Chord - a very different topic. Apart from what you have pointed out, I would like to add this. We all love change. We all love something different once in a while. We don't want to hear repetitive sounds often. Thats why we liked Roja in the first place- because it was so different from what we had heard before.
On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 11:20 PM, Mahima Sengupta < mahiya_is_mind_blow...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Very interesting topic! > > For your first reference to Arr's music is spiritually informed. I agree > with you in total there. Being spiritual in my opinion is being in sync with > your soul and mind. If the music is touching these two most important things > which is 'the actual self' its got to be highly spiritual.All of us have it > in us to relate to spiritualism in some manner and music is the media which > bonding us all together to relate to spiritualism. > Today we are in a world where we can access diverse music and we also know > each type of music has its own merits.But when one is able to blend the > diverse music beautifully and give to us people are always ready to lap it > up. Here as ARR's fans we have people with similar tastes on a macro level > and hence we are able to gel well even though we have some difference of > opinion within that ambit. > Finally most fans here are knowledgeable. Its not easy for a common or lay > man to understand the intricacies of ARR's music. On the surface the music > might look simple but when one goes in depth one will find the nuances very > complex. ARR's fans are able to appreciate that and I guess that's where we > are able to gel well as a group. Exceptions are there here too!. > Last but not the least Arr's Compassion is bound to rub off on anyone who > gets to know him. Fans here atleast a majority of us are aware of this > aspect of ARR and subconsciously we all try to practice this. Arr is a > trigger for all of us to move in this direction. So we as fans are slowly > moving towards the phrase "Compassion Unlimited" > > > --- On *Mon, 3/2/09, Chord <purev...@yahoo.com>* wrote: > > From: Chord <purev...@yahoo.com> > Subject: [arr] What do we as ARR fans all have in common? > To: arrahmanf...@yahoogroups..com > Date: Monday, March 2, 2009, 8:37 PM > > > This question relates to our love for ARR and his music. I have > always been fascinated in the relationships between human variables > and music/art preference. > > We all love ARR and his music for various reasons. There are many > individual differences as to why each of us loves his music so much. > But, I'm more interested in the common factors. We are part of a fan > group, posting messages, having ARR and his music as a big part of > our lives. This same question can be asked to any fan group of any > artist, but why is it that ARR's music touches us and impresses us AS > A GROUP and does not have the same effect on others? Again, I'm more > interested in COMMON human factors that bind us as a group that lead > us to be such passionate and devoted ARR fans. > > Because ARR's music is so spiritually informed, are we as a group of > devoted ARR fans more sensitive to and attuned to spirituality in > general? Because ARR's music is so diverse and encompasses worldly > influences, are we as a group more worldly and tolerant in our > approach to human differences? Because ARR's music is often so thick > and layered and well textured, are we as a group for some reason > better able to process this complexity in more meaningful ways than > others who prefer simpler music by virtue of our education, > upbringing, or other factors? Are we as a group more compassionate > towards others since ARR is all about giving and helping? > > Again, these are just thoughts. I'm interested in generating a > aningful discussion about what factors bind us as a group of > passionate ARR fans. Thanks for reading and hope to hear your > responses. > > > >
