This prelude into the theory of musicking was quite thought provoking and quite radical that for the first time in a long time I felt value in many more aspects of music that I had before. I felt more appreciation for all the aspects of “musicking” as he states… 

[“To music is to take part, in any capacity, in a musical performance, whether by performing, by listening, by rehearsing or practicing, by providing material for performance (what is called compos- ing), or by dancing. We might at times even extend its meaning to what the person is doing who takes the tickets at the door or the hefty men who shift the piano and the drums or the roadies who set up the instruments and carry out the sound checks or the cleaners who clean up after everyone else has gone. They, too, are all contributing to the nature of the event that is a musical performance.”] 

Obviously this is just one specific example but it is touching on postmodern and potentially metamodern ideas that anyone and everyone that interacts with music in any way is a part of the act itself because it is communicating in some way with, whether as one who makes, perceives, listens, imagines or contributes to the sounds formed in any way. This completely fractures, polarises and at the same time brings together all the people and their opinions’ involved with the music or sounds created in any way, completely changing the idea of what is valuable in any given music or sound. It goes beyond the listener and the musician embracing every transaction that takes place around the sound object/s. In recorded music you could say the person at the pressing plant operating the machine of which the music is imprinted onto is part of the musicking of the record just as much as the composer of performer. 

The term applies a lot of vagueness when thinking of the bigger picture due to it’s broad definition although it seems very useful in deconstructing a specific point one is looking to investigate within a sound object. For instance, I could easily ask to examine the affect of the music on people in an area of a locally popular band in the context of musicking as well as something totally different like the current issues facing a union of stadium cleaners on the protection of their rights and this situations’ affect on the continuance of music at this hypothetical place. The term, once understanding the basics of it’s definition, immediately brings to the reader’s attention it’s inclusivity and an invitation to inform, seek out and explore all areas involved within the wide world of sound objects across different cultures and scenes.