How to engage in music?

Schredds · 03-29-2009, 09:23 AM

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Originally Posted by The Music Watchtower

Me thinks that if music is good it will get a pulse going in your body. That is why you get screaming girls, or is it?

huh?!

kniff0311 · 03-29-2009, 12:37 PM

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Originally Posted by The Music Watchtower

Me thinks that if music is good it will get a pulse going in your body. That is why you get screaming girls, or is it?

i agree with the pulse in your body. even when times are tough i put on music for the mood and realize that no matter what i am still alive and i keep on living.

NSW · 03-29-2009, 12:46 PM

I've found the best way to be immersed in whatever music I'm listening to is to play it with headphones on while I'm alone and can shut my eyes and just get lost in it. But it is good to have something high impact playing while I'm walking, working out, etc. If I'm at work I usually have something ambient or instrumental playing in the back ground, because it is hard to concentrate on what I'm doing when my brain keeps drifting to the lyrics or beat of whatever is playing. And forget about reading or holding a decent conversation when there is music playing...my feeble brain can't handle that.

jackhammer · 03-29-2009, 12:50 PM

If it's new music then sure. It does need a degree of concentration for which I find surfing the web perfect as I listen to a lot of music with my headphones on. When I read I rarely listen to music and if it is then it's calm and non instrusive.

I think the headphone listen is one of the best as you are fully immersed in the music.

Piss Me Off · 03-29-2009, 12:58 PM

Walking to campus is my favourite time for music. Nothing else bothering you and it makes the time fly by on cold mornings too.

ghostonstage135 · 03-29-2009, 11:43 PM

When I do any kind of math homework where it doesn't require a lot of reading I really like fast stuff, punk, hardcore, and the like. When I have to do any type of in depth reading it has to be classical. I can't concentrate on my internal dialogue when someone is singing in my ears heh. I listen to most of my music while working in lab, walking around campus, and driving. I try not to listen to music while I bike though, I'm afraid I won't hear a car and get hit lol.

Surell · 03-29-2009, 11:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Piss Me Off

Walking to campus is my favourite time for music. Nothing else bothering you and it makes the time fly by on cold mornings too.

Yeah, I listen to my iPod on the walk home. It's a good, quiet time to do it.

jayfin3 · 02-17-2010, 03:35 PM

I love listening to music. But sometimes I feel really useless and inefficient if I JUST listen to music. So I try to multi-task. I read. Or do homework. Or something else that needs doing. But then...I don't pay attention to the music as well! I will go through a song or two without even paying attention to it. Or I will read some Brothers Karamazov and definitely NOT get the meaning behind it because I was too busy concentrating on my music.

The only time I can find a balance between listening and doing is when I'm driving alone, or cleaning my room. I don't have enough long drives to myself though.

Do you guys face this problem? What do you do while you're listening to music? Do you multi-task? Just lie on the couch and let the music envelop you? Any solutions or suggestions?

t3hplatyz0rz · 02-17-2010, 03:41 PM

I'm trollin' das forumz when I listen to muzik.
Trying to get through "ATD20" by Akira the Don right now, as a matter of fact.

Thrice · 02-17-2010, 03:42 PM

well, there is a time to listen and a time to hear. you should be the judge of the time.

03-29-2009, 12:46 PM	#13 (permalink)
NSW Bigger and Better Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Texas girl living in the UK Posts: 2,596	I've found the best way to be immersed in whatever music I'm listening to is to play it with headphones on while I'm alone and can shut my eyes and just get lost in it. But it is good to have something high impact playing while I'm walking, working out, etc. If I'm at work I usually have something ambient or instrumental playing in the back ground, because it is hard to concentrate on what I'm doing when my brain keeps drifting to the lyrics or beat of whatever is playing. And forget about reading or holding a decent conversation when there is music playing...my feeble brain can't handle that. __________________ Hi.

03-29-2009, 12:50 PM	#14 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	If it's new music then sure. It does need a degree of concentration for which I find surfing the web perfect as I listen to a lot of music with my headphones on. When I read I rarely listen to music and if it is then it's calm and non instrusive. I think the headphone listen is one of the best as you are fully immersed in the music. __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

03-29-2009, 12:58 PM	#15 (permalink)
Piss Me Off Moodswings n' Roundabouts Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: At the corner of Dude and Catastrophe Posts: 4,512	Walking to campus is my favourite time for music. Nothing else bothering you and it makes the time fly by on cold mornings too. __________________ Last FM Rate Yr Music Muxtape

02-17-2010, 03:35 PM	#18 (permalink)
jayfin3 Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 129	My Endless Struggle I love listening to music. But sometimes I feel really useless and inefficient if I JUST listen to music. So I try to multi-task. I read. Or do homework. Or something else that needs doing. But then...I don't pay attention to the music as well! I will go through a song or two without even paying attention to it. Or I will read some Brothers Karamazov and definitely NOT get the meaning behind it because I was too busy concentrating on my music. The only time I can find a balance between listening and doing is when I'm driving alone, or cleaning my room. I don't have enough long drives to myself though. Do you guys face this problem? What do you do while you're listening to music? Do you multi-task? Just lie on the couch and let the music envelop you? Any solutions or suggestions?

02-17-2010, 03:42 PM	#20 (permalink)
Thrice أمهاتك[وهور]Aura Euphoria Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Florida/Buffalo/CT Posts: 2,077	well, there is a time to listen and a time to hear. you should be the judge of the time. __________________ Lew Harrison, who looked like an anarchist with his red eyes and fierce black beard, had been writing furiously in one corner of the room. "That's good—happiness by the kilowatt," he said. "Buy your happiness the way you buy light."

03-29-2009, 11:43 PM	#16 (permalink)
ghostonstage135 Music Addict Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: TX Posts: 89	When I do any kind of math homework where it doesn't require a lot of reading I really like fast stuff, punk, hardcore, and the like. When I have to do any type of in depth reading it has to be classical. I can't concentrate on my internal dialogue when someone is singing in my ears heh. I listen to most of my music while working in lab, walking around campus, and driving. I try not to listen to music while I bike though, I'm afraid I won't hear a car and get hit lol.