead be a representation of any 8-note major or minor scale? Does this also include other scales like ?

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and now when I use  3 act structure I'm like "well all the 8 act beats are literally the MAJOR SCALE WHATTTTT AND ITS VISCERALLY TRUE NOT JUST AN ANALOGY" and I literally use the major scale a lot to ground my undsratnding of a story's structure whenever I write stories.

 

For example I'm like "6th note really does feel like a 'critical point' (as in the act beat that happens after the midpoint and before the 2nd act break) in the story that major scale tells, and it makes sense that it is also base of a minor because the critical point is literally where everything is determined and if all there is there is you find a base rather than emerging from the critical point to be able to push towards resolution, then that is literally the definition of 'critical point lost' which is base minor"

 

I also realized that without more musical context, 6th note alone really doesn't sound positive or negative. It just sounds critical, as in one may viscerally experience "OH SHOOT THIS IS THE MOMENT OF TRUTH WE FIND OUT IF WE CAN FIND FULFILLMENT OR IF THIS IS THE END!!!!!!" 

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Think of the theme songs for Pirates of the Caribbean. There is plenty of use of the 6th point that oscillates with the . Yet, this doesn't . 

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I think this is why epic music and "cool rock" uses 6th note so much and is a mix of both the minor and major because EPIC GRANDEUR HEROS are always on the critical point. 

 

There are still many aspects I'm figuring out. For example, why does Chinese music use the major scale yet put so much emphasis on the 6th note so much in terms of this paradigm, and why when you do that it makes the song sound like flowers and why arrpegios have that satisfying sound based on this I think its because these are the notes that really have to do primarily with a sense of awareness of desire and good rather than being primarily about a state of progression. 3rd note for example is what Michael Jamin calls the "poster moment" and when the character begins the journey to consciously underatke the effort needed to reach the higher state of fulfillment of desire, and critical point as we know is also relative to an awareness moment (because the critical point is a reaction to the midpoint, in everyday terms critical point of OH SHOOT ARE WE GONNA GET TO THE GOOD ENDING OR IS THIS THE END RIGHT HERE comes AFTER yo'ure already like WAHT ON EARTH THE CLODUS HAVE PARTED AND WE SEE THE KINGDOM IN THE DISTANCE/(the kingdom is the good ending))

 

 

yes like arpeggio is literally everyone's dream wish how everyone wishes things to be but is impossible to actually live like imagine skipping the "character is processing the weight of the problem moment" you'd just go straight to immediately knowing what you want (3rd note) and then imagine skipping fun and games you just go straight to full on serious mode and you just straight away see the kingdom in sight and then instead of needing to go through a OH SHOOT moment and a COME ON FINAL PUSSHHHH ALSMOT THEREEEEE!!!!! you just go straight to YESS WE DID IT!!!!! immediately after you see the kingdom BRUH THIS IS IDEAL LIFE EVERYONE WISHES WE LIVED BUT INSTEAD WEH AVE TO GO THROUGH 2 4 6 7 AS WELLLLLL ASLKFJSKLDJFSLKJFSLK

 

another thign is in story arcs the beats tend to be framed around "hero does..." instead of "story takes this turn" and I think the latter is the better way to do it because that actually captures the essence not just a specific expression, it's more like the story takes a direction rather than just a character making decision or something happening

 

 

 

And takes turns relative to the tonic/base

 

Also just thought of this way to illustrate the arpeggio in this visceral music story paradigm

 

Imagine you're on a journey to return to your true home. You've lived in a foreign land for a long and enjoyed it, but you realize your true place and calling is at home, where your family lives, etc.

 

First step, you're at home, and we still have the unrealized potential of living at home. The character isn't really aware of it, or might be aware, but that's not the focus of the story

 

2nd step you're laying in bed at night, missing home thinking about family and how you're already done living in this place 

 

3rd, you realize you need to return home and make the decision to do that

 

4t,h you enjoy imagining all the moments packing bags

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5th, Your children tell you they're getting married, and continued legacy makes it even more meanginful

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6th, YOU ARE AT THE GATE. CAN YOU MAKE IT IN OR NOT? IF THEY DON'T LET YOU IN THEN IT'S OVER, BUT IF THEY LET YOU IN AND YOURE SETTING UP HOME AGAIN

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7th, SETTING UP HOME

 

8th, YOURE AT HOME!!!!!!!! YOU FIND JOB AND ETC BUT MORE IMPROTNATLY SEE YOUR CHILDRENS WEDDINGS NAD SEE THIER CHILDREN AND LIVE WITH THEM ETC ETC 

 

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But if you think of the story that keeping merely arpeggios would tell, then this:

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Imagine if all you had to do was

 

1st. original state

 

2nd. No need to have those painful wistful longings

 

3rd. Just be able to commit to it instantly

 

4th. Well this part is nice, we all love fun and games and making the plans for home and stuff, but man jus imagine if all those plans could be set up instantly and when we can go straight to KNOWING YOUR CHILDREN ARE GONNA BE HoME AND REALLY KNOW EXACTLY WHY YOUR PLANS ARE SO IMPORTNAT????????

