Ryan Bisio on Why Basketball and Music Are the Same Thing

Lay out the core framework for somebody hearing it cold.

So the band, the positions, the ball as a note.

How did you arrive at that comparison? And what exactly is that comparison?

Yeah, thank you.

So basically the five elements as it's laid out in the book, and they track to these five fundamentals.

So there's rhythm, there's tempo, there's harmony, there's melody, and there's tone.

So five musical elements.

And the entire book is placed around those five musical elements.

To your point, you talked about the band.

I think an easy way to map it for someone who knows a little bit of basketball, a little bit of music would be, Like the center, the big player on a basketball court is kind of like the drummer.

They provide size, strength.

They provide boundaries.

They kind of are like the oomph of a basketball team.

The power forward, stretch forward is kind of like the bass player.

They have a direct relationship with the drummer.

It's really important that they're connected to drive a piece of music rhythmically.

on the power forward would be a rebounder, a screener, hustle plays, engaging the other frequencies, but adding strength and stability to the sound.

So they would constitute as the rhythm section.

The harmony section, would be like the two and the three.

So like the shooting guard and the small forward, where it's like they're kind of in the higher frequency ranges.

You know, they can switch on defense.

They create great floor spacing.

They're very interactive.

You know, when they engage the rhythm section, you know, the four and the five, something more powerful is built.

And I think in music, if you're watching a live band and you see a piece being started by a drummer, then the bass player hops in.