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What makes music so important? - If you do it well and look good, chicks like ya!!! lol

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Music is a language and culture of it's own. Nobody is affected by music in the same way, there is no right and no wrong, and there is an exception to every rule. The sooner people realise this - the sooner we all start to get along much better with each other.

We have introduced a few new songs into our set-list, in the recent past, and two of them actually make the hair stand up on the back of my neck and on my arms when we play 'em!..... Dunno how or why that happens.... but it does!......absolutely electrifying! That, to me, is priceless! Nobody can take that away!.....EVER!!!....
Pete the Bass
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Imagine watching Hollyoaks without music...... it would make you focus more on the bad acting

Love this blog !!!!!

For me, when my future wife buys me "Never a dull moment" - Rod Stewart back in the 70's, I knew this was the gal for me, nearly 40 years on - we love the fuck out of each other !!!!!!

Beat that !,

Rick.

Music is unpredictable and has endless possibilities, it touches people in ways nothing else can and it's a way to be proud and to express yourself. Occupies me on painful journeys using public transport and most of my life I'm listening to music of some description.
It makes me who I am, I genuinely don't know what I would be doing if music wasn't apart of this world, certainly wouldn't be typing this right now!

Music is in the minor (sad) or major(happy) key .we musicians know that & if the average people (& we still do it) is in a sad frame of mind ,say a break up thay will play say "sad songs say so much " or something like ,i"m guesing here " i will survive " ,we know how music can help a person ,but half the time they dont realise ,i had a very very shitty divorce about 7/8 years ago & i play guitar but not in the band & i learned "angels" the solo & the lot & it kept me sane & i ended up & managing "the stories" ,yeah the every day person is out for a good time when they come & watch you ,always remember that ,its a very important thing ,when your out on that stage they want to be entertained .
I went out on new years eve & played a gig knowing that me & my long term partner had split but we went along with the gig which was fucking good by the way ,but we had all those people watching us & they had a great time ..your in a band dont worry about it & what people think ..sorry to ramble on ,
just enjoy !

ps, Football, Booze and Music is all I like and want !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and sex !

yeah rock & fucking roll lol!...

It's ok Rick, you can delete it in the morning..... hehe

on the other hand ...
Where would your life be without music ?
What if u suddenley lost your hearing ?
personally , music dictates my life every single day. Without it ? not sure what i would do ?
prolly get depressed and top myself

For me music is an escape. A pure distraction from the outside world. It allows for expression and communication. It is extremely subjective and the degree of scope in it is infinite. I have an enormous amount of great memories because of music in one form or other (listening at home, out clubbing or playing live) and in a way I think it keeps me balanced.

I do think that we who hold music dear (players and appreciators) do tend to complain a lot about lowest common denominator music like the X-Factor, but it's because it IS so important to us we lose sight of the fact that there is a majority out there that simply wish to be fed a catchy tune that they can hum for a month until the next one comes along.

I also believe there is a lot of fake mystique associated with music that is something I try to avoid. "Emotion", or "tone" or "feel" are in the ear of the listener, not the hands or voice of the player. If it were the player that had the magic, we'd all like them. I think this would solve a lot of argument before it began if it was the other way round. lol.

I watched a very interesting documentary not long ago which went into the science of this and demonstrated that music is a 'social lubricant' as it were and also showed how different emotional reactions are caused by different rythms, pitches, major / minor keys etc etc.

That and if you do it well and look good the girls like you a-la the first comment!

Its like a universal language. It crosses all boundries, barriers and cultures. If there is such a thing as ET life somewhere else in the universe and they landed here, I guarantee that we could find something musically that would please them.

Music directly touches your heart and mind in so many ways.

Think about jumping up and down at a gig when you see your fav band playing the songs you love.

Think about singing football chants on the terraces when you cheer your fav team on.

Think about a time you were sad and a song spoke to you (Mine is Fading Lights by Genesis)

Think about getting ready to go out and blasting a song out to get you in the mood.

Think about music that made you want to make music yourself.

Scary music....Elton John "Funeral For a Friend" and Tubular Bells scared the cr@p out of me as a kid but I loved them (and still do)

I can honestly say that music has touched my life and I am SO glad it did.

Best wishes

John

It's good to know Rick and I have something in common - although with the last bit very definitely not together

Don

Where would your life be without music ?
What if u suddenley lost your hearing ?

Beethoven lost his hearing and by all accounts it almost drove him to insanity. A genius such as he would have a realistic idea of what the notes in his head sounded like without actually hearing them but that isn't the same as adding an instrument and a performer to bring it all to life. Many of his late works are tortured, works of true genius all the same though!

John Wilkinson - you have summed it up for me those comments echoed.

Musics can inject you with a feeling that cant be had by simple pictures .... heres my example Try getting into the Rocky training scenes with the volume on mute ... you dont get as worked up ..

IN A NUTSHELL !!!

@ Rusty Bullets, yeah, True Blue is a great track.

Rick.

Music it has kept me sane and on the straight and narrow for many years and long may it last, when everything else falls apart around me i still have my music.