Would you describe yourself as someone who loves music?

[gophins72]

That's cool, I'm interested in knowing more about why people seem to like music over other art forms such as painting, what is it that speaks to you about music?

i like music and have liked it since an early age. i have a natural inclination to music and played instruments at an early age.

other forms of art i also like but i do not have a natural affinity with them and generally need them explained to me in order to "get it"

music will calm me whereas other forms of art will not.

 

[lxskllr]

That makes sense, but do you not think that certain art such as paintings can have the same effect, either when you are looking at them or if they create an ambiance in the space you are in?

Only as it interacts with the rest of the decor. A renaissance painting, in a Japanese house would be kind of jarring, and depending on how the rest is decorated, can only be appreciated on it's own. Now if that painting were mixed in with a bunch of other inappropriate pieces, it could put out a certain funky vibe, but again, it's only a portion of the total presentation. Take away that painting, the rest of the house stays together almost intact. With music, you can change the "decor" from funky, to wistful, to somber, to happy... as your mood changes, or as you want to change it. I guess if you were rich, you could do that with physical items, but it wouldn't happen as quickly, and of course it would cost a fortune.

 

[HAL9000]

I doubt it. But I contend that you haven't really listened to music unless you've smoked some weed beforehand.

Ha, Well that will not be happening anytime soon 🙂

I love music... Not only does it not require your full attention, but it's very effective in enhancing whatever mood you happen to be in.

When I force myself to give music my full attention I just start feeling annoyed and want to turn it off...

 

[natto fire]

After reading your other thread, I got to thinking about one artist you might not have heard named Jonathan Goldman. He makes excellent ambient music, which sounds like you prefer over music that demands attention.

I like other forms of art, especially photography, but over my travels have learned the feeling from them is more fleeting than what I get from music. Certain songs always take me back to a point in time or a certain feeling that I cannot explain. It is similar to how many, myself included, strongly associate memories with scents. I have theories about why this is so, but don't want to ramble.

 

[HAL9000]

Only as it interacts with the rest of the decor. A renaissance painting, in a Japanese house would be kind of jarring, and depending on how the rest is decorated, can only be appreciated on it's own. Now if that painting were mixed in with a bunch of other inappropriate pieces, it could put out a certain funky vibe, but again, it's only a portion of the total presentation. Take away that painting, the rest of the house stays together almost intact. With music, you can change the "decor" from funky, to wistful, to somber, to happy... as your mood changes, or as you want to change it. I guess if you were rich, you could do that with physical items, but it wouldn't happen as quickly, and of course it would cost a fortune.

That's very true, but do you not think that by creating the decor of the room, matching the art on the walls is more submersive than music?

 

[HAL9000]

After reading your other thread, I got to thinking about one artist you might not have heard named Jonathan Goldman. He makes excellent ambient music, which sounds like you prefer over music that demands attention.

I like other forms of art, especially photography, but over my travels have learned the feeling from them is more fleeting than what I get from music. Certain songs always take me back to a point in time or a certain feeling that I cannot explain. It is similar to how many, myself included, strongly associate memories with scents. I have theories about why this is so, but don't want to ramble.

Interesting, I'll have to have a listen at some point, I was thinking that might be a way to go "background music" so I got some classical music that's mean to have a similar effect, and found I ended up changing the music to a re-run of the simpsons that I've seen a thousand times to have in the background.

 

[DrPizza]

If you don't like any types of music... at all, then either your hearing is damaged, else your brain is damaged. I have a couple of medical books concerning sound and music & their effects on humans behind me in the bookcase. Do you want me to see if there's some name for your condition?

 

[lxskllr]

That's very true, but do you not think that by creating the decor of the room, matching the art on the walls is more submersive than music?

Sometimes, but not always. Physical art can be more submersive, but that's all you get. Once you've decorated, it's etched in stone, and it's a major undertaking to change it. With music, I can sit in my Japanese room full of mixmatched art and go anywhere. I could be in a stone cottage in Ireland, in the desolate landscape of Iceland, in a posh ballroom in NYC, or an NCO club during WWII. All that and more is only a couple button clicks away :^)

 

[HAL9000]

If you don't like any types of music... at all, then either your hearing is damaged, else your brain is damaged. I have a couple of medical books concerning sound and music & their effects on humans behind me in the bookcase. Do you want me to see if there's some name for your condition?

Wow, maybe you didn't mean it, but a tad offensive, my hearings fine, I've had it tested a couple of times for different reasons, and I've had two CAT scans, no brain damage. It just dosen't interest me, a lot of people don't like some forms of art, that dosen't mean they have brain damage...

