"You don't need to start with the rules of music in order to play an instrument."
-Victor Wooten
My WISE teacher sent me this article and I found it to be extremely interesting and very relevant. I found that listening to music has changed the ways I think. It allows me to release stress and to concentrate on homework. Oddly enough, I almost have to listen to music while doing homework because it blocks out other noises and someone as distract-able as me needs some help concentrating.
It talks about how certain melodies are more pleasurable than others and I find this to be very true when I'm looking for songs. One bass-line can be miles better than another due to even a slight change in its melody.
I also found it interesting that animals can detect a beat showing that a beat is a very primal thing and that fascinates me. There's a lot more to music than I thought. There's a lot to do with psychology and changing the way we think. It's like a drug that effects our decisions and our destinies.
