At first when you played 4:33 for us in class, I thought it was an absolute waste of time and I did not understand it. While I still don't think I fully understand it, or if I'm honest think it is the most profound music I've heard, I can appreciate the process that Cage went through. This article goes more in depth to Cage's life and what his experiences were, and an important point was brought up. The concept of the 4:33 song is to be somewhere where you can hear other sounds around you. It invites you to sit and listen to the world happening around you, and not have any other distractions before you.
I think this brings an interesting perspective to music I have not thought about before. I have always thought of each song I listen as a story that somebody is telling you through either instruments or their voice. I have never once considered where those sounds are coming from. However, none of the music that is popular today would have been able to happen without Cage's influence. We would've stayed a society of classical music - which I think everybody can say they would not like to have.
I also appreciate how Cage went through life not caring what anybody really thought about his compositions. He made his own path and decided that he was going to do exactly what he felt like doing. I like that he knew himself and that he always stayed true to himself regardless of what happened to him.
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