Music Banter - View Single Post - Defining and Organizing What We Call Music

CanwllCorfe · 04-28-2011, 12:11 AM

I) To me, music is the arrangement of sounds in such a way that creates a pleasant* experience for the listener. I would say that music has to have some kind of intention behind it. All those sounds you mentioned are beautiful, but I think of them as noises. Pleasant noises.

II) I think of genres as just another way to classify music. We classify damn near everything, so why not music?

III) I would say that on the basest level, we like the music we like because we find it pleasant* to the senses (in this case, hearing). I, for one, don't find overly technical music to be enjoyable at all. I think of the songs I have as little images, places, feelings, or a mix. I like to bring them up every now and then, depending on my mood and whatnot.

*Pleasant, as in enjoyable. This is very subjective of course.

04-28-2011, 12:11 AM	#2 (permalink)
CanwllCorfe Quiet Man in the Corner Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Pocono Mountains Posts: 2,480	I) To me, music is the arrangement of sounds in such a way that creates a pleasant* experience for the listener. I would say that music has to have some kind of intention behind it. All those sounds you mentioned are beautiful, but I think of them as noises. Pleasant noises. II) I think of genres as just another way to classify music. We classify damn near everything, so why not music? III) I would say that on the basest level, we like the music we like because we find it pleasant* to the senses (in this case, hearing). I, for one, don't find overly technical music to be enjoyable at all. I think of the songs I have as little images, places, feelings, or a mix. I like to bring them up every now and then, depending on my mood and whatnot. Pleasant, as in enjoyable. This is very* subjective of course. __________________ Your eyes were never yet let in to see the majesty and riches of the mind, but dwell in darkness; for your God is blind.