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What do you feel?

A friend who caught a bit of the audio bug from me asked me what I felt when I listened to music. I was taken back by the question because I didn’t know. I told him that I was relaxed when I listened to music. I didn’t think that was a good answer but I couldn’t think of any other. After a few days I came to the conclusion that I what I often feel is a sense of gratitude when I listened to music. I feel gratitude to be hearing the performance so well. It is if I was rich and had the best musicians in the past and present to perform at my pleasure.

What do you feel?

Bob
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mapman
22,621 posts
 
Depends on the music.

Different for Motorhead than for Tchaikovsky.
mt10425
1,138 posts
 
Yeah, Tchaikovsky makes me irritable.
cymbop
315 posts
 
When I'm deep in listening, I'm in a flow state. Ego dissolves, and along with it sense of time, of past and future. I'm immersed in artistic intent. Motorhead and Tchaikovsky can both melt my face, and that's why I sit down and turn out the lights as often as I can.
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marakanetz
5,473 posts
 
In my case there's an analogy between cravings for music and cigarettes.

First I feel cravings just like before having a cigarette(quit 2 years ago);

Than I figure out what kind of cravings these are:
a) Spin some vinyl; b)Download something new and play; c)Purchase live performance tickets; d)Type of music; e)Recording quality if applicable; d)Opt out from listening...;

Than I go to the listening mode just like smoking cigarette and enjoy the music just like I used to enjoy the cigarette.

My 'cravings' for music are substantially more frequent than for cigarettes that still exist after 2 years of not touching a single cigarette at least once per week.
inna
7,838 posts
 
Yeah, depends on music. But one thing you always feel regardless of music being played is that you feel alive.
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