What is it about music that makes us get engulfed in it? Is it the lyrics, the beat of the drums, the sound of the guitar or bass? There are many aspects of music that so many people like. Whether they listen to them individually or together, it is all different for different listeners. I myself have listened to music in many different ways. I have done all of those that I have listed previously. I like to analyze what it is I’m listening to. I feel that even with breaking down the music that it gives me more of an understanding of the work as a whole. It is not the lyrics that make music what it is. Yes, it has a big importance to it, but without the rest it may be hard to tell the emotions in the lyrics. It would be like a poetry reading. The other aspects give character. The can express all emotions with a simple strum of the strings, an extra pause in the striking of the bass, or the raising of the tempo of the keyboard. There is so much more that I wouldn’t be able to identify. Even if I did with what I know, I’m sure there is much more that I don’t know.
I wouldn’t say that analyzing music distracts from the music but enhances it. Well that is how I feel. With some people it may distract. I only say this because multitasking isn’t always people’s strong points. You have to still be able to keep everything in perspective when you do analyze the different aspects of the music. As I write this I am coming to realization that I don’t even truly analyze the music. I actually just appreciate the qualities of each element that is present within the music itself. When you listen to music, do you listen to it as a whole? Can you ever just keep things into perspective? As I look back, I can’t recall me ever being able to keep things that way. I couldn't help but focus out of some the music to be able to enjoy specific aspects.
The only thing that I could decide would help support my statements would be my music book that I used for my music class. When taking that class, for our tests we would have to listen to a piece and pick out specific sounds and strategies the composer had used to construct their musical masterpiece. Even when I didn’t enjoy the music itself, I was able to appreciate the song afterwards because I was able to tell how much thought and dedication was put into their work. So I guess I wouldn’t say that it is the book but more of my teacher getting us to be able to appreciate old music, which helped me appreciate music of the now century.
So the point that I am trying to get across is that analyzing isn’t a distraction so long as you know how to understand and keep things into perspective. What the meaning of why they done the way they are. I personally think that analyzing music is much more enlightening, since it opens the music more up to the listener.
When I was reading your blog I was so amazed at how you brought the light of not any particular song out but instead of music as a whole. I loved reading this, it gave me a whole new outlook on just life in general, that may sound a bit extreme but it truly did. The way you talked about music was in a beautiful way I thought. It is true that you can’t enjoy what you are listening to until you actually know what it is that you are listening to. The amount of effort put into every single song is so amazing and more than we ever think about when listening to it. I would like to believe that I will think now more about what went into the making of my favorite song rather than just the words itself. I love the way you brought the artist out from behind the scenes and made him or her the focus. It’s similar to a movie there is more to a movie than just the actors you see on the scene. The thought time and energy people put into their work should be reason in itself to make us look a little deeper into what they have actually created.
ReplyDeletethanks for the comment. i just hoped that you were able to read all of it. for some reason you might have had to highlight the the rest of the blog.
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