Thursday Thoughts #1 - Power and influence of music
Do we genuinely make decisions based on the music we listen to? And also what implications and effects does certain music have on a person? Ever since I first listened to what I can only imagine was my very first Queen song, probably played through my dad's cassette or vinyl player, I have had a love for music. This has yoyo'd between an obsession and a minor past-time, from listening to music on a daily, religious basis, to spending a few months pumping out my own music[1]. We all use music for a varying combination of the same reasons: background entertainment, dance, concentration techniques, relaxing, motivating. There are probably more reasons, but these are the main ones I can think of right now[2]. The first 4 are sort of a given really and each require specific styles of music to suit the situation. But number 5, motivation , seems like an obvious one too, but when you really think about it... How can meaningless, non-targeted words from someone ...