Big Picture Stuff: Part 1
b'When it comes to music, it\\u2019s so easy to get lost in the weeds\\u2026to become distracted by all the minutiae and trivia\\u2026\\n\\nThere\\u2019s nothing wrong with that, of course\\u2026it\\u2019s the study of exactly this kind of granular stuff that pays my salary\\u2026however, there is a \\u201ccan\\u2019t see the forest for the trees\\u201d angle to all this\\u2026\\n\\nSometimes, we need to stand way back\\u2014and I mean way back\\u2014before some vital things come into focus\\u2026\\n\\nI\\u2019m not talking about just learning not just to see the trees but the forest, but the whole of the countryside\\u2026no, wait\\u2026more than that\\u2026we need altitude\\u2026not just for a 35,000-foot view, but maybe all the way up into geosynchronous orbit so we can assess everything about a certain subject\\u2026\\n\\nWait\\u2026this metaphor is getting out of control\\u2026what I\\u2019m trying to say is that if we step back far enough, we can learn some really interesting things about why music is the way it is\\u2026\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\nWhat you\\u2019re about to hear may change the way you think about the history of music\\u2026this is big picture stuff\\u2014really big stuff\\u2014part 1\\u2026\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'