What is Music? Why does it affect us the way that it does? What distinguishes it from other forms of art?

References:

Edgard Varèse - "Music is organized sound": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgard_Var%C3%A8se

Music of West Africa: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_West_Africa

The Music Lesson by Victor Wooten

Jim Simmons: jimsimmonscomposer.com

Spectralism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectral_music

Quantum Entanglement: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_entanglement

Trombone Multipavillions: http://www.mim.be/trombone-with-7-bells

Thundercat: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thundercat_(musician)

Cedric Bixler-Zavala (The Mars Volta): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedric_Bixler-Zavala

Geddy Lee: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geddy_Lee

John Anderson (Yes): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Anderson

Donald Fagen (Steely Dan): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Fagen

Bjork: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bj%C3%B6rk

Choirs synchronize their heartbeats: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-23230411#:~:text=Choir%20singers%20not%20only%20harmonise,their%20heartbeats%2C%20a%20study%20suggests.&text=Writing%20in%20the%20journal%20Frontiers,the%20singers%20coordinate%20their%20breathing.

Nocturne in Eb by Chopin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tV5U8kVYS88

Arvo Pärt: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arvo_P%C3%A4rt

Milton Babbit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Babbitt

Alan Watts on music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pV-D2_G9w5c

Ending Music: In the Embers of Existence by Eric Mulhern