 

5th. Bruh I wish I could instantly know what the story's all about from the start 

 

6th. bro you can just go straight through the gate

 

7th. Don't need to set everything up it's all set up instantly

 

8th. I WISH I COULD GET HERE INSTANTLY WITHOUT ALL THE TENSION

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• If music desire and good over, then perhaps the music is resonating with the desire arcs we have created in our head and abstracted over time and works differently for all of us. These desire arcs have to do with differnet ways how the fundamental music scale desire evolution applies differently to different human desire arcs. Thsi explains why different people like different music, at least melodically and harmonically.

 

I wonder why these specific proportions of sounds create 

I used to think of it like this major:
note 1. 

Why one note lower? And why is a minor scale 

Music vs noise coudl be the difference between story as “”

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Paradigms on story are all applicable to narratiev

Conscious experience of desire for music

• Different voices

• Differnet musicalities

• Lifescapes connection

• conscious experience of each other’s desires

• Different narratives in music, connection personal narratives of deisre with that music

• Mapping personal desires onto actual singing music

• connection in one music

• Connection with personal desires, personal narratives.

• Various ways this is done, Lifescapes holistic

• Some people with this way, depends on relationships.

• Narratives of a relationsihp instead of just a person.

• Person, not people.

  • Many instruments vs just one, 

  • Holistic integration of many voices and topics: the entire orchestra, TSFH 

• Metaphor—meta-narratives. Interconnected web. Multiple holistic integration fictional-literal realization. Music sound is a metaphor for the song, and a song is a metaphor for lyrics. For real life. Linguistic Metaphors in the lyrics themselves relations to all of these mentioned.

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What about this: 

If music is defined by conscious experience of desire, and music is the evolution of proportionate sound over a time structure, then is there a corresponding "visual music," in which it's the evolution of proportionate physical beauty over a time structure? If you think about it, yes. Think of it as a combination of the "most satisfying videos" you see on YouTube (which is like the evolution of proportionate physical structure over time structure in just the right ways is what characterizes it) and the physical beauty you watch. I mean, if you make the right video, you might evoke a similar effect with evolving spatial and visual proportions that music does with evolving proportionate sounds.

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Mastery of Essence—The Soul of Music, Art, and All Story

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If we can master this, that means we can integrate visual arts and music in an unprecedented way

I wonder if you can do it with every other human sense too

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At root, though all of this is because we used to do art intuitively or in terms of form rather than intentionally doing its substance, now we grasp art's essence and can consciously do it, not just intuitively

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What about this: 

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If music is defined by conscious experience of desire, and music is the evolution of proportionate sound over a time structure, then is there a corresponding "visual music," in which it's hte evolution of proportinoate physical beauty over a time structure? If you think about it, yes. Think of it as a combination of the "most satisfying videos" you see on youtube (which is like, evolution of proporionate phsyical strucutre over time structure in jsut the right ways is what characterizes it) and physical beauties, you watch. I mean, if you just make the right video, you might evoke a similar effect with evolving spatial and visual proportions that music does with evolviong proporionate soudns.

If we can master this, that means we can integrate visual arts and music in an unprecedented way

 

Philosophy of Singing

1. Exprsesive

2. Overflow of emotion

   1. Joy

3. Music proportions.

4. Lyrics. Expressing emotion with music. 

5. Singing together—playing together, personal embodiment, singing with another person therefore. 

   1. Prime example is church/corporate worship

 

Explore The Redmeption of Invynceth

 

Hyper reality of The Philosophy of Music and Art and UCLA 

Minecraft simulations.

• Do things in rela life while Minecraft

• You can play music

  • Also you can integrate that with well, the online recording things. Get a good mic for this.

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• Doing minecraft I saw everything

• Imagine at particular times of the day that they all play music downstairs. often even worshipping God

• Now imagine walking through it and expreincing all the music differently. Sound quality and pitch and instruments coudl vary widely adn could be integrated seamsesly based on location. Hold on…skill level requirement? 

  • Skill level requirement? Or organic relationships? How do you navigate the two without compromising? The answer is an univindellectivistic paradigm.

• Spatial-cosncisousness-relatinoships-inteprlay paradigm of music. Different parts of music represent different aspects of consciousness in the narrative-music consciousness paradigm . So if you do that, combining with a holistic personal analysis and personal exprience, of holistic relationships. And relationships. Diffenret parts different conscious experiences, different relationships holistic unividielsitic experiential whole.  

