The Power of Listening | Cole Cuchna

The Power of Listening | Cole Cuchna | TEDxBerkeley

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@matewuocean 2 жыл бұрын

His think pieces are so succinct and crust-deep they feel almost tangible. His delivery is powerful too. There are music enthusiasts and then there is Cuchna. To be able to see past the extraneous detail that listeners overlook takes talent that goes beyond dedicated research. As a music superfan, and an aspiring art journalist, this kind of talk , somehow, makes me even more excited for the future of contemporary music. Thoughts like this can drive more artists to create albums that transform our thought on the structure of making music. Artists like The Beatles, Jay-Z, Travis Scott, Billie Eilish, Frank Ocean, Miriam Makeba, Lauryn Hill, David Bowie, James Blake, Mark Morrison, Sade, Labrinth, Hugh Masekela, Beyoncé, D'Angelo, Prince, Jimi Hendrix etc. all have toppled the process in the creative direction of making music on its head, which led to cultural movements and shifts in the status quo. Music, to me, exists on a different dimensional plane than the human mind and when an artist attempts to create a body of music they are, ultimately, attempting to bridge two levels of existence; art and the mind. To try and enter the mind of an acclaimed musician is not an easy feat but to do it like this takes a level of admiration for a craft that most humans just lack. Cuchna is brilliant

@pini440 2 жыл бұрын

Another good example is J Dilla's final masterpiece "Donuts". An instrumental album that at first listen sounds like a composition of masterful sample loops and chops, but each song carried a meaning of their own. To those unfamiliar with the greatest hip-hop producer of all time, J Dilla completed "Donuts" only six days before he passed away due to disease. He was literally finishing up this album on his death bed with an SP303 and a stack of vinyls. With the added context of his tragic passing, "Donuts" becomes a parting message from Dilla to his family, his friends, and his fans. For example the song "Airworks", which samples L. V. Johnson's "Don't Really Care", was chopped in such a meticulous way so that Johnson's words become warped to sound like he says "Need air" and "give me air". J Dilla had to wear an oxygen mask during his last days and his condition was so deteriorated that he could sometimes not even speak. It is speculated that Dilla would play "Airworks" whenever he wanted to alert his mother/nurses that he needed his oxygen mask. The song "Waves" was to encourage his younger brother to follow his dream of becoming a rapper. He sampled the band 10cc's "Johnny, Don't Do It", purposefully chopping in a way that 10cc begins to say "Johnny DO IT". Overall, "Donuts" is a masterpiece both in and out of the context of J Dilla's life and death. His life was like watching a movie, nothing short of grandiose. He lived and died for his music and his genius cannot be debated.

@rapnrd Жыл бұрын

Who needs Anthony Fantano when you have Cole Cuchna?

@Sarthak_Darker 2 жыл бұрын

Brah wore his yeezys at the tedx talk😈

@mene03 2 жыл бұрын

This was a very meaningful talk. Made me a much richer person than i was before. Thanks

@jeffersonnascimento4204 2 жыл бұрын

what a sensational review, good insight into ariana's sweetener, I've heard it several times and in fact, her speech makes sense, a common theme to what we're used to seeing at TED, and I try to make listening to albums an experience, in fact, and the each listen, the perspectives we have on each track on each album become different and more revealing, Beyoncé said a while ago that people don't make albums anymore, I understand, that she was referring to making an album with some narrative, concept , where your tracks intertwine and connect, the real concept behind an album and not just a bunch of tracks!