musac ah ha #2

music has always been a huge part of my life. not the "omg i loveeee this song, britney is a serious genius' type of part in my life but a deeper part, its spiritual, inspiring and brilliant. for me the power of music comes from the level at which it allows the listener to escape from their self and invites him/her to move deeper into their being allowing them to become vulnerable, grow and heal themselves spiritually through inspiration and self awareness that certain genres of music can initiate (thank you dallin). to numerous individuals each genre may do something different for them. for example country makes me want to start bleeding out every orface of my face then saw off the toe of a wild poison toad a drink its blood. BUT to someone else country may initiate a sense of spirituality and assist them to feel what is really going on inside them. so thus even though i don't necessarily enjoy listening to country music i still can have an appreciation for it and how it may serve others. its also very interesting to me how each genre appeals to various individuals and how their perceptions turn each song into something they either love or despise in their little reality that they create. really each song uses basically the same notes on the piano, guitar, banjo, harmonica, harp, flute, etc... you could have sufjan stevens playing one of his complex genius symphonies in one ear and a mellow jose gonsalez acoustic in the other and appreciate each one in its own form. or loath each one to each their own. what i'm getting at is music is a powerful force good or bad. it is our choice to what we decide to make it. we allow what influences us into our minds, there is no place to blame other outside sources because everything that happens to us we are accountable for. thus the music that we allow to shape us may, in fact, be a mirror into our true self. just a fun thing to think about. what do we listen to most? what do we fail to listen to? what moves us? what inspires us? what genre does the most good for us? or are we unaware of which one it is. do we listen just to have noise? or do we listen to appreciate chords, lyrics, harmonies, and tempos? do we allow our selves to sink deeply into what the artist may have been portraying or are we so shallow to not even care to dive deeply in to this master crafted art work? i challenge all to take a deeper genuine approach to the music that they listen to and find out what it really means to them on a spiritual, intellectual and inspirational level so that we as a generation aren't so mindless.