11-21-2018, 05:41 PM
It's good to know I did sense that correctly Matt. I was thinking about that today, when voila, I was talking to a man I'd never have guessed wrote and sang songs himself. He's written rock, country, and pop, but what he pulled up was all gangster rap, not my liking or messages I prefer. He played me two songs he and his brother recorded. The one thing that intrigues me in it is how he and others can weave words and sounds together to make something that sounds good and makes complete sense to their audience.
I was listening to his actual music mostly, and I said something I thought quite on point. I was asking how tough it was to get into the music scene, and we talked about it. But what I pointed him to was that (IMO) people listen to be inspired or motivated by a musician. They may never act out what they see themselves doing. But they will always remember how it made them feel, even if just fantasizing about it. They'll even buy new music he produces, hoping he'd hit those good memories and feelings again.
I think of Aerosmith. I was never into them growing up, but they came out with a number of songs used in 3 separate movies I can think of now. In 2 of them I see and hear myself doing backup singing or guitar work. And the songs still touch me since I instantly remember the story line with each song. Those songs touch a part of me which knew I could feel good and be happy with myself. Every time I hear those songs my mind goes there.
And I think......we all have a song in us. I write so much here since it's closer to music than not, since I'm creating constantly. I think of Mr. Holland's Opus who, as a lifelong high school band teacher, never thought all the little things he did really mattered. His opus was a very touching piece for me--since he created it thinking it'd never be played. It had horns and a complete symphony weaving a small representation of his life. I was teaching when that came out. I'll post it, if you've never heard it. It comes on strong, pulls back, weaves something exciting in the middle, and.....in my head it never really ends. Like most songs which stick. I play them over and over in my head, to hang on to the feeling it created, plus build new feelings.
I was listening to his actual music mostly, and I said something I thought quite on point. I was asking how tough it was to get into the music scene, and we talked about it. But what I pointed him to was that (IMO) people listen to be inspired or motivated by a musician. They may never act out what they see themselves doing. But they will always remember how it made them feel, even if just fantasizing about it. They'll even buy new music he produces, hoping he'd hit those good memories and feelings again.
I think of Aerosmith. I was never into them growing up, but they came out with a number of songs used in 3 separate movies I can think of now. In 2 of them I see and hear myself doing backup singing or guitar work. And the songs still touch me since I instantly remember the story line with each song. Those songs touch a part of me which knew I could feel good and be happy with myself. Every time I hear those songs my mind goes there.
And I think......we all have a song in us. I write so much here since it's closer to music than not, since I'm creating constantly. I think of Mr. Holland's Opus who, as a lifelong high school band teacher, never thought all the little things he did really mattered. His opus was a very touching piece for me--since he created it thinking it'd never be played. It had horns and a complete symphony weaving a small representation of his life. I was teaching when that came out. I'll post it, if you've never heard it. It comes on strong, pulls back, weaves something exciting in the middle, and.....in my head it never really ends. Like most songs which stick. I play them over and over in my head, to hang on to the feeling it created, plus build new feelings.
I want to be FREE!
