I don’t know anything about this topic but seems Heiko knows how music can play a positive role in Iranian struggle for democracy. I guess a montg ago he wrote me:
Salam Fariborz,We exchanged some emails and he sent me a song. It was interesting song. It reminded me of Kitaro music, a new age genre. Here you can listen to small part of this song:
I live in Germany with a mixed family background. I want to support and encourage all Iranians in a non-political way to overcome the separation of their nation with a positive self-belief.
Together with European Universities we have developed a method to digitally transform words into music. I have designed a soundtrack in Farsi (he meant Persian language) and I would like to spread it into the Iranian online community.
This soundtrack contains Persian (Farsi) positive words that are synthesized with the music.
Then he continued:
My idea is to build a strong positive future vision for the Iranian community to finally solve the conflicts in Iran itself. We have done so in Eastern Germany and e.g. Ukraine, or South America and it always works out positive results without any political interference. Like Gandhi I am convinced that strong passive moral powers are much more effective than violence.
As I said earlier I don’t know anything about this topic so I leave it to you and your inputs very much appreciated. Let me add that couple of days ago I saw a program from PBS about “Playing for change: Peace through Music” and it reminded me again of Heiko so I thought I should share the story with you guys too.
By the way don’t miss this song that so many musicians and vocalists united to inspire people.
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Thank you for this post. I was groovin', cryin' and prayin' to Stand By Me. I've included it on my Face Book page.
I love this song too
I've been meaning to reply to this post for a long time but needed the right frame of mind to do so. Last night in work i was arguing with a kiddie from Brundi over how shit (modern) R&B is. I was arguing over the fact that it's all corporate marketing and it doesn't break any new ground in being musically progressive. He was arguing that it's very popular so it must be good and besides i listened to instrumental music so i was in the wrong. We argued for a long and rather pointless time.
Needing to justify progression i tried to explain that i look at (some) music as exploring new territories of sound, just like uncharted territories of land or see, but sound can be included. As new sounds open up receivers in our brains and we may react differently or say as a new language spoken. Sound is infinite and can be explored in almost any genre through whatever means. I love music (except R&B) and there is a lot of sounds out there that triggers my imagination and thoughts that otherwise may have lay dormant.
I proceeded to tap various objects around me to describe this and explain that it's a sound and that there are many more to discover and assimilate be it organic or enhanced through different means. Also how many low tones go unheard by the adult human ear and by amplifying these loudly through a good speaker system will affect people differently. Obviously this far out chat fell on deaf ears when he was shocked when i answered his question... "No, i don't like Whitney Houston, i think she's shit."
That was it, in his mind he was right and that R&B is the best music ever (btw he didn't know what it stood for).
So in regards to the above piece of music, it doesn't do anything for me. I don't speak Farsi either. It sounds like the (sorry..) as you quoted "new age" music that i'd hear playing in a stall full of joss sticks at Glastonbury when we'd be stealing poppers and other useless crap. Music that i avoid like R&B. I like my music challenging and different. A lot of new music and sounds tend to come from pushing it to the limits and extremities in that field. It may sometimes sound like shit but sometimes a spark might come from it which inspires somebody else to create something new, be it a sound or a song. Thats not too say they will create something equally extreme but it's touched them in such a way it's changed the way they think.
Iranians as we all know are a blogging nation and i see many Iranians of blog flag counts for a variety of music blogs. When some of them are downloading or listening to cutting edge or avant garde music it is hard to imagine that all will want to listen to this. I would like some feedback from any who do or what they think of it.
I do believe sound can change the way you think in your life by opening up new channels in your brain, it has for me or maybe i'm just insane...
cheers
hawaiiblytheo@hotmail.co.uk
p.s-sorry to be harsh, but i'm just being honest.
p.p.s- yep, my hairs stood up on end with Stand By Me too!!
RE: So can music overcome violence? i would like to think 'yes', but it's getting them to hear it in the first place. But in regards to the authorities you'd be better off hitting them with LSD so they can reflect on how meaningless they're 'rules' are and it's best just to lead a fulfilled and peaceful life through loving one another.
The Revolutionary Gardens Of Love Sound System, anyone?
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