There are many ways to realize music.
Here are but a few:

Bill Dixon	Son House	Matthew Shipp
Cecil Taylor	Wadada Leo Smith	Karlheinz Stockhausen
M-Base	Charles Ives	Anthony Braxton
William Parker	Harry Partch	Ishmael Reed
William Gibson	Sun Ra	Wesley Willis

. . . And some musical examples from friends from the neighborhood

 

Dave Latchaw

Cathy Serrano

Eric Clancy

Daniel "Youthman" Hall