Isn't it amazing how art all works together? It can be expressed in so many different ways: theres absolutely no structure to it: there aren't any rules.
It's been really cool to take so much time to watch music videos. They speak volumes about how artists work together to do something with their art. Combining music and visual can present a message or create emotions that you just don't get when they are separate.
With the Johnny Cash video, people from all over the world came together to complete it. They wanted to do this to express something for someone that they were truly passionate about and pay tribute someone who might have really been a hero to all of them. It came out beautifully, in my opinion. Other music videos we have watched have presented messages about society, others have told stories, and of course there is the 'this is super weird i don't even know what is going on' category of videos.
However, music and visual art combinations aren't only found in music video format.
There are sound tracks for movies. I mean just think about how sound (or sometimes, lack thereof) effects the picture that you're watching.
There is also the art form of dance. That's music and visual! And while it is something I cannot for the life of me actually accomplish, I definitely have a lot of respect for people who can dance. People who can make movement and find passion in how the body and music go together have amazing vision, in my opinion. The best thing is that there isn't any structure to that, either. You can dance in a musical, or you can dance beautifully like in ballet, or you can just do a bunch of awesome flips and stuff, like in Step Up. (aayyy shout out to my roomie for watching it with me the other night!)
And finally, to sum up my love of music and the arts, I bring marching band to the table.
I was a TOTAL band geek in high school. I did everything band, and spent countless hours dedicated to making forms on hot asphalt, and other times attempting to play and instrument that I was pretty sure was frozen to my face. The point here is, that in marching band we take the music and make a live show out of it. I mean its really complex: you have to consider what the audience wants to see, what they're hearing, and if they are understanding what you are trying to get across to them in only a few minutes. You have to think of colors, movement, focal points: all the visual stuff, while at the same time thinking of where the music is going, what mood it is expressing, and how it all fits together. It's a crazy thing, but it is really actually an art form in itself. And I'm not just saying that cuz I love it! (Plus they just do some really cool stuff sometimes) :)
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