The older I get, the more I realize that music is a very important part everyone's my life. I use it almost too much. Right now its to the point to where it gets scary. When I am doing homework in my room I either have the radio on, or a CD playing. When I walk to class I have my I-Pod in my ears, and if I don't I am usually singing some song in my head. There's a guy that lives across the hall from me, and he is always complaining because he hears a song that I am singing and the song gets stuck in his head. The stuff that I listen to is very broad. One day I'll be listening to Earth, Wind and Fire, and the next day I'll be listening to Alanis Morissette.
We have that song for when we fall in love, when we get angry we turn to this type of music. When we get happy we listen to this type of music. We may not listen to the same stuff, but it would be very tough to find someone that can say they hate every type of music. Music, like the world, is so diverse. No two types are the same, but it contains a universal language that we all speak.....
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chea d-lew,
I feel you on your take on music. I am a big fan of being diverse, even daily, on what penetrates my ears. I go from rock to James Taylor in an instant, followed by some smooth jazz. I have found smooth jazz to be the perfect compromise for "homework music," in that it's not as soothing as classical which puts me to sleep (which I love) and it's not as "sing-alongesk" as pop stuff with lots of lyrics to sing along to. I catch myself in my room for more than two minutes and I'm like "Why am I not listening to music?" As if every potential moment should be spent listening to music, like silence is only a last resort. Virtually all of my music is clean, or instrumental, but there is still a ton of media going through me. I try to go for a couple of hours every once in a while with just silence just to keep my listening in moderation. One thing is for sure though, we live in a society with instant music selection, whether at home, (computer or mp3 or ipod) and we demand music when we feel or get the urge for it. I believe this is way different from way back... ya know, in the early nineties, when I had to listen to a song on the back of a tape or rewind a tape to listen or find a song I wanted to listen to. It's instant gratification in yet another form.
(By the way, I listened to 2 different Five Iron Friends while writing this)
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