Music to Live By

Has anyone ever not liked music?

Of course there are certain types of music that people prefer less than others. There are even genres of music that people outright refuse to listen to. But I'm looking more generally. Has there ever been someone who just didn't like the sounds of music? In order to answer that question, we need to look at the side of society who simply are limited in their scopes of music. I've had conversations with people who say they just don't really listen to music, whether it be based off of a lifestyle choice or perhaps because they simply don't get any time to sit down and listen to anything. Any of such excuses are acceptable. It's understandable why music might not be able to reach some of the masses, but let's look at the sample space of the majority who have the opportunity (or the gift rather) of listening to music. I've never heard of anyone that listened to music and never did again because they didn't like it. It just doesn't happen.

But why?

Music is, first and foremost, a convention of art. Just as books express magical worlds unknown to reality and paintings convey images from the artist's thoughts, music is active poetry, culminating instruments and vocalization and literature into a harmonious blend of different tones, sounds, and emotions. And we, the audience, are the instruments of this blend, the recipients of the carefully constructed art form presented even in a physical manner. Perhaps the greatest part of receiving this art form? There are so many different types of music, genres, instruments, moods, infinite possibilities to attribute to every personality, even the most stubborn. Appreciation through audio, just as culinary art requires appreciation through taste. Truly, music is the most unique form of art.

Which is why you should check this out.

So yeah, this entire blog is actually just a cleverly disguised advertisement for a Tumblr blog that I just started. But hey, it was an alright post, right? I started the blog to post a whole bunch of different songs, from the modern to the classic to even the baroque, heavy metal and post-disco and new wave, anything and everything to give a variety of music to people looking to discover something new. Perhaps you'll find your new favorite band, or maybe a song that won't get out of your head for the next few days, but what I started this out to do was to share my love and appreciation of this unique art form. Hopefully you can appreciate this gallery just as much as I do.

Enjoy!