Here's my attempt to explain music, at least how I feel about it.
Most days, when not practicing, my iPod or CD player is on constantly.
Maybe it's because I play guitar, and been in bands since 16.
I remember being a kid and listening to the Bee Gees in the family car, knowing every word to all their songs after a while.
This may sound strange, or arrogant even, but it's not intended to be.
I hear music differently to other people. I instantly start listening for the keys of songs/pieces, trying to figure out chord progressions.
I think of the phrasings in various bars, trying to chart out a score in my head sometimes. I look for patterns, hoping to figure out what's coming next.
I painstakingly go through every song of a discography numerous times to determine if it makes sense to me, and am I going to keep it. I listen to iTunes playlists over and over.
It may sound like madness, but I am trying to build a music library, a legacy almost, something to leave behind for my kids, whenever they do come into the picture.
Because God only knows, at the rate the pop market is churning out formulaic pop stars, someone's got to be documenting certain music genres and unknown artists for other people and hopefully my future kids to hear someday.
Before it's lost.
Most days, when not practicing, my iPod or CD player is on constantly.
Maybe it's because I play guitar, and been in bands since 16.
I remember being a kid and listening to the Bee Gees in the family car, knowing every word to all their songs after a while.
This may sound strange, or arrogant even, but it's not intended to be.
I hear music differently to other people. I instantly start listening for the keys of songs/pieces, trying to figure out chord progressions.
I think of the phrasings in various bars, trying to chart out a score in my head sometimes. I look for patterns, hoping to figure out what's coming next.
I painstakingly go through every song of a discography numerous times to determine if it makes sense to me, and am I going to keep it. I listen to iTunes playlists over and over.
It may sound like madness, but I am trying to build a music library, a legacy almost, something to leave behind for my kids, whenever they do come into the picture.
Because God only knows, at the rate the pop market is churning out formulaic pop stars, someone's got to be documenting certain music genres and unknown artists for other people and hopefully my future kids to hear someday.
Before it's lost.
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