What is the role of music has played on my life? That is an interesting question. To tell you the truth it really hasn’t. Yeah I enjoy it, who wouldn’t? It’s something out of the norm. I could see how it would greatly affect some people’s life. I mainly use it so I don’t feel alone I guess. I listen to it while I’m driving in my car or as I’m at work, mainly while I’m in my car though. I’m not one for plain silences. To me it just makes things seem extremely awkward, even when I’m with myself. I say this because when you’re in plain silence don’t you just feel as if things are at a standstill? Everyone is just sitting around doing absolutely nothing. I don’t like it so that’s why I have something going on. So that’s where music comes along sometimes.
Music itself hasn’t really been a major influence in my life though. The only time it has influenced me is by hearing it I was so stoked on how it sounded I wanted to know how amazing it would sound in concert…… actually it has played a little bit in my life. I am apparently a little too friendly with the opposite sex and I have had some interesting song dedicated to me, some nice and some not so nice. Even that being the case it hasn’t done anything to me except a good laugh or smile. The not so nice ones may have made me look back a bit to understand why, but the thing is it didn’t make a difference to me. Yes, it had happened but there was nothing I could have really done.
As for my community and the world, that is a different story. Music has extremely been the outlet for many people. Music has become main stream, to where it’s the most important thing for many people. I just don’t have that kind of connection as these people do. I simply enjoy my life without the assistance of other people’s talent. Yes, music is a great thing to have around. That much is true, but to have it run, control, or make it an extreme importance of life, just seems to be too much. When I hear these stories about how music has saved my life and what not, I feel sympathy for these people. It is unfortunate that people get into this kind of state to where Music is the only thing that is good in their life, but it really shouldn’t be that way. It’s not that music is bad but people should have to live like that to where music I that important to them.
There is something I’m supposed to talk about but the thing is I don’t know how I am supposed to talk about it. How am I even supposed to discuss the theme of music? On top of that, how it may possibly alter my appreciation of music. The theme of music is not something I feel I could pinpoint. There are many different themes put there. There is love songs, hate songs, Emo songs, random sounds, rap which is all derogatory. The list would continue to go on. I’ve listened to a wide variety of songs and I’ve looked up lyrics, and it has yet truly changed my perspective, appreciation, and understanding of it; I just appreciate that it is there to make the silence go away. It is as simple as that.
I totally agree with what you have to say about how music adds a dash of zest to the dull silence we are sometimes forced to endure. I would go crazy, like literally begin talking to myself, if I had to drive all the way to school without any music playing to distract/entertain me. I would say, that like you, I also have not been impacted or influenced by music in a MAJOR way. However, I think if you actually took a harder look you might realize that music can sometimes define you, or at least what you are going through, during different times in your life. You mention that you feel bad for people that feel like music is the most important thing in their life because you enjoy life “without the assistance of other people's talent”. Music isn't just listened to. Someone has to create it. My good friend, Desmond, spends countless hours playing guitar, writing songs, playing the songs he has written, and recording them. You could say it has taken over his life, but that's what makes him happy. For some, music is the only thing that is good in their life because it is their means of communication. A way for them to express what they are feeling.
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