A random ramble…
There have been moments when I have listened to amazing sounding music.
Mostly it’s in a well set up indoor space.
Rarely it’s outdoors at a concert or even from far away on a silent night.
What’s common however is that it evokes some deep emotional sensations. I think this is what I am addicted to and crave.
These range from thrilling, nostalgic to joy or sadness.
At times these moments transform my mood even. Eg: neutral to ecstatic (no imbibing involved)
There are times when a wrong (for me) choice of music transforms the experience to gloom or disappointment (I switch off and do something else)
But I am more and more searching for a method to select the right kinds of music to set a mood. I find “genre” based playlists are a bit of hit and miss. I was listening to Vieux Farka Toure’s new album (Ali Farka's son). titled “Ali” it brought forth a mix of very enjoyable feelings (for me). This caused me to put down the above semi formed thoughts above.
Thoughts, anyone?
There have been moments when I have listened to amazing sounding music.
Mostly it’s in a well set up indoor space.
Rarely it’s outdoors at a concert or even from far away on a silent night.
What’s common however is that it evokes some deep emotional sensations. I think this is what I am addicted to and crave.
These range from thrilling, nostalgic to joy or sadness.
At times these moments transform my mood even. Eg: neutral to ecstatic (no imbibing involved)
There are times when a wrong (for me) choice of music transforms the experience to gloom or disappointment (I switch off and do something else)
But I am more and more searching for a method to select the right kinds of music to set a mood. I find “genre” based playlists are a bit of hit and miss. I was listening to Vieux Farka Toure’s new album (Ali Farka's son). titled “Ali” it brought forth a mix of very enjoyable feelings (for me). This caused me to put down the above semi formed thoughts above.
Thoughts, anyone?