Blog 2

In class we have been discussing what music is. Is it strictly just instruments playing a written piece of music? Or does music include every noise or sound that is heard around us? John Cage was one to believe that music was everything around us...traffic sounds, birds singing, etc. Traffic sounds aren't really music to my ears, but Cage looked at everything in a whole new way than most people. I find John Cage a very interesting guy and am really looking forward to learning about what else he believed. I also find it funny that he was so fascinated with mushrooms...