TonyVanDam said:

I use to go to raves when I was younger. And despite the drugs, it was a friendly, easy going place. I never did any hard drugs (and dont do any now), but I miss raves sometimes.

it's so true, although I love music and it serves at great escapism

sometimes i wonder if i should be more religious and put my energy there instead of just listening to music all the time

alphastreet said:

or combine the two and create secular music, Bach dedicated his life through it and the Lutheran Church

Unless I'm in the studio, I listen 2 music while doing something else. This does NOT make any sense.

I think there is some truth in it, though I think it is important to note that we don't all listen to all music in the same way of for the same reasons - and that difference isn't just a person-to-person, it is often within the same person.


What I mean is sometimes I listen to music as a means in itself - I specifically put a song on to listen to it, to pay full attention to it. Be it escapism or whatever. Sometimes it passes an otherwise dull car journey (my drive to work can take anything between 45 minutes to 90 mins, depending on the wondrous feat of engineering that is central England's M6 motorway).

Sometimes I'm watching the music live, with friends, enjoying the shared experience, marvelling at the talent on display (or lack thereof), or maybe just as a soundtrack to a drunken night as something to jump around to to cover up the fact that for me the room is spinning all of its own accord anyway!

Or maybe its the low times, the sad times, when I Know It's Over gets an airing or Acrobat or some such. When you're down, sometimes you just want to wallow, you know Maybe that's a bad thing, maybe it is GOOD to know you aren't the first or last to feel this way.Maybe it's good to know the song (and hence the mood) could last just 3 minutes and then on to the next track, I dunno...

Or maybe it's just the dumb rock fun of a hard rock track, just for the hell of it, for the smile on my face.


Whatever, I don't think it is a simple as saying "We use music in X way to achieve Y result".

Music is cleverer, more complex and more sueful than that.
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This just might be the stupidest thread in org history,I can't believe at a music site,NEEDING music is being attacked.
And what is this nonsense about who sits down and only listens to music?
I don't care how busy you are,if you're REALLY into music,you will find the time to SIT DOWN AND EXPERIENCE A RECORD,instead of just always playing it in the background.
Don't be a lazy listener.You think Jimi Hendrix played his mind-blowing solos,just so you can play it in the background,giving it only 25% of your attention?
You think Prince is the fantastic musician he is,because he never took the time to sit down and listen to those James Brown,Sly,Stevie records he grew up on?

You obviously don't listen to jazz,cause jazz ain't background music!

I don't write religious music, if I do write once in awhile, it's related to emotions, and sometimes even love and sex, I have a little janet and prince side to me too, that I hide, but may never show :p

gypsyfire said:

Don´t get me wrong. I love listening to music, just as everybody else and when I do listen to music I usually REALLY listen to it. I don´t use it as a background.

It´s just sad that some ppl do and they do it more and more.

Revolution said:

I was just gon' say "Have I been doing it wrong?" I'm usually doing something else while listening to music: usually, everything I do is to music!!

LittleSmedley said:

And yes, surely most music serves to unite us in some way.

theAudience said:

Miles said:

Dig. Music can soothe, and remove
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