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RE: The Four Levels Of Listening
There's nothing better than some good liquid music! In the right frame of mind, of course.
There's nothing better than some good liquid music! In the right frame of mind, of course.
@doc-gonzo, I have always found myself drawn to water when describing music. Flow, rising, falling, swells, flood of emotion, wash over you. I think good music resembles water. Even more so when my mind is in a more perceptive state
I always have to. This, for me, has been confirmed and the effects exaggerated with the aid of LSD.
For the longest time I listened to music on CD's. I never did own an ipod or anything like that and I was a late adopter of smartphones. The music I had on CD for was what I listened to, when I was away from a computer. As such, I was an avid album listener. Put the disc in and press play. I was not one to jump around searching for specific tracks, only my ipod owning friends were of that variety. A good album is much like a storm. It either comes in subtley and swells up to a climax only to ease you back down to earth, or it starts out strong than tapers off with maybe something of a larger wave (climax) towards the end. A good album is like riding a wave in the middle of a storm. I never understood the hopping around, track to track. Music and water go hand in hand in my mind.
My taste is very similar. I deeply enjoy albums. It is like a picture of an artist at that time. You can experience their growth and inspiration all in one. You can wash yourself in that sound. I love albums.
The only time I really enjoy jumping around track to track by various artists is at bars or parties. When I am by myself it's albums all the way.
Some of my recent favorites...
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
We Get Requests - Oscar Peterson Trio
Healing Sounds And Frequencies 2 - Jonathan Goldman
Talking Book - Stevie Wonder
Another Live - Utopia
Something/Anything - Todd Rundgren