OK. Here we go. I guess to start off I'd have to say, I use music A LOT! I use it to work. I use it to sleep. I use it to get places. I use music to learn. I use music to help concentrate. I use music to help ward off unwanted thoughts. In all honesty, I think I use music more than it uses me.
If I didn't have music playing at Co-op constantly, I'd probably go insane. If there wasn't any music playing at Co-op..well there just wouldn't be any Co-op, it would be burnt to the ground from me going insane(jk jk). But honestly, that's how much I need music. Hold on, that's how music uses me. Music keeps me happy and when I'm happy, I make a better worker. Those clever executives. That's probably why they play all variations of music, to keep everyone happy and satisfied, which makes them better workers. It all makes sense now. The music also distracts me from the fact that I'm doing work, which seems to make things go a lot faster.
Whenever I go to bed at night I always make sure my radio is set to a good station and played at a volume loud enough to interprite yet quite enough to lull me to sleep. The music they play on the radio is pretty good considering I'm in the middle of the canadian prairies. Perhaps the way music is using me when I sleep is perhaps as soon as I'm asleep, the radio station starts sending out subliminal messages of some sort. If that's the case they're just as clever as the Co-op executives. But If it weren't for that music it would be so much harder for me to sleep. I suppose it's because it blocks out all other noise and all other thoughts that race through my mind preventing me from shutting down. Lol, thoughts are like spam and pop ups.
When I say that music gets me places, that statement is interpreted in countless ways. First off, theres me listening to music when I drive. It keeps unwanted distractions in my mind and keeps me concentrated on driving while still having a good time. Then theres music getting me places when I walk/jog/run with my portable music player. It keeps my mind off the fact that I'm actually excercising and doing something healthy. Scary thoughts I know. I also use music to get places careerwise. Everyone loves to see musician on a resume. If all go's right music will take me places I will love. And no I don't mean head supervisor at Co-op. I'm talking about playing in bands, composing music, technically manipulating music. Stuff like that.
Hold up. Theres something familiar about these uses. It seems that in all the things I use music for, the music is distracting me from something that I don't like. I suppose that is how music truly uses me. Maybe I was wrong, maybe music uses me more than I thought. Maybe music is evil...pffftt lol just kidding. Music is the greatest thing in the world. Without it nothing would happen. Nothing would get done. Music is good. And I don't even care that It uses me, use me all you want music. I don't care.
Lucky 13
16 years ago
1 comment:
Think about this, Josh. Music that you hear in stores, on commercials, and on the radio are all programmed for one thing: to sell you something. You attach the song or jingle to a product, and next time you're in the store, WHAM! You've bought that next useless iPod that is only marginally better than the last.
Did you know that that technique was borrowed from the automobile industry? In the '30's, auto makers noticed a lull in sales once the market was saturated with their product - cars. Everybody already had one, but they still wanted to sell them. Solution? Make them marginally different each year and SELL SELL SELL those minor changes in design/function/etc. Sucks, eh?
There is a whole psychological aspect that music puppeteers use to manipulate you - DJ's in particular, use the number of beats per minute in a song to manipulate the dancers - when they dance, when they buy drinks, etc.
Good blogging.
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