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In Reply to: RE: What our records represent posted by slapshot on March 14, 2017 at 19:33:13
It says a lot about us and our tastes/preferences. Other forms of art are to look at and enjoy, the LP is a unique form of art that has something to look at and listen to. It can say more about us than any other possession.
We listen as a foreground activity. I'm sure most of us select music that sounds great and makes us feel something. My mood dictates what I want to listen to. Sometimes I just listen but others times I really become a part of the performance. I love those sessions where I know exactly what I want to listen to and the selection of LPs seem to follow a magical order.
The LPs just seem to jump into my mind and the end of one LP tells me what I want to hear next. My LPs have music to cover all sorts of moods. I have bluegrass that has happy banjo sounds and blues that reaches my pain.
When the music is just right the hair stands up on my arms and I play all sorts of air instruments. I also think I can sing well when the music is reaching me. When the music reaches me I feel renewed. Everything is better after a great listening session.
When I don't listen for a long time I get very moody. Personally I need music to keep me happy. Its like a drug and it has terrible withdrawal symptoms.
I cannot remember not listening to music and humming a tune. All that I know is that its part of my life and I need to listen.
I'm glad I have this problem. Its a good one.
Ed
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Life is analog...digital is just samples thereof
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It may seem goofy, but I often wake up hearing a song from a particular artist or an era playing in mind (or several songs in a row) and plan that day to listen to those LP's. I grew up playing classical music pretty intensively (also big-band jazz) when I was a young feller. When you're rehearsing a piece you hear it in your mind all the time, every note on the charts means something. Hearing it like that is necessary to get proficient at playing it.
The thing that makes record-listening a distinctive hobby is what you refer to as "foreground" listening. I explain to non-musical people that "I listen to music in a focused way, like you'd read a book let's say." Having an LP there to experience the touch and feel engages you so as to enhance the experience.
I may be wrong but it seems that the majority of folks listen to music today the way we used to listen to the AM car radio when we were kids- just pushing the station buttons until a familiar ditty appears. That's all good- it's just for the pure enjoyment and ditties are an important part of a healthy brain- read the little article below. Who doesn't still sing the "Alphabet Song" occasionally to remember the order of the letters? Maybe that's why a good rock song needs a good hook. Its working a different part of the brain however than genuine music listening.
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