@Victoria
Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night, and I can hear music playing in my head!
I unconsciously (but deliberately, it has to be perfect!) compose music in my dreams.
I have to get up immediately when I am aware of it, otherwise the inspiration goes lost.
In my early youth I had a lot of difficulty with dreams. They are SO REAL to me.
Maybe it's just because I've been too lazy to change the cd in my PC and I listen to it over, and over and over and over....
I love putting music on repeat because it makes it easier for me to focus on a certain feeling. That's very useful when I'm writing.
Most people can't stand listening to music they are not used to, but I find it a refreshing experience.
Yes, I also put on headphones in order to block out useless comments. However, not at work. I have had trouble with that because certain people assume you always know the context of what they're saying. They don't seem to understand that when I focus, I REALLY focus. Meaning that I don't perceive anything else than the subject I am focused on. You could be sitting next to me, but I wouldn't even notice you leaving or coming back. This is always a dilemma for me, because I know that I am at my best when I'm focused.
I am always interested in the way people qualify "good" music. I find it really disturbing when people claim that they totally don't like a certain genre that they actually don't even know about. Musical preference relates to demographics too strong, it's too subjective.
In order to qualify any kind of music, I think you need to KNOW which qualities are considered more important for the specific genre.
For example. When I listen to country music, I know that the music really just supports the mood. The way I qualify a particular song is based a lot more on the lyrical content, than music. Not on a scale of 100:0, but I'd say 68:32. When I listen to classical/opera, I know that the focus shifts a lot more towards the music. Do you get it?
So, most people will have to be explained how to listen to a certain genre in order to "get it". ("It's so cool when... bla bla bla") People who are more sensitive will have less difficulty interpreting new music because they usually feel what the composers means. These people tend to relate musical passages to human attributes (it sounds proud/majestic, stubborn, loving, etc.,etc).
In my opinion, this could be the same reason why most people dont understand the value of any kind of abstract art. Most of the time people don't even get it after it's been explained: they don't FEEL it. It literally doesn't make SENSE to them.
I am open to EVERY musical genre there exists, but it doesn't mean I like the work of EVERY artist.
