Music has always been a big part of who I am.
It sparks something inside me that expresses the words I can’t say. It’s been an outlet for my feelings, emotions and creativity.
Music is a form of art. The kind of art that’s weightless and flows like wind through the trees.
The kind of art that makes you feel something, not through your eyes like most art, not visually pleasing, but through your soul, veins and depths of your heart. It allows us to imagine what we want. We see what we want to see. When we hear a song it opens our imagination to what could be seen. Music allows us to be the artist.
Ever since I was little, I’ve loved music. If I were ever to be found, it would be sitting at the piano or singing in my room. I’ve never learned to play the piano. I’ve always preferred to play by ear or watch youtube tutorials.
I have this fear that if I really truly learn how to play, it will hinder my instinctive ear for the notes… that’ll I’ll lose my gift for hearing something and being able to feel in my being exactly where they come from without a second thought.
I read something when I was younger about how a piano is like life. The white keys are the good times and the black keys are the bad times, we can stick to just the white keys, but that limits us. Stumps our creativity. If we really want a piece to shine, we need both colored keys to make that happen. The good and the bad times are what makes life one heaven of a piece.
There’s so many different genres of music:
Rap
R&B
Country (my fave)
Classic
Worship music (also my fave)
Pop
Jazz
Reggae
Rock
Just to name a few.
I’m very persnickety in my music choice… I like things where the instrumental portions make me feel something. When a note is smoothly echoed in the background of a somber song, or when the strum of a guitar is sustained to dig deep into your emotions, or when the keys of a piano are so gently played that it rings a sort of peace through your soul.
I went to a Zac Brown Band concert a few months back and there’s one part in a song that gives me the biggest goosebumps. I can’t explain how beautiful hearing it live was, but if any of you have any interest please listen to “Colder weather” by ZBB and listen from 1:20-1:30 and you’ll hear what I’m talking about. Those notes are some of my favorite notes in musical history. I don’t know why haha, but I love them.
It depends on the song, but often times, I prefer the live versions of a song. It gives a more raw touch to it. It hasn’t been touched up and perfectly put together in a studio. It’s raw and beautiful as is. Sometimes the words or tone they’re being sung in vary on what the artist is feeling that day and I love being able to hear those first hand.
All in all, I’m very thankful music is an earthly gift we’ve been given.
-Morgan
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Music is also on of my favorite things. My dad has a swing band and ive been going to his concerts since i was in first grade. in second grade i began to play the trumpet and played until high school. Music is definitely something that effects everyone different. My favorite person to listen to that i always get goosebumps is Aaron Lewis. His cover of what hurts the most has a steel guitar in it, and just pulls everything together. If you havent listened to it, definitely youtube it. His raspy-ness mixed with the steel guitar are the best.
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I like music, but I don’t think I feel as passionately as some do (such as yourself). I agree that music is a reflection of emotion, feeling, and soul. I really liked that you mentioned that we are able to insert ourselves and our experiences within others’ experiences and pains, this is my favorite part about music. Do we ever really ‘know’ what that artist was feeling or experiencing when he wrote that piece? Probably not, but we can still relate. For example, two people could hear the same song and interpret it in their own unique way! What I liked most about your blog is that your ideas lead me to ideas of my own. You inspired me to analyze my appreciation of music. I really enjoyed reading your blog, this was a good read!
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Hey, great read! Im a musician as well. Much of what you said deeply resonated with me, specifically the metaphor of piano keys. I love that. I’m currently listening to the song by Zac Brown Band. Big fan of that slide on a steel guitar. It can be overdone easily, but that was a tasteful place for it! I’m not a huge fan of mainstream country but Zac Brown can definitely pull it off. Keep the tunes and blogs coming!
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