Drew is a music teacher at the International School in Tunis in Northern Africa. With a Master's in Ethnomusicology, Drew is able to consider music as an art form within and across cultures, considering the harmonious interplay of patterns and the musicality of intelligibility. We hear Drew's life story and then consider various aspects of music as communication, music as an aesthetic form and music as communitas and worship.Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:13 Drew's Story 14:20 Arriving in North Africa, Master's in Ethnomusicology 15:45 What drew him to The Meaning Code? 18:30 Using music as a bridge to meaning 20:25 Correspondence between color theory and music theory 27:00 Sound colored by overtones 33:58 Is birdsong strictly just communication or is it an aesthetic experience for the birds as well as for humans? 42:00 Visual arts and music as two different dimensions 47:00 Music, timelessness, unity and multiplicity 54:30 Atomization of modern society and musical silos 58:45 Deeper into the Weeds conversation of Peterson, Vervaeke and Pageau The musicality of intelligibility. "Music is the most representational of art forms." Jordan Peterson 1:02:31 Or, is music the most abstract? 1:07:45 Unity in music, plus multiplicity, diversity, variety 1:09:00 Scale is essential 1:10:45 Pageau, "Consciousness is a pattern perceiving patterns." 1:21:15 What songs does Drew use when leading worship? 1:23:00 Outro Mentions: Stefan Alexander, The Jazz of Physics Robin Sylvan: The Traces of the Spirit Victor Turner: The Ritual Process Songs: Christ is Enough There is No Other Name Give me Faith 10,000 Reasons Oceans

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