Being alive, and living, there’s a difference.
Anyone can be alive, that’s not difficult, in fact, your body does that for you in all it’s necessary functions. But living, that is the winner. When did I realize this? Last night while I was sitting in a small auditiorium and listening to and watching the most powerful music performance I have ever seen. Joe Zawinul & the Syndicate with Alegre Correa and Anna San Paulo showed me what it meant to live. Living is feeling, and for me that happens most often when I am playing or listening to music. There is something instilled in music (more in some kinds than others) and something instilled in our bodies that allows us to communicate with the music and through it to other people. It was and is an amazing feeling. Now I know why I play music, and why I live. I was kind of wondering actually….
To be honest it feels as if a weight has been lifted.
More on that to come on monday, with samples from the concert (dont expect anything special from the recordings, they’re good but the live concert was…..well….no adjective is adequate)
I am leaving for Vienna in an hour for the weekend. I am really pumped, will write all about it when I get back. Right now I gotta go!
