music has always been inspiring to me in multitudes of ways; a good chunk of the writing and drawing i do has been directly influenced by the music i am listening to. i will often need to stop what im doing to channel how it makes me feel into something (if what i am already doing doesnt feel right for it).
ive been thinking about the power it holds;
what we hear being linked to our emotions and directly influencing the brains limbic system.. different frequencies tapping into different parts of us.
i think this is part of the reason why there are so many links between religion/religious practices and music; it can resonate with people in a way thats hard to describe with words, and i imagine thats akin to what it feels like to follow a religion that really speaks to you.
i am not a religious person myself,
but i feel like the way that i feel about how sound makes me feel is probably the closest i have gotten to being one..
if its possible to have that kind of connection just with the concept and understanding of audio, i guess thats how i feel..
shows feel like church services to me, a feeling similar to seeing a loving parents smile after you give them a hand made gift.
sound waves purify me, and they turn water into holy water by pure energy alone.
seeing a musician in their element is like watching a deity.
instruments/equipment feel like.. precious artifacts.
etc etc...
maybe all of this is part of the reason i have a rhythm game special interest..? probably.
alongside the emotional link sound has to people, making music is an incredible way to channel Your own emotions into something.
when you are listening to a song you are listening to a piece of Them (usually.. music without soul exists).
it feels deeply personal to me, that someone has shared this part of them to me.. and i feel the same way when i share my own music (which i will likely talk about in another post at some point).
its because of this that even the most beautiful arrangements i have heard still have a kind of Raw and Primal energy to them..
and despite all of this, sound is still such a simple thing.. basically every thing makes noise; and anything can be music.
a noise doesnt need to be over a certain duration to elicit an emotional response.. hearing an uncovered sneeze in public and hearing the first note of welcome to the black parade can invoke wildly different emotions and take up the same amount of time.
if you snap your fingers, that can be a beautiful gift you gave to the people around you who the sound waves reached.
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