is the improvisation, above all. The streaming musicality, the kind that never ends, even when the instrument is put down. Music is separate but inseparable from the instrument; it gives reality to the virtual, a voice to thought. It is a moment’s representation of life wrapped up into a ball the moment that it was played, something completely unique to that moment in time that we have somehow gained access to.
It is contemplative since it can be the most direct, un-mocked-up expression of emotion. I believe it is the most expressive form of music and the easiest with which to create beautiful, cathartic melodies allowing direct access to the soul of the musician.
