Saturday, 02 June 2007

  • Music

    The swirl of notes and melodies, the stream of music, of sound. I was moved by something I was listening to, so I decided to post about music.


    I appreciate all sorts of music — but I go through stages where I feel like listening only to a certain genre and nothing else. Right now I'm into some jazz, but mainly instrumental. I feel that stringed music especially can evoke the deepest of sorrows and the highest of joys.

    Stringed music is the song of the stars, of the heavens.

    I love to listen to music at night, when I can gaze outside of my window at the night sky and at the moon. I turn my monitor off, sit back in my chair and let my emotions rise and fall with the tide of the song.
    The piano is another instrument that reigns at the top of the list. It can be soft and seductive — loud and bold. You can snap your fingers to a jazz tune or tear up at a beautiful, moving piece. And then there are instruments that need to be in the right setting, such as the pipe organ. I've always wanted to hear a pipe organ inside a massive cathedral. In that setting, the organ fits perfectly; the notes are vast and haunting, and they are majestically medieval.

    From the pipe organ flows an unceasing psalm that is worthy of the ages.

    But what about lyrical songs? They are part of a different story. Voices add a whole different element to music, and they have the option to be the backgound or the focus. The words that they sing can persuade us, and sway us to think or to act a certain way. Along with the instrumental part, the words can lead us to thoughts that we would never find on our own.

    Every song is powerful, from the lullaby sung over the sleeping infant to the advertising jingle to the screamo songs.



    Life would be impossible without music — there is music in everything.

    And that ends my post about music. I just said a little bit of what I was thinking of, and your thoughts are appreciated!

    G'night everyone!

Comments (6)

  • Always_A_Poppet493
    Oh yes, life without music would be baaaaad. Music is just another way to, I don't care how cheesy this sounds, but to move and express our emotions. Man I would die without music.
  • Rochirmil
    You expressed my thoughts and feelings about music perfectly!!!
  • pwning_king
    woah... deep...
  • rdcgurl
    I find lyrical music to be much more moving (depending on how and who is singing it) I think that instrumental music can be interperated in many ways, so your emotion changes the way you hear it. A good singer is giving you his or her emotion. The lyrics, and the way they are expressed tells the story. What I look for in a singer is someone who makes you feel what they are singing about because they sing it like they really feel it. Someone who uses passion along with their voice is always the making of a powerful song.
  • Avant_Garde_Tony
    Nice.. very nice :). When a singer has the perfect voice, the emotions in the voice and the emotions in the song can mesh and create a well layered, complex song. However, I thik the violin or viola are two of the best emotional instruments to use in instrumentals but PARTICULARLY depressing or slow moving songs. Yet, you can use them in fater paced songs (see Get Set Go or Yellowcard).
  • aluinn_aisling
    Beautiful post! I've always liked instrumental music, because you can imagine the story it is telling you, and there are different stories within the same piece. Music can be a divine form of storytelling. I'll make that trip with you to hear the pipe organ...

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