There are more important things than money or status.

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When you reach a certain point in your life, Ningen Isu finds you. They cannot be found otherwise. These gentlemen went to such prestigious colleges that had a very good chance of getting jobs at prestigious employers. But then, they picked to play music instead. Probably because of their intelligence, they realized that happiness was much more valuable in the long run than working for some "prestigious" a-hole and living a life of stress and misery as a result. 1780s japanese buddist monk, 1880s Meiji period scholar, 1980s yakuza in one video. This band sings about wanting a light shone on them yet they are the lightsource.They're not afraid to use silence as part of their music. I think the philosophical meanings of the song are prone to listener confabulation hence interpretations will differentiate from person to person, an unavoidable liability. I love Ningen Isu!

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Life for Sale

[colonela]

Does our life weigh
Less than a feather?
Or more than a mountain?
Is the light of life
Darker than night?
Or brighter than fire?
I want to hear you sing in the angelic voice
As a parting gift for a fool like me
What are we born for, what do we die for?
What do we love for, what do we fight for?

How could I have missed Ningen Isu all these years?!!!

Re: Life for Sale

[smoothbores]

Thanks for being here :)

Honeyshine

[colonela]

Loved it from the first note.
Wow u were there?! I really envy that!!! That is cool!!I wish I could see them live.
I swear that bass tone is gonna punch a hole into the fabric of reality.

Re: Honeyshine

[smoothbores]

Just proves that metal has no boundaries. Not language, not age, not religion. Metal is universal.

They sound amazing live...

Re: Honeyshine

[smoothbores]

"I swear that bass tone is gonna punch a hole into the fabric of reality."

Well said! Glad you enjoyed.
Cheers

[colonela]

This is the best, most real "metal" band I've heard in the last ten or so years. They are so fucking good...

[smoothbores]

Because there is no pretense. They're like: if you don't like, go somewhere else. This band without question loves their music, and loves playing music. Love makes the best music, and I love Ningen Isu:)

[colonela]

https://colonela.dreamwidth.org/37675.html#cutid1

[smoothbores]

Thank you sooooo much ❤
Auntie Becky sure has a beautiful smile. She's sooo sweet!

[belowolk]

Тишина, как элемент музыкальной композиции, это интересный ход. Необычный. Люблю слушать затихающий звон колокольчика и миг тишины, в самом конце, прекрасен.

Good topic!

[smoothbores]

Your comment really resonates so much with me.
I”Тишина, как элемент музыкальной композиции, это интересный ход. Необычный.“
A)Most of you probably already know this but just in case some don’t: - Ma or "ma" or 「間」- Beautiful piece. Ma means“interval” or “gap” in Japanese, but it is a beautiful and philosophically nuanced word, which carries the implication of movements within silence or “empty” spaces.
It's often translated as "negative space" or "gap," and it's a crucial aspect of Japanese aesthetics and culture. Ma is also important in martial-arts: Toma, chika ma, karate. In karate, ma refers to the distance between two fighters. Knowing the safe distance between oneself and an opponent based on their reach is considered "understanding Ma".
In ikebana, the space around the flowers is considered to be equally as important as the flowers and plants themselves, with harmony and balance between the two considered the ideal.
In regard to speech, I will pay attention to the importance of Ma for better communication. There is something very similar in my culture, that uses silence in conversations. It's said it is polite to remain quiet after speaking to allow the other person to absorb what was said, as well as let them reply in their own pace. It's done to avoid misunderstandings between people.
It's also important in music. Ma - gap, space, pause, harmony and balance and … the Sound of Silence. In traditional Japanese music silence is important! You might even say that in some Japanese music silence is more important than sound.
The Ma is a really powerful means of emphasizing the message we want to convey. A little pause or space between the elements ( can make these elements "breathe" and makes them more powerful. it follows the natural rhythm of the universe where space/emptiness/ pause often precedes life/growth/ movement of thought mean.
Intuitive people naturally resonate with this concept. Although people nowadays they don't use this behaviour a lot,. Because they are not well educated sometimes.

Re: Good topic!

[colonela]

You’re as good at enriching lives as you are cooking.

Many thanks for this information, I found it very interesting

Re: Good topic!

[gendus]

Вы говорите об этом так, что это идеально ложится на мои ущи. И душу.

Good topic!

[smoothbores]

B) Silence in music can bring us in closer contact with ourselves, and can make our expression clearer. These are two closely related goals, and both are relevant for performing music, also for the Western music
I'll just offer a few examples:
1) Franz Joseph Haydn
Yup, this guy trained Beethoven . Haydn easily became one of my favourite composers because his compositions are “a blend between Beethoven and Mozart”, both melodious and epic He has been called the father of the symphony and the string quartet.
Haydn's Seven Last Words has some very good uses of silence.
Joseph Haydn - The Seven Last Words of Christ / Die sieben letzten Worte unseres Erlösers am Kreuze
Introduzione in D minor — Maestoso ed Adagio (necessarily!)
Listen to Haydn's creation – best (on the topic under discussion) - Erste Abteilung- Introduktion: 0:01 - 5:29 ......exquisit !
The Menuetto of Haydn's symphony 104 has constant pauses which make you think: "where did the orchestra go?"

Prom 75: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra -- Haydn & R. Strauss Haydn - Symphony No. 104 in D major, 'London' (necessarily 16:55- 21:55

Haydn - The Creation / Die Schöpfung (with Annette Dasch & Thomas Quasthoff)

Part I: The First Day

2) Samuel Osmond Barber
Barber Adagio for Strings Detroit Symphony Orchestra
And the climax of this wonderful piece is absolute silence, absolutely resounding! The grand pause at the climax of Barber's Adagio for Strings.
If you genuinely want to appreciate this piece by Barbor, watch the movie 'Platoon' by Oliver Stone.( Oliver Stone, who also served in Vietnam)..again. The Adagio is soundtracked throughout the film and adds a powerful, passionate lens to the mayhem of war. Samuel Barber managed to write something that belongs to eternity.
3) Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 6 (Lucerne Festival Orcherstra, Claudio Abbado -– conductor- "not from this world.")
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsEo1PsSmbg
1:20- 1:24 12
The last note of Mahler 6 has three minutes of silence after it (not written in the score, but implied); sadly, audiences tend to interrupt before this silence has finished sounding...
Everyone will have their own examples of this — it’s subjective after all .

Re: Good topic!

[colonela]

Thanks for the recommendation.

I could listen to you talk forever.

[smoothbores]

Thank you!
It felt so nice to be reminded there is still beauty in this crazy world.
II “Люблю слушать затихающий звон колокольчика и миг тишины, в самом конце, прекрасен.”
I will answer later If You Need It

[belowolk]

Никогда не устану удивляться твоей разносторонности и глубине. Слушаю Гайдна) Спасибо за рекомендации.

[gendus]

Присоединяюсь.

[gendus]

Это открытие для меня.
Ощущение, что я в восторге!
Спасибо!♥

[smoothbores]