Miles Davis So What Analysis

My interest in the musical genre of Jazz begins with an introduction to the song So What by Miles Davis from the Kind of Blue album []. At the time, my musical taste were more volume driven like bands such as Black Flag, Metallica, and Slayer where the only requirement was to increase the volume to match their intense sound. As I sat down and listen to the first minute of “So What”, my first immediate reaction was the realization of how soft and desolated the song felt with barely any instruments playing []. All I can felt at the moment was how shocked I became, it was such as a large contrast between to what I was listening at the moment to what I normally listen to. I knew I can make an induction that music like ‘So What” exist as musical tastes was personal to the …show more content…
It really peaked my interest and resonated with me producing a very favorable reaction. I did not felt a sense of confusion not knowing where the melody and the rhythm of the song was heading towards. Instead of confusion, I felt excitement as it reminded me of other songs I have heard before. It reminded me of a certain part of the song “Sivad” by Miles Davis. During the 9’13” mark in the song “Sivad”, there is a sporadic playing coming from the electric guitar as the rest of the band played their instruments with certain amount of calmness to it[]. This contrast allows the electric guitar to sound even more out of a place in the song which ultimately creates the electric guitar to hold such feeling of fierce intensity. [] Although in “Homage for Charles Moffett” there is no rhythm section performed by the rest of the instruments, the calmness produced by silence from the rest of the band creates the same sense of contrast in the song “Sivad”. This excitement I felt from enjoying the intensity that is produced from the instruments reminds me the first time I ever heard a sporadic sound