"Arny Krueger" wrote in message
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"Ian Iveson" wrote in
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Does music have a purpose?

Music seems to satisfy some very basic human needs.

The book "This is your Brain on Music" provides a ton of well-documented
supporting evidence for that idea.

Is it important?

Yes, which seems self-evident. Music and music-makers seem to have a firm
niche in just about every human social pattern.

Though interestingly some Muslims claim that music is "forbidden" by God.
Seems odd for something that seems to be as essentially human as language
is.

Should an audio engineer know?

Depends what you mean by "audio engineer". If you mean a recording engineer
in the music recording business - yes, otherwise not necessarily.


David.