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There are big differences among musical genres, bands, venues, and artists.

There are big differences among musical genres, bands, venues, and artists.

Yet they all make use of posters, flyers, a website and advertising in order to appeal to their…

Going to a soccer game is no longer reserved for a specific type of public.

Going to a soccer game is no longer reserved for a specific type of public.

Just like it isn’t strange go to an exclusive opera when you’re not a rich person. These are…

Social relations have loosened dramatically over the past fifty years.

Social relations have loosened dramatically over the past fifty years.

We are now completely free to opt for whatever we like, without taking other people’s expectations…

There is so much that it is impossible to experience everything.

There is so much that it is impossible to experience everything.

Even the most wonderful music can be done without.

A music lover who has total freedom to choose whatever he wants, will not make a commitment to anything.

A music lover who has total freedom to choose whatever he wants, will not make a commitment to anything.

His decisions will always be tentative. With an abundance of musical offerings there is little time…

When there is a lot on offer and an audience wants to choose wisely, venues, bands and artists will have to make it very clear to that audience what they can expect.

When there is a lot on offer and an audience wants to choose wisely, venues, bands and artists will have to make it very clear to that audience what they can expect.

The public wants to be assured of a good experience. The margin for surprises becomes as small as…

Not everyone has the expertise to make the right decision.

Not everyone has the expertise to make the right decision.

In such a case you go by the reviews. Or you pick something with a nice poster. Or you base…

Art is cut up into countless little pieces.

Art is cut up into countless little pieces.

We are free to examine such pieces by attending an endless variety of venues, galleries and concert…

Everything has its place.

Everything has its place.

It’s no different with music. Every genre or subculture has its own stage. Separate from the rest.

Every place in the world has it’s own code, with corresponding behaviour.

Every place in the world has it’s own code, with corresponding behaviour.

Besides, every little piece of time has its own label: work, social, recreation, self-improvement

A concert hall is a specialized place, optimized for a particular experience.

A concert hall is a specialized place, optimized for a particular experience.

The acoustics are perfect. Temperature and moisture exactly in balance to make sure the piano stays…

During a live concert one can experience time without the distraction of a storyline.

During a live concert one can experience time without the distraction of a storyline.

In a concert, sound merges with time. The music relates nothing but its own sound. It isn’t at the…

A concert hall can be the place to learn anew how to deal with time.

A concert hall can be the place to learn anew how to deal with time.

How to engage with impulses that can’t go any faster than they are coming.

Honesty benefits from time.

Honesty benefits from time.

Taking one’s time is no luxury, but indispensable to keeping track of reality. In this world

If I learn to quickly assess the impulses fired at me, this assessment will not be based on knowledge but on intuition.

If I learn to quickly assess the impulses fired at me, this assessment will not be based on knowledge but on intuition.

Intuition can easily be manipulated. Politics and commerce make use of fleeting, one-sided imagery

Knowledge without commitment to a subject will remain superficial.

Knowledge without commitment to a subject will remain superficial.

A superficial multitude is completely different from an experience that arises from engagement. It…

Attention

Attention

Attention requires time.

Speed accomplishes a lot.

Speed accomplishes a lot.

A daily edition of a newspaper includes more information than a person would have come across in…

Our desire to perceive, understand and react faster will leave us unable to truly participate.

Our desire to perceive, understand and react faster will leave us unable to truly participate.

We distance ourselves. The world is tangibly close, but we ourselves draw back.....

The multitude of impressions is fascinating and enriching, as long as your rate of watching, listening and analyzing is sufficiently high.

The multitude of impressions is fascinating and enriching, as long as your rate of watching, listening and analyzing is sufficiently high.

This is something that can be learned. You become more adept at screening things superficially and…

The world comes increasingly close.

The world comes increasingly close.

You can step right into the centre of important events.

Having a general overview is out of the question.

Having a general overview is out of the question.

You will never be able to see everything, so you learn to wander around a bit in different worlds…

There is no end to the amount of information that’s available, but there are limits to how much we can process.

There is no end to the amount of information that’s available, but there are limits to how much we can process.

Our knowledge and experience are able to grow as long as we remain receptive, and as long as we can…

Illustrations by Sterre Verbokkem. www.madebysterre.nl

Illustrations by Sterre Verbokkem. www.madebysterre.nl