A Soundtrack to Life

I think the title sums up my thoughts on music. It is the soundtrack to life. Sometimes I wonder what it would be like to have music playing all the time as if we were in a dramatic movie and the music would always change depending on the scene and situation in life. I feel like I might be alot more emotional and really get pumped up about things as well. It would be sweet, in my opinion, but it would also get annoying. As much as I love music and most humans do, we also need silence. But here's the question: What kind of music is your life going to write?

I will leave you and this blog with this quote by Victor Hugo which articulates it in a nutshell:

Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.

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Interesting Instruments

Beer Bottle Organ - A musical instrument made by Peterson Tuners, yes, the organ sound is actually produced by blowing air over the tops of real beer bottles. The bottles are filled or "tuned" using mineral oil, so it will not evaporate or change tunings during weather changes.

Glass Harmonica - Invented in 1761 by Benjamin Franklin, the Glass Armonica was one of his favorite inventions. The word "Armonica" is the Italian word for "Harmony". It is played on the same principle of rubbing a wet finger around the rim of a wineglass.


Singing Stones - The instrument is created with 100 river rocks suspended by music wire from a wing-shaped sound box and hanging in a steep arch. The strings (vibrating longitudinally) release their music as the performers dance and, with rosin-covered gloves, stroke, caress, and tug the strings.


Nano Guitar - The world's smallest guitar is 10 micrometers long -- about the size of a single cell -- with six strings each about 50 nanometers, or 100 atoms, wide. Made by Cornell University researchers from crystalline silicon, it demonstrates a new technology for a new generation of electromechanical devices.

My Only

It's the only song I've been pleased with that I've written. Actually my roommate, Kyle (who had comments on an earlier posting), helped write the song with me. This song is about what I feel, gathering from Scripture as well, it would be like to come before a real king in the biblical time period and comparing that to coming before my Lord, Jesus Christ. It is hard to do in this day and age, but to put my God first is something I desire to make a priority. So this is a song about my God being my only King.

My Only
Verse 1:
Trembling I walk in before You
Seeking the hand of a King
Forsaking my fears and all I lack
I am undone by Your glory

Pre-Chorus:
High above mountains and high above the sea
High above everything between You and me

Chorus:
Endlessly You reign
Great and mighty My king
You are forevermore
You are forevermore

Verse 2:
Almighty God, Your holiness
It drops me to my knees
The scales have fallen, Now I see
The beauty, the wonder, Your Majesty

Chorus 2:
You are my king
You are my king
You are my one and only
One and only King

Bridge: You’re wholly, My only, Endlessly, You will hear me sing

Can Music Really Kill?

Research claims that the speed of the music drivers listen to influences how fast people drive and how safe they are.

Check it out at http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn2032

For another related article about how cows produce more milk when they hear slow tunes but hate upbeat hits, go to Moosic To Their Ears

Mood Swings

We are all aware that music and "atmosphere" go together. We might put on relaxing music for a quiet romantic dinner, but listen to something livelier while working out or when socializing in larger groups. You might have heard of farmers who increase production by playing music to their animals. Recent studies showing that listening to fast music while driving increases the rate of car accidents and the Mozart Effect claims to increase intelligence. The media industry uses music to create an emotion in commercials, movies, etc.

It's funny what music can do to a person. Here is how I think people feel, in general, when they listen to certain styles of music. This is from my own scientific observations.

Rap - People feel cool. It pumps them up. It also makes your body start to move with the music.
Rock - People feel motivated inside. They feel heavy, like something is on their mind.
Jazz - People tend to feel relaxed or sleepy. They also might feel sad or emotionally calm.
Classical - People feel happy, airy, or sleepy due to the fact it's mainly all instrumental.
Country - Makes a person depressed or happy. It can only be one of the two.
Pop - People want to try and sing a long but never can cause it's too high. Makes a person happy.

Species Part II

Some more musical genres continued, and my opinions.

Rock - emphasis on rhythm, and the use of amplified instruments like the guitar. It was first popularized by performers like Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, and Elvis Presley. Rock continues to evolve, with metal becoming popular and punk mutating into other forms.

• I thoroughly enjoy rock music. It drives and moves me. It gets me pumped.
  

Pop - a flexible category of music. Generally more upbeat and could be considered soft rock.

• One can only take so much of pop music. They're catchy and fun, but sometimes overdone.

Country - is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States. It has roots in traditional folk music.

• Country music is terrible. The music all sounds the same and is annoyingly twangy. It's always about how sad the guy is that his girlfriend left him. I can write country music. "oh yeah my life stinks cuz i have bad luck and God doesnt like me and my dog bites me and my momma fights me"

Electronic/Dance Music - music created with electronics, simply. Electronic music started long before the invention of the synthesizer, with the use of tape loops and analogue electronics in the 1950s and 1960s.

• It's hard to dance to much else. Sometimes this music can be too much, especially with the boom-chh-boom-chh-boom-chh rhythm. Sythesizers are sweet though.

Hip-Hop/Rap - music consists of rhythmic lyrics making use of techniques like assonance, alliteration, and rhyme. A style of music which came into existence in the United States during the mid-1970s, and became a large part of modern pop culture during the 1980s.

• Rap can be sweet depending on the artist. It also depends on the mood I am in. Rap can be overbearing . Some of my favorite rappers are Nelly, Kanye West, and Ludacris.