The Oscar Wilde comment is amazing! Most times, music is a constant backdrop to my day to day life, but others times a mood modifying/uplifting/introspective experience. I remember clearly the first time I heard Barber's Adagio For Stings on a really good system. The music picked me up and carried me away mentally to some other place (almost out of body) and when it ended, the reverb trail of the last note made me feel an inexplicable sense of loss, almost an abandonment that the journey was over. Hard to explain but these moments are what makes all the obsessing worth the effort.
What do you feel?
A friend who caught a bit of the audio bug from me asked me what I felt when I listened to music. I was taken back by the question because I didn’t know. I told him that I was relaxed when I listened to music. I didn’t think that was a good answer but I couldn’t think of any other. After a few days I came to the conclusion that I what I often feel is a sense of gratitude when I listened to music. I feel gratitude to be hearing the performance so well. It is if I was rich and had the best musicians in the past and present to perform at my pleasure.
What do you feel?
Bob
What do you feel?
Bob