Analyzing music is very useful because analyzing allows me to get involved with music I listen to. Analyzing music makes me feel more connected with to the music. By being connected its easier to relate to the music and that's what i want out of music. You see having a connection with the music brings feelings to music. By analyzing music it allows me to see how music communicate through feelings and emotions.
The one thing that did keep me safe, that gave me a feeling of comfort growing up was music (Melissa Etheridge). I feel that music is more that just entertainment, its a language. When I'm hurt there is music that understand. When i want to show my love, there is music for that as well, and so on. For me to find to right song for the moment I would have to analyze what i listen to.
I feel not analyzing music will detract from the experience. I can remember growing up listening to 2pacs (dear mama) song. I mean just to think about the struggle of single mother with two kids. I bring this song up because I can understand the artist pain for his mother, with all his mother had to deal with and on top of that he was causing even more problems by staying in trouble. But for me to analyze that song and see I felt the same way for my mother was an eye opener for me.
Analyzing music really can enhance your experience in many ways.Analyzing music is how you identify with music.(To examine carefully and in detail so as to identify causes,key factors, possible results, etc),is what the dictionary say analyzing is. So that makes me think, when listening to music, what are the results I want? When analyzing (I Almost Let Go) By Kurt Carr, it reminds me that God is always there for me. When feel a bit down I can identify the cause and pick myself up with a song like (A Brighter Day) by George Huff.
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Music Library
If you were to take a look at my music library you would see Gospel, Gospel Rap, Gospel R&B etc. It hasn't always been this way, just two years ago there was a total different style of music in my library. I had all the latest club songs, top hits and so on. I never took thought to most of the music I listened to. I sort of fell into it by popularity. I can remember going to Best Buy asking for the best seller in Rap, R&B, or Hip Hop and just buying whatever that was. Now sometimes when I got in my car and listened to the CD I would be very disappointed.There were times where I knew what I was looking for. I use to love Lil Jon and the Eastside Boyz, E40, Twista, and Lil Wayne, and so on.
Now when i first started dating my wife I had to mix my style of music up. She liked Usher, Shakira, Beyonce, and Britney Spears, etc. I have been pretty open to what I played. I had some friends who liked Greenday, Sublime, Metallica, etc, so i would play some myself. I remember listening to this type of music when I would drive through the canyons. I would even change the way I drove, instead of having my seat let way back and one hand on the wheel, I would raise the seat up some put both hands on the wheel crank the music up and get in the zone. I have always liked LOUD music, most of the time that's the only way I drive.
Being introduced to Gospel music it was way left field for me. I told myself there is no way I could get into this style of music. I didn't see myself bumping Gospel down the street in my car. What would my friends think of me? Is what i asked myself.I didn't want anyone to look at me different. I had to come to the fact that it didn't matter what people said or what they thought of me.
You can use music in so many ways. If you are in love you can listen to love music to comfort yourself when thinking of your loved one. Going through a bad break up, there is music for that. Well you get my point. I have a lifestyle where I worship the lord, and i worship him with music and praise. Once I gave this style of music a chance, I quickly feel in love with it. since I like rap I started listening to people like Lecrae, Flame, Trip Lee, Thi'sl by the way is one of my favorites. On the R&B side I listen to people like Deitrick Hadden, MaryMary, James Fortune and so on. The best part is all the music is to the glory of God.
I recently found out about Pandora radio. It is so cool, i really like how when i listen to a song and I like the song it will bring up other artist of the same style. When i first went to Pandora it asked me what type of music I wanted. I picked Gospel and fell in love with it. I really like how much i can relate to this style of music.
Now when i first started dating my wife I had to mix my style of music up. She liked Usher, Shakira, Beyonce, and Britney Spears, etc. I have been pretty open to what I played. I had some friends who liked Greenday, Sublime, Metallica, etc, so i would play some myself. I remember listening to this type of music when I would drive through the canyons. I would even change the way I drove, instead of having my seat let way back and one hand on the wheel, I would raise the seat up some put both hands on the wheel crank the music up and get in the zone. I have always liked LOUD music, most of the time that's the only way I drive.
Being introduced to Gospel music it was way left field for me. I told myself there is no way I could get into this style of music. I didn't see myself bumping Gospel down the street in my car. What would my friends think of me? Is what i asked myself.I didn't want anyone to look at me different. I had to come to the fact that it didn't matter what people said or what they thought of me.
You can use music in so many ways. If you are in love you can listen to love music to comfort yourself when thinking of your loved one. Going through a bad break up, there is music for that. Well you get my point. I have a lifestyle where I worship the lord, and i worship him with music and praise. Once I gave this style of music a chance, I quickly feel in love with it. since I like rap I started listening to people like Lecrae, Flame, Trip Lee, Thi'sl by the way is one of my favorites. On the R&B side I listen to people like Deitrick Hadden, MaryMary, James Fortune and so on. The best part is all the music is to the glory of God.
