Sorry for just throwing out questions.
I feel as though when I'm writing, I just run through my thoughts. My grammar may not be that very good, so I apologize to those who are fed up with poor spelling and the misuse of commas, paragraph spacing and etc. I will try to post with more caution.
I find though, when I type, I'm so excited that I want to get my post on the forum as fast as possible. This in the long run may not serve others very well. Yet, in the very short term, posting without going over what I had just written serves a purpose. That purpose is one of giddiness and pleasure to want to interact as fast as possible with others that share common insights.
My apologies once again...but I'm so excited to talk...
Russel
Hehehe if you want you can look at your writing as a similar to music, it shows what you were feeling, the excitement, the anticipation etc. [:P] I like it. I'd much rather people write like that than try and follow certian rules of english and be all formal. It's like music. What's better, being a technical master or simply using emotion to convey the message?
Anyway, back to the topic. There are two ways for me to look at this.
First there is the listener. As a listener i listen to music that compells me, that keeps me interested and that allows me to feel something, what ever that may be. Some times that may be a little bit of jazz, sometimes it may be some classical music, but a lot of the time it's metal. And i don't mean Linkin Park metal or Metallica metal. A lot of the time i listen to bands that are considered :evil" by a lot of people. They have the appearance of satan worshippers, they write about dark things such as killing people, worshipping dark spirits etc, and some even claim they do follow Satan (whether that's true or not is another matter). So why do i listen to these bands, and am i effected by it in a negative way?
Like i said, i listen to it because the music keeps me interested. It's intense, it's emotional for me personally and i just get a lot of enjoyment out of it. As far as i can tell i haven't been effected in a negative way by it at all. In fact i think just the opposite has happened. My mind has opened, and this music allows me to think about it as i absorb it. Of course this is for all types of metal, not just the agressive stuff. It's for all types of music actually. I think the feelings a person gets can be different than that of the feelings the artist(s) put into it.
Sometimes i find i'm listening to music and certain parts or songs trigger what i can only describe as feelings. It's kind of like i remember something and a feeling associated with that time comes to me, or sometimes it's just a feeling. An artist can't put that feeling i get into a song. That feeling is something triggered by what the artist put into a song, but the effects of the trigger are a result of my own being. Sure the artist can put tons of emotion into a song, but... i'm confusing myself here. Hopefully you get what i'm trying to say. I'm too tired to try and explain it properly. [:D]
Another thing i'd like to mention is that sometimes listening to sombre/dark music helps to let go of of things and to vent feelings.
I'll move on before i get too caught up in all of that [:D]
The other way for me to look at this is from the angle of a musician, creating music, something i do often.
Again, a lot of the stuff i write (music and lyrics) are written to vent feelings, and other times to just express myself. One of the greatest things about music is it's ability to create images and stories in people's heads. The possibilities are endless. That's one of the things i find so enjoyable about writing is the imagery i can create, no matter what the subject matter is. A lot of my lyrics and music are "dark" but that's just part of the fun of it. It's good to have music as a way to express anger and bitterness without actually harming anybody. I think it's veyr healthy.
Anyways, all i know is that music is something extremely important to me and it is a huge part of me, and i don't think i'm effected negatively by it at all. I think it helps me, no matter what the about, or however agressive it is. All in all, music is the voice of the spirit, and nobody's spirit should be silenced (i know that's not the point of this topic, just wanted to say it). [8D]
Music does personally effect my emotions, but it's not the same everytime. If I'm feeling frusterated or flustered I throw in some meta-music, like the hemi-sync series to calm my nerves. Sometimes I can't listen to negative music because it rubs off on me too much, I get a little tired of the whining, it can bring me down.
But, a lot of the music I listen to is dark, and has dark lyrics, but the music itself gets me hyped and uplifts me. When I'm focused on spirituality I'll throw in some TOOL most times, Maynard makes my spine tingle, hehe.
I love music driven by emotion, nothing hits harder, for me atleast. As far as the origins of music and such, I'm sure it's been around since the beginning, even the sounds of nature can be like music, (birds, insects, water flowing). It seems to me to be an excellent outlet for creativity and emotion, I myself am trying to learn how to play the guitar so that I can use it for just that :).
Oh, and by the way, if you like the darker metal stuff, check out Avenged Sevenfold's 'Waking the Fallen' album, my newest purchase, and it's AWESOME.
I think music makes the musician before he or she tries to make music. We all grow up listening to some type of music so we have an idea of it. Then the musician-to be builds off that.
Music (in one instance) is a form of expression. I, for one, take this artform for granted. What do you think music is? Where it originates, or comes to life. Is it the musician that makes the music? Or does the music make the musician? It is very perplexing. Well, we can say that music is emotion in a lot of cases. It is also thought driven. If music can form the formless than what can that form do to us. If we are made up of emotions and mind, shouldn't we be very careful what to listen to. Harmonious music soothes the soul while disharmonious music tears the soul?? If an artist is projecting their moods and thoughts into the music, and we take that in, does their music change on behalf of the one who is interpreting or listening to that music? Can someones "bad" mood be changed into a good mood. If that is so, where are the laws that govern thought and feeling. I would think that happy in most cases would be roughly the same happy to others. One could not relate their feeling of happiness to someone who is sad. Should we be more careful to what we listen to? If you engage fully with the music, or to a deeper level, don't you connect with what that artist is projecting. Isn't their mood projected onto you? IF so, can you listen to music without it actually effecting you on that level. Can a mood of music play on your subconscious. I think it can. I sure as hell don't want a bunch of turmoil or "negative" feelings playing a part of my subconscious. Then what? I like listening to some dark and creepy music for the enjoyment of it being there. It is an adventure that I partake on. It's like going to a creepy world...just to check it out. Yet, IF I AM DRAWN TO SUCH WORLDS does that not play a part of me. Of course it does. So therefore am I dark? Doesn't like attract like. How about listening to sad music. If people like listening to that can that music have no effect on them?? If they don't engage in it then I guess not. Do we have the ability to morph ourselves to particular character listeners, that when we do so, we play that character (emotion) for the sake of playing it. Can you turn that morphing off. How do you know? I take this for granted...teehee. Maybe it is very simple. I'll leave it to you guys and gals. If music is personality, then is becoming one with all kinds bad? Is it good to have darker sides of personality. This has been a huge question for many years for me. For sometime I'm either not wanting to limit myself and experience all kinds, and then, there are other times where I question why I lead to darker sides. Is to move up on spiriatuality the essence of losing dark influences or is it generally the ability to control one's mind and emotion?
Russel