Spintricity - Music & Life ........... A Connection? Continued(2)

I have to assume if your reading this e-zine article you believe music matters in some way. In my experience, listening to music can be a transformational event. The music enters your being, affects you, and moves you to reach beyond what you were and transports you to where you are going. I know this might sound a little “deep” but why would you sit and listen to music if it \'s just noise to fill in the silence?

How I see it, music should change you, take you a little bit deeper into yourself and ultimately affect who you are and how others perceive you. Hopefully, the musical experience will make you a better person than you were before. It provides healing for your soul/body and enriches your spirit or life force. Whatever it is that music means to you or does to you, I bet it affects you in more ways that you may have ever considered.

While the equipment can help enhance the musical experience, it really plays a small role in allowing you to have the musical experience at all. Whether a table radio, a high end system, or a live concert, the music, words, and emotional response are real. The high-end/audiophile experience should allow you to build a system that makes the experience as real as possible for YOU! There is no minimum entry fee to gain entrance to this musical enriching experience. An iPod can be just as effective as a half million dollar analogue system. I know this might be heresy for some but I believe it to be absolutely real in my perception of music and the life experience.

When I completed my dedicated audio room, I sat down and came up with a saying that expressed my thoughts about what music meant to me. I put these words on the wall outside my audio room as a way to share with people and hopefully, elicit some conversation. Often, I am asked why these words are on the wall and where the words came from. I share I wanted to convey why music was important to me and how it affects me as a person. None of the words are an original thought on my part, but were brought together from bits and pieces I found to produce a message that speaks to me and hopefully others as well.

In the coming weeks, I plan to explore and share many thoughts about music. Topics will include
active versus passive listening, how to choose & buy music, and how you can organize your music collection. I also want to share how you can keep in touch with new music, explore different genres of music, and how my listening habits and experiences have changed as I\'ve aged. I\'ll share with you how my friends, audiophile buddies, children, wife, and life experiences have affected my choices of music. Hopefully, this will give you some ideas that may inspire you to explore and experience music in a new and potentially more meaningful way.

Please join me on this journey. Feel free to give me some feedback. You may agree, disagree, or just plain think I\'m a out there. My desire will be to open a few eyes, expand some views on music, and ultimately engage you to action that results in music being more meaningful to you and those around you.

Good listening!
Brian

I have to assume if your reading this

e-zine article you believe music

matters in some way. In my

experience, listening to music can be a

transformational event. The music

enters your being, affects you, and

moves you to reach beyond what you

were and transports you to where you

are going. I know this might sound a

little “deep” but why would you sit and

listen to music if it 's just noise to fill in

the silence?

How I see it, music should change you,

take you a little bit deeper into yourself

and ultimately affect who you are and

how others perceive you. Hopefully, the

musical experience will make you a

better person than you were before. It

provides healing for your soul/body

and enriches your spirit or life force.

Whatever it is that music means to you

or does to you, I bet it affects you in

more ways that you may have ever

considered.

While the equipment can help enhance

the musical experience, it really plays a

small role in allowing you to have the

musical experience at all. Whether a

table radio, a high end system, or a

live concert, the music, words, and

emotional response are real. The

high-end/audiophile experience should

allow you to build a system that makes

the experience as real as possible for

YOU! There is no minimum entry fee to

gain entrance to this musical enriching

experience. An iPod can be just as

effective as a half million dollar

analogue system. I know this might be

heresy for some but I believe it to be

absolutely real in my perception of

music and the life experience.

When I completed my dedicated audio

room, I sat down and came up with a

saying that expressed my thoughts

about what music meant to me. I put

these words on the wall outside my

audio room as a way to share with

people and hopefully, elicit some

conversation. Often, I am asked why

these words are on the wall and where

the words came from. I share I wanted

to convey why music was important to

me and how it affects me as a person.

None of the words are an original

thought on my part, but were brought

together from bits and pieces I found to

produce a message that speaks to me

and hopefully others as well.

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