I recently found out about Pandora radio. It is so cool, i really like how when i listen to a song and I like the song it will bring up other artist of the same style. When i first went to Pandora it asked me what type of music I wanted. I picked Gospel and fell in love with it. I really like how much i can relate to this style of music.
Sunday, February 13, 2011
The Change Within
I have loved music since I was a kid. Usually for a baby the first word they learn to say is mama or dada, etc. Well not for this baby, my first word was radio, believe it or not. Yes, I loved music; the beat of the music would make me happy. Music was all around me when I was a child; it was around me all the time.
Growing up I remember listening to music with everything I did whether I was awake or asleep. Music was my way of drowning out hurt and anger. Music made me feel like I could relate to the artist. Even though I didn't grow up in the ghetto, have to sell drugs, gang bang, or pimp women, those were the things I wanted in life mostly because of the music I listened to and the group of friends I chose to put in my life. It wouldn't be a hard guess, yes I loved gangster rap. Loved it so much I looked for a chance to start some mess with anyone because of the lyrics in a song that made fighting sound like the thing to do. It basically influenced what I did because I saw these rappers on TV had everything that everyday people want and it seemed that what they were doing was the right thing to do. How they treated women was something I caught on to real quick and I started treating women the same way. After one too many run ins with the law and too many crazy women I decided to try a new lifestyle.
In truth I had no idea how the music I chose affected me or the people around me. Now I wouldn't say I looked up to any of these rappers but I sure did want the lifestyle, fast money, nice cars, big house, etc... But really what these guys rap about is either going to get them killed, an STD, drug charges, etc...Nowadays it has become acceptable for these rappers to talk about women, drugs and alcohol like it's the thing to do. It's become acceptable that we listen to all these obscene things on the radio station (whether some of it is bleeped out or not) but forbid the playing of anything mentioning God. It has become more acceptable for society to let this IN music be played because the people like it. That's exactly what is wrong it seems like instead of going forward we are moving backward.
Now I was looking for a change in life. I needed a change in life so I started going to church (You can view my church on facebook: NEW LIFE community church av). Ever since I started going to church I have improved as a person. I'm not as angry as I used to be, I don't curse like I use to, I'm more patient, I'm wiser and I'm happier. I still love my music with lots of bass. Now I was a little skeptic at first, I knew that becoming a Christian I had some changes to make in my life and that included what I listened to. Turning my life over to God worked out for me.
The subject of music is not just about religion it's more than that. Society has slowly allowed disrespecting people and abusing drugs/alcohol to be acceptable. It's really not. You see the change within came when I realized how music can affect everyone. It's teaching young women that it's ok to be treated in a degrading way, and teaching young men that that's the way they should treat women. You may not believe that but that's your choice. America gives us the freedom to listen to whatever we want and say whatever we want. The difference is that this change can only happen within.
Growing up I remember listening to music with everything I did whether I was awake or asleep. Music was my way of drowning out hurt and anger. Music made me feel like I could relate to the artist. Even though I didn't grow up in the ghetto, have to sell drugs, gang bang, or pimp women, those were the things I wanted in life mostly because of the music I listened to and the group of friends I chose to put in my life. It wouldn't be a hard guess, yes I loved gangster rap. Loved it so much I looked for a chance to start some mess with anyone because of the lyrics in a song that made fighting sound like the thing to do. It basically influenced what I did because I saw these rappers on TV had everything that everyday people want and it seemed that what they were doing was the right thing to do. How they treated women was something I caught on to real quick and I started treating women the same way. After one too many run ins with the law and too many crazy women I decided to try a new lifestyle.
In truth I had no idea how the music I chose affected me or the people around me. Now I wouldn't say I looked up to any of these rappers but I sure did want the lifestyle, fast money, nice cars, big house, etc... But really what these guys rap about is either going to get them killed, an STD, drug charges, etc...Nowadays it has become acceptable for these rappers to talk about women, drugs and alcohol like it's the thing to do. It's become acceptable that we listen to all these obscene things on the radio station (whether some of it is bleeped out or not) but forbid the playing of anything mentioning God. It has become more acceptable for society to let this IN music be played because the people like it. That's exactly what is wrong it seems like instead of going forward we are moving backward.
Now I was looking for a change in life. I needed a change in life so I started going to church (You can view my church on facebook: NEW LIFE community church av). Ever since I started going to church I have improved as a person. I'm not as angry as I used to be, I don't curse like I use to, I'm more patient, I'm wiser and I'm happier. I still love my music with lots of bass. Now I was a little skeptic at first, I knew that becoming a Christian I had some changes to make in my life and that included what I listened to. Turning my life over to God worked out for me.
The subject of music is not just about religion it's more than that. Society has slowly allowed disrespecting people and abusing drugs/alcohol to be acceptable. It's really not. You see the change within came when I realized how music can affect everyone. It's teaching young women that it's ok to be treated in a degrading way, and teaching young men that that's the way they should treat women. You may not believe that but that's your choice. America gives us the freedom to listen to whatever we want and say whatever we want. The difference is that this change can only happen within.
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