Monday, September 15, 2008

What is Music?

In my opinion, Music is anything you want it to be. The only definition that I can create for Music is that Music is anything that sounds good to you. For example, say that I'm listening to a song by Sam Roberts and someone comes up and says that isn't music. The reason behind that is because they don't find Sam Roberts entertaining or enjoyable so they don't consider it music. On the other hand I enjoy Sam Roberts so I consider it to be music. To me, music is any kind of sound that I enjoy. My variety of music enjoyment can be anything from Sam Roberts to Elvis Presley, from Brad Paisley to All That Remains. I even enjoy the classics. The reason for liking most of these diffrent kinds of sounds is because I can relate to them. The other reason for liking these sounds is because they sound good. If I don't like the way something sounds then I don't consider it music. I usually consider it "garbage" which it might not be to someone else. When it comes down to music in my daily life..well..it is my daily life. I can't function without music. Music is my entire universe. Without music I find it very hard to concentrate on most things. I listen to music when I work, when I'm able to in school, when I drive and when I go to sleep. My music is there when I wake up, when I'm getting ready for work/school and it's always in my head constantly going and keeping me headed in the direction I want to go. Without music I couldn't function properly and probably go insane. Music is everywhere, you hear it in school, at home, at your local grocery store and even walking down the street. Although sometimes you may not hear it but to many other people it's there and it's bringing enjoyment to someone.

1 comment:

Kevin D A Jones said...

I'm getting a theme reading the Music-Tech blogs. Music is life, music is unique to everyone, and teenagers would die w/o music.

It was the same way in the 1990s when I was in high school, except music to me was some blend of hip hop (Eminem, Dr. Dre, NWA), then alternative/grunge (Pearl Jam, Nirvana), and true alternative (Collective Soul, Tea Party, Live).

Research shows that the music that you listen to now is the music that will resonate with you most for the rest of your life. Brain research proves this by drawing links between emotional centers and music - and consider this - you are more emotional now than you will be for the rest of your life....trust me on this one. I don't lose sleep if Pardo doesn't like my hair; he doesn't care enough to tell me, and I like myself enough to ignore it if he did make fun. But in Grade 10......disaster!

Good observations, Josh.

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