Re: do you guys play any instromints
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yep it is. Basically once I tackled flute and figured out I could get that, and got into music from around the world via khoomei (Tuvan throat singing), I kept hearing all of these awesome sounds. And I'm going "I want to make that sound, let me see if I can get one of those and try it"! Plus there were some instruments connected with traditions I just wanted to explore. the kantele, for example, is a Finnish zither, basically a sort of wooden box with strings across it. Originally they had a limited number of strings, usually five, and were possibly used to sing poetry to, e.g. the runos that make up The Kalevala.
Later they added more strings, I have a ten string, but they'd still play this really meditative music along with dance tunes and stuff. i got pretty interested in The Kalevala, because in college I majored in religious studies and essentially minored in folklore. Took a class on The Kalevala and all. So I just really wanted to see what that was all about. I'm a pretty experiential kind of person. So I got one.
I also love learning about other cultures and all, as you might guess from the college stuff, so it's really cool to get my hands on stuff and try to learn about it and all. Plus I agree with somebody else's signature on here, more or less, music is the language of the universe. I'm also an animist, basically I think stuff's got spirits, so my version is the universe is alive and it responds to music. Add to that, man I dunno, I just feel like for the most part music makes us more human, breaks down prejudices, all kinds of good stuff like that. So I mean, there's some stuff that's pretty eh, I still haven't really worked out the mijwiz yet, partially because I can't circular breathe for one thing. But you gotta keep trying you know?
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