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Potential UCLA translation: If there is a concert. 

Upon entering the minecraft world

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For collaborating with a cappella groups, invent many other practical usages. Make them part of a braoder framework. 

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Test out spatial-consciousness-interplay paradigm of music. Not test it out, but feel it yourself.

Very simple practice. You can do this anywhere, even on your car.  If you’re an a capella team.

I doubt the driver can sing while driving. So it's an exception for drivers.

First, do it without singing

• Have everyone around you rotate positions.

• Everyone sing your parts.

The person will note how they feel of all singers throughout all rotations. 

Each time, think about how the positioning affects how you experience the a cappella. Think about how that relates to the specific melodies and harmonies played. Do certain chords strike you differently? Do you pick up things in one time that you don’t do it another time?

Repeat for every position you list.

If you want, you can go even farther and go through many or all permutations. You can go even further, and you can do it with yourself in different seats, too.

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Advanced methods would include graphing and using various experiential and emotional rating systems, considering not just data but also metadata. Augment it with AI. This, combined with human judgement, works very well. 

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You can also do it with yourself as a singer.

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Now, you yourself can sing it. Similarly, keep track of—this time with a focus on yoruself as well. 

On your car: 

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Dive into experience

• Perhaps, we can talk about that while interacting organically with those at UCLA? 

 

The Redemption of Invynceth and Minecraft Simulations.

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Art:

• Beauty

• Expression of humanity and experience

• This way, we have unified beauty perceptions. Similar to fiction, in fact, this is where largely it can supplement fiction in its sense. We’re not just simply souls. 

• Personal experience

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Experiential beauty versus 

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The definition of music as "the evolution of proportionate sound over a time structure" and its relationship to your definition of story has several significant implications. Let's delve into some of the key ones:

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1. Unified Understanding of Art Forms:

   - By defining both music and storytelling through the lens of temporal evolution and structured progression, you are proposing a unified framework for understanding various art forms. This suggests that different creative expressions, whether auditory (music) or narrative (stories), share a common foundation rooted in time-based evolution. This could lead to new ways of integrating and appreciating different art forms, and recognizing their shared principles.

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2. Interdisciplinary Integration:

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This approach challenges the traditional boundaries between disciplines, such as music, literature, and even other forms of art like dance or visual arts. If all these forms are seen as evolving structures over time, it opens the door for more interdisciplinary collaboration and exploration. For instance, a composer and a writer might find new ways to collaborate, creating works that blend music and narrative more seamlessly.

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3. Redefinition of Creativity and Meaning:

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Creativity could be viewed not just as the creation of something new, but as the evolution of elements within a structured framework. For example, in music, the "proportionate sound" might involve harmony, melody, rhythm, etc., evolving in a way that creates emotional or intellectual meaning. In storytelling, the "evolution of desire and good" might involve characters, plot, and themes developing over time. This redefinition emphasizes process over static content, suggesting that meaning in art is something that unfolds and deepens as the structure evolves.

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4. Holistic Approach to AI and Technology:

 

Given your interests in AI and story-bearing, this framework could have implications for AI development. If AI can understand and generate art based on principles of temporal evolution, it might lead to more sophisticated and human-like creative outputs. For instance, an AI trained to create music or stories might do so by understanding and applying the concept of evolving structures over time, resulting in more nuanced and emotionally resonant creations.

 

5. Philosophical Implications:

   - This perspective has philosophical implications regarding the nature of time and existence. By defining both music and story as temporal evolutions, you are implicitly suggesting that time is a fundamental aspect of all creative and existential processes. This could lead to deeper reflections on how we experience time and how it shapes our understanding of reality, art, and life itself.

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6. Educational and Pedagogical Approaches:

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In education, this approach could inspire new ways of teaching art, music, and literature. Rather than treating these subjects as isolated disciplines, they could be taught as interconnected processes that share common principles. This might encourage students to see the connections between different forms of creative expression and to develop a more integrated understanding of art and life.

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7. Emotional and Spiritual Resonance:

Finally, considering that both music and storytelling involve evolution toward a form of good or proportionate sound, this framework could be used to explore the emotional and spiritual dimensions of art. It suggests that both music and story have the potential to guide listeners or readers toward a greater sense of harmony, balance, or moral clarity, which aligns with your broader mission of creating transformative, meaningful connections through art and narrative.

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Conclusion:

The implications of defining music and story in this way are far-reaching, impacting how we create, understand, and teach art. It encourages a holistic, interdisciplinary approach that recognizes the shared principles underlying different forms of expression, with potential applications in AI, education, and beyond. This framework not only enriches our understanding of art but also invites deeper philosophical and spiritual exploration of how we experience and shape our world through time.

 

Story structure and music

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