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Why do we have so much music?
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Posted by ramblingjack (My Page) on Sat, Dec 17, 05 at 15:49
Many of us have, if we're honest about it, too much music. Yet we keep getting more. Buying, borrowing, downloading etc,etc.
Why do YOU think YOU do it?
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RE: Why do we have so much music?
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| I think it's because we need music. I believe music is a God-giving gift. It is in nature itself. It's in the wind. It's in the trees. It's in the water. And it certainly is in animals. Music is deep down in our soul. It's a craving we have because it's in our DNA. There is not one person on earth who does'nt like some form of music! |
RE: Why do we have so much music?
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| Very well said Mossy Oak Mudslinger! I don't buy near as much as I used to. But thanks (?) to Amazon I can spend hours listening to samples of all kinds of music, constantly being led by " People who bought this also bought this..." It's opened up a whole new world of music for me. Then you get those urges to buy some of your old favourites that have been remastered. I generally buy used only. |
RE: Why do we have so much music?
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| Its an illness ive had for many years.Im not sure what its called,but i cant walk into or past a music store without buying an lp or cd. |
RE: Why do we have so much music?
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| well, i think at first that the fact we get bored (faster than when I was young) can explain why we always want more. moooore. |
RE: Why do we have so much music?
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| Music is (or should be) art. Art expands the mind. One should always be trying to expand. 'cepting the waistline. Oooop! |
RE: Why do we have so much music?
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| Did you ever have one of those days when you open up your clothes closet and look at an abundance of clothing and say to yourself "I haven't got a thing to wear!"? Same thing happens when we look into our music closets. It's the longing for some new musical thrill, I guess. |
RE: Why do we have so much music?
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| I simply love music. I listen all the time. As a kid
my father taught me how to tape (on reel-to-reel) first
from his stereo then from our television (got some really
cool things off the tv in the early seventies). I've got
2 garages and each one has a stereo with a 6-disc changer.
I have another 6-disc in the living room and a single disc
unit in my music room. I have a 10-disc changer in one
vehicle and a single in another. I have an am/fm/cd clock
radio in the bedroom.
I can spend an evening watching tv or working on my
Mustang, but before I go to bed I have to play a couple of
cuts. There's very little I do where music is not in the
background. There is a (too) popular saying now, "music is
the soundtrack of your life". I first heard that on a
Michael Bloomfield record in 1983 on an interview segment.
While I hate to hear that all the time, I guess it's true.
It's funny but I associate music with all the good times
in my life, never with the bad. It makes me smile, laugh
and shake my head in bewilderment ("How did this guy get a
recording contract?"), it can even make me weep on occasion.
It's also what makes me get into this site every day.
I'm interested to know what others think about whatever's
posted. Some of you have some interesting things to say,
some keep it to a bare minimum, some have questions and
some have answers, and then there's... never mind.
Anyway, I just dig music. |
RE: Why do we have so much music?
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My earliest memories are of music being played on the radio in the early 1960's. My father taught me guitar shortly afterward when I was 8 years old. Having his band play in our livingroom was a recollection that's hard to discribe. More so now that he's passed away.
So, being exposed to music at an early age was a precursor to later life. I think being a musician give me an insite that may not be possible for someone who doesn't play an instrument. Not to say non-musicians can't fully appreciate music, but there's an experience only available to a musician. It can go beyond being able to analize and break down a peice. Knowing in detail what went into it. It may be the euphoric state while playing (in my case guitar) and losing control and playing something outside of what you are either cabable of doing or wouldn't normally play. Almost like an "out of body experience" for lack of a better phrase. You'll only know what I mean if you've been "there" before. I have tons of music but it's never enough, and the search goes on. Cheers! |
RE: Why do we have so much music?
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| Like quick85, I just love music. There are five CD players in my house and one in the car, some with changers. I have XM Radio that I can listen to in the car, in the house, and with headphones as I walk. I also have an iPOD. Currently on the iPOD are 963 songs, any of which at any moment I could say is my very favorite song. I still have hundreds of CDs to put on the iPOD when I have time to be selective about the tracks. Unlike quick85, I associate music with both good and bad times in my life, and even those times when nothing special was happening. Life goes on (thank goodness) so more music is needed for the continuing soundtrack. As difficult as it would be to give up TV, I'm reasonably sure I could do without it easier than doing without music. I can't imagine life without music. |
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