Inspired by a fellow blogger, I thought about the important role music plays in our lives. Music is very individual, influenced by what we are exposed to as children through our parents, peer groups culture cities, movements but ultimately CHOICE.
When it comes to music, more is better.
In the last decade, I frequently hear that the 90s were the best that music had to offer us through sheer variety and access. Digital gave as the mobility to accompany us through life, while analog gave us the quality of sound.
I was fortunate that I grew up at a time when record stores still existed and I could rifle through vinyl records and CDs in huge stores with knowledgable staff where the only limitation was time.
What type of music is brought to our attention is usually driven by big producers and companies. That has always been the case; they choose what is being played on the radio, on TV or streamed. What hasn't been the case is that marketing has gone too far; it's no longer about the music, but psychoanalyzing why we like what we like. So we end up in some algorithmic choice that isn't ours. We are put into groups and demographics, but unlike a DJ who reads the crowd, a thoughtless code is analyzing our views. There is no neuroscientist or program that will ever figure out why I like what I like when it comes to music, which I can only call eclectic.
I used to dance hip hop, therefore influenced by beats. However, when people met me they were surprised that I also like EDM. It didn't fit their perception of me. That I could possibly enjoy techno was inconceivable. That I know the difference between funk, deep house or melodic techno also did not fit people's preconceived notions and since we are modeling software on social behavior neither will a digital program in the foreseeable future.
So here's a music fusion track that never fails to put a smile on my face:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=wCDIYvFmgW8
Feel free to share any song that motivates and uplifts.
How can that not make you want to move? Love that video, seen it many times. I used to listen to music all the time, not so much anymore. For one reason no way to play it. Still have my vinyls but the only turntable I have needs to be hooked up to my computer, have lots of CDs, also no way to play them since my new desktop monitor doesn't have that capability. Radio? In the car and they have very barrow and repetitive play lists. Music apps? Unless you pay too many ads. I can listen through Apple Music but I've gotten out of the habit. Now I just listen to the world...the birds, the wind, the ambient sounds of nature and my surroundings. It allows my mind to wander.
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