It’s obvious that music affects our moods… when it comes to preference, people listen to music because 1. they like it and/or 2. it makes them happy. Different music makes different people feel good...SO, that's why they listen to it. Why would someone take the time to listen to something that made them unhappy, unless they wanted to be unhappy?
Thinking about how music creates different feelings I came across another question:
Does the atmosphere also affect the mood or the way you listen to the music?
I suppose the atmosphere could also mean the people you are with at the time…you get certain feelings from the energies of different people and "feed" off of it, so it makes sense that they would also have an act in the mood or emotion.
I came across this question last night/early this morning. I was at a newly acquired friends’ place and we sat on the couch just listening to the sounds of Radiohead – I believe, don’t hold me to it. It was then that I realized that at any other time I wouldn’t have heard it the same. Right then I was sitting and focusing on the melodies and sounds from all the instruments…it was a nice relaxing feeling, the kind I normally get when I realize what a poem actually means behind the denotative meaning.
Music is always a nice element to have around you, especially if it evokes sentiment and positive feedback.
I was talking to the friend about it—he proposed-in the midst of multiple conversations-that the everyone’s tonal fluctuation was changing with the music. Going back to my vague thesis, music does affect mood and setting.
Music is powerful. It's wonderful something so complex yet simple can move people in such a way.
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