Music and skateboarding
Music and skateboarding have always had a very strong connection to each other. Think back on your favorite video part. What made that part your favorite? Sure it could be the tricks, or the skaters style, but one big factor I am sure of is the music which that particular skateboarder skated to. Take for example my favorite video part, Jason Dill in Photosynthesis
This video to me has it all. It has amazing spots, a skater with a good style, good trick selection, and an amazing song. If this video part had all of the same elements, but with this song
I would hate it.
Music plays a huge part in the appreciation of skateboarding as a visual form. But both music and skateboarding share similarities that go much deeper than song choice in a video part. Both music and skateboarding have the possibility to change a person’s perspective on how they see and view the world. As any skateboarder knows, once you get on a skateboard, the city is not just a city anymore. Now instead of looking at stairs and ledges as a place to walk up, or sit down, you are now looking at them as skate able objects. To a non-skateboarders eye this nice marble ledge
is a perfectly good place to sit and rest after a long day of walking. But if you skate, that ledge could take up hours of your day skating, having fun.
Music is the same way. The great composer John Cage created his famous piece 4’33″ in 1952. This composition really changed peoples perception as to what music really is. Take a look:
Now listen to what John Cage has to say about his work
John Cage’s music allows a person to really understand and take a look as to what is really going on around them. His music allows people to really listen to what’s happening around them, and to look at music in an entirely different way. 4’33″ showed people that music was all around them, all of the time. Skateboarding does the same exact thing. Skateboarding is able to show people that everyday objects are not just what they appear to be. Both music and skateboarding allow people to take a step back from how they view the world, and realize that there are multiple ways to look at, and listen to the world.
And because of this correlation, we at Brick and Mortar are extremely excited to welcome New York Cities’ Music skateboards into the store. Take a look
and then come on down and pick one up!