 

[HAL9000]

Sometimes, but not always. Physical art can be more submersive, but that's all you get. Once you've decorated, it's etched in stone, and it's a major undertaking to change it. With music, I can sit in my Japanese room full of mixmatched art and go anywhere. I could be in a stone cottage in Ireland, in the desolate landscape of Iceland, in a posh ballroom in NYC, or an NCO club during WWII. All that and more is only a couple button clicks away :^)

That's a very good point it would be very difficult to design a room that you could just flick a switch and change the decor, (doable but difficult)

 

[KeithTalent]

I wub it.

KT

 

[HAL9000]

I wub it.

KT

Concise

N

 

[TridenT]

I like it, but I could certainly do without it if I had something taking up my attention. 😛 Also, I mainly only have music playing to drown out the background noise. (i.e. screaming children)

 

[HAL9000]

I like it, but I could certainly do without it if I had something taking up my attention. 😛 Also, I mainly only have music playing to drown out the background noise. (i.e. screaming children)

That's fair, you haven't been kidnapping like the child snatcher from chitty chitty bang bang have you?

 

[dighn]

music inspires me. i love it.

 

[KeithTalent]

I remember when I was little kid I had this really crappy little red record player and about 10 records. I would sit there and play them over and over and over until I had them completely memorized.

When tapes came along and I was able to get a crappy tape player and get copies of tapes from my friends (we were super poor, so could not really afford to buy tapes regularly, except for blanks) I was in heaven.

I actually did not like CDs as much as tapes (I've always had a soft spot for records and still enjoy listening to records) because they were far less portable and harder to copy, plus they were super expensive when I was younger.

These days I am generally listening to something a good chunk of the day, unless I am doing somethnig like reading or watching a movie; but any down time, or when I am working, I almost always have tunes playing.

So yeah, I wub it.

KT

 

[HAL9000]

music inspires me. i love it.

Does it inspire you more than other art forms? If so why?

 

[CRXican]

you can dance to it or sing along with it

much more interactive than a painting or something lame like that

 

[natto fire]

You said you dislike silence, do you mean total silence? For example, if you were near a waterfall or some other landscape that had a fairly repetitive sound would you wish there were sounds that were more sporadic (such as talking or certain music)?

If you were/are in total silence, would/do you hum or sing internally or aloud?

I find this fascinating and want to know more about your attitudes about sound.

 

[HAL9000]

you can dance to it or sing along with it

much more interactive than a painting or something lame like that

What about other performing arts then if that's your preference? If your not into Painting or static works then sure performing arts such as theater, should be as immersive as music

 

[HAL9000]

You said you dislike silence, do you mean total silence? For example, if you were near a waterfall or some other landscape that had a fairly repetitive sound would you wish there were sounds that were more sporadic (such as talking or certain music)?

If you were/are in total silence, would/do you hum or sing internally or aloud?

I find this fascinating and want to know more about your attitudes about sound.

Good question, yeah it's total silence I have a problem with, I find it overwhelming, imagine how some people feel, when they are in pitch black, they find it like they are being overwhelmed by it completely enveloped by it, I find it almost intolerable, sporadic sound is fine, repetitive sound is fine. But complete silence, is almost terrible.

 

[DrPizza]

Wow, maybe you didn't mean it, but a tad offensive, my hearings fine, I've had it tested a couple of times for different reasons, and I've had two CAT scans, no brain damage. It just dosen't interest me, a lot of people don't like some forms of art, that dosen't mean they have brain damage...

Then it's probably some congenital problem, else a developmental problem. I actually did take a moment to glance through one of the books. My wife had them for some master's level nursing degree stuff that she was doing (or something.) Anyway, there's something about the amygdala & something or other about the left and right something or other. In order to understand what they were talking about, I'd have to read wayyyy too much of the book. But, it had a ton of stuff about emotional reactions to music and problems with brains.

 

[HAL9000]

Then it's probably some congenital problem. I actually did take a moment to glance through one of the books. My wife had them for some master's level nursing degree stuff that she was doing (or something.) Anyway, there's something about the amygdala & something or other about the left and right something or other. In order to understand what they were talking about, I'd have to read wayyyy too much of the book. But, it had a ton of stuff about emotional reactions to music and problems with brains.

I don't believe that there is a causal medical link between my apreciation for a form of art, and a recognised medical condition. I'm happy to be proved wrong, and while there may well be research into it, unless it has been conclusively proven that people who do not appreciate music have some kind of psychological issue then I find it hard to take seriously.

 

[Rubycon]

Wow just five folks (including myself) chose option 1. :|

As a musician and techie in the field of theater not a day goes by where a bar of music is not played/heard. If it's not in the shower I'll sing. :$

 

[HAL9000]

Wow just five folks (including myself) chose option 1. :|

As a musician and techie in the field of theater not a day goes by where a bar of music is not played/heard. If it's not in the shower I'll sing. :$

Ha fair enough, this is kind of what got me to this question, all my friends are hooked on music, they listen all the time and a couple are music technicians for a large company. Yet I know no one who is equally into other art forms....