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Early Experience Playing 4'33"
- Kyle Gann performed Four Thirty-Three at his high school piano recital before hearing anyone else play it.
- Audience reaction was confusion mixed with smiles and giggles as nothing was actually played.
Silence as Active Listening
- John Cage saw silence not as absence of sound but as an opportunity for deep listening.
- He revealed that silence actually holds rich sounds we often overlook in daily life.
True Silence Does Not Exist
- Cage discovered an anechoic chamber was not truly silent; he heard sounds from his body.
- This led him to the insight that absolute silence does not exist, as even our bodies create sound.