Blog 3

Last week we had our class performance of John Cage's 4 33. It was definitely an interesting experience as it was not what I would traditionally think of when performing a piece of music. The whole idea of sound art was very interesting to me anyway though, it was something I had never heard of before. I actually liked doing this because standing there in silence really forces you to just listen to what's around you, and focus on things that would normally be overlooked. This included nature sounds, sounds of the road etc... It was kind of relaxing, at least for me. I think sound art is a very cool idea, because anything really can be music if it is just given the chance. I think John Cage had a brilliant mind, and through what he did with his music, he showed others the way to think out of the box and have new experiences.