What is music?

 *Same note as last time.

[This is the Rainforest video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGEHYY8c8VM&feature=related%20 ]

The idea of music being something strictly human is a pretty popular notion and in general I find that many people do not consider recordings not explicitly MADE by a human to be music. I would argue that the Rainforest video is in fact music, even though it does not easily pertain to the order we like. I believe that the theory of musique concrete is very important as far as what is music: music isn't built upon traditional instrumentation necessarily, and its direct corollary is that music can be composed of sounds, not necessarily just instruments. For example you can make a beat using a sample, and that's not necessarily an instrument but it becomes more along the lines of an instrument you manipulate.

Here's a direct example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTfj57FP4f4

The song mixes synthesizer with sounds of nature, as well as other instruments of course. Whether the overall piece is music is a bit less subjective, but I consider each component of the music to be music; music is the confluence of sounds and each component is music. I consider the ducks quacking to be music as much as the synthesizer or the bass. This statement makes sense to me: you should not immediately have music without the components not being music.