Music

Music seems to have been an important topic of conversation for the past couple of weeks, so I thought that I would share my 2 cents on the subject.

There are many schools of thought on music. Does one listen for the tonality? Is melody and harmony what moves you? Perhaps the listener is a poet at heart, and is truly moved by the lyrics more than anything else. Some folk look at the entire piece to judge.

Myself, I am concerned with melody and harmony. Lyrics are an afterthought for me. I could sit and listen to Satanistic music, and if the music pleases me, the lyrics are moot. Perhaps this is why I can enjoy classical and instrumental music, but can't stand newer pop acts, such as Bob Dylan.

Sound has emotional impact on the audience. The melody, rythym, dynamic, harmony, etc. A good composer can instill an emotion upon his audience without the use of lyrics, in my opinion. For me, music serves as a heating rock does to an iguana. It enhances, instills, inflicts, offers, and discovers emotion within me. Certain moods inspire me to enjoy different music. If I am feeling empty with a certain emotion, music might serve to coax that emotion out of me.

Music is different for everyone, and I wouldn't expect my opinion to hold true for everyone. This is just true for me.

Addendum: I took some flak tonight for calling Bob Dylan a 'newer pop act.' I should define better - I am saying newer as in, relative to classical music (symphonic). And pop music as in popular music. I understand that Dylan is 60s and 70s folk music. But, compared to Mozart, he is also newer popular music. So stop yelling at me.