Sunday, October 16, 2005
Turn on the music!
What is it about music that transports you into a different world?Music can put me in the mood: happy, sentimental, melancholic, sad, angry and scared. A song gets me through its words and its melody...sometimes just one of the two, sometimes both.
Although 80s music tops my list, I really do not have set preferences. I listen to songs that catch my attention. Any genre. Any beat. I'd say the type of music I like listening to is a fusion of those I like and those I have learned to appreciate through other people, particularly those I love dearly. The songs they like grow on you as you get to appreciate their music through their eyes. I found myself loving a song I never really appreciated before after seeing how someone dear to me enjoys or gets so passionate about it. Heck, I even enjoy Vhong Navarro's songs because Reb loves singing and dancing to them...which is nothing short of endearing.
I know when I've been away from music too long. I usually get a lot of work done despite earphones stuck in my ears (and I mean the whole day!). But when I listen to my mp3 player (that's where I get to listen to the music I want to hear) while I am working and my mind zones out and tunes into the little music box inside my brain, I know I'm off to MyTunes land. It's useless to even try working. My mind just runs away with each song.I'm not too sure when this thirst for music started. Maybe when I had Reb. There were a million and one things to take care of first...and by the time I get to relax, I'm ready to sleep. The few times I get to immerse myself in music were always a heck of an experience. It's changing now though because now that she is older, she has learned to love music too. Not a day passes without her singing and dancing her heart out to the songs playing on the radio. Just between you, me and the lamp post, I actually learn about the new songs from her!
Nothing beats listening to music though when you're alone. You get to sing along but only in your mind. I find that an experience far different from videoke-ing (now that's another story altogether) or listening with other people. It's more personal. More sacred. You get to immerse yourself in the emotions that the music brings out in you.
They say music is the universal language. And I agree. The lyrics speak to you but the melody transports you to a different place. And this makes you want to share music with others. Music thrives because they speak to many people in many different ways. It connects people. It talks to people. It talks about stuff that we all understand...and learn from. It transcends gender, language and social status. Music is poetry in melody. And the melody knows no boundaries.
Turn on the music!
