why/how does music affect us?
 

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I know, it's only rock & roll, but I like it...

More questions?? :) :)

I think because most people have certain types of Music that makes them feel good whether it is because they enjoy playing it, listening to it, or dancing to it.

Now...I said "most" because some music is also sad and reminds people of other things or some music drives people crazy because they don't like it & it hurts their ears.

So...now in reference to your little one. As they get bigger, I'd play the music that makes them laugh or dance and then you can sit back and laugh at how cute they are!! :)

Funny, I was just reading an article last week about the currently hot, producer extraordinaire Jon Brion.

He was quoted on a similar question as follows:

"Why do I love songs? It's three minutes of condensed storytelling, of trying to collect your thoughts lyrically, musically and emotionally, and when it works there's nothing on earth like it," Brion says. "Think about it: Airwaves of sound move the little hairs and bones in your body, enter your brain and make your neurons fire off skyrockets. No matter how much you look at the math of it, it is beautiful, it is mystical beyond words. I only have to think about a song like (The Kinks')`Waterloo Sunset,' and my physiology changes. What's not to love about that?"

A little new-agey, but that explantion (and most anything written by Ray Davies..)works for me...:cool:

Tim

Ever notice that you can be in the crappiest mood ever, but listening to an upbeat song can turn it around? Or listening to a slow song can bring you down?

That being said, when I felt how warm it was outside today, I decided to open up all the windows, pour a drink, put Phish's LAWN BOY, Flaming Lips' YOSHIMI, Pink Floyd's OBSCURED BY CLOUDS, and Radiohead's THE BENDS on shuffle and just sit back and mellow out...

Such coincidence that this thread appears the same week one of our most influential songwriters passes on. A single song from this man's plethoric repertoire, combined with the gumption usually found in a bottle, inspired many to change their lives in profound ways. Of course, I'm speaking of Johnny Paycheck! His "Take This Job and Shove it" was the rallying cry for thousands as they left their ****ty little jobs to follow a career of ****ty little jobs, often for no better reason than to see the expression on their bosses face in reaction to the song title!

BTDT

Ed