:: Captain's Personal Blog ::

Stardate: Monday, February 11, 2002

Realization of the Morning:
There are two things that I truly can not stand in music (past most country music)

1) I already knew that I don't like whiny music. I.E. Alannis Morrisette and her ilk. Essentially, while I do believe that music should be emotive, I really don't need to listen to someone whining in my ear incessantly about their own problems. I have my own problems and so do my friends and family. For me, that's enough. I don't need someone to do it in song as well.

2) As such, I have discovered that Metal music (at least the guitars) seem to have the same kind of tonal quality to me. In short spurts they are certainly good. But to compose an entire song, let alone an entire CD, around it is a bit too much for me. I just can't stand listening to that high a pitch for too long, it makes me uncomfortable.

I suppose that the attraction of film scores to me is that the instruments all sound like they are speaking. Not whining, but speaking. I am currently debating the aesthetics of a music that I don't listen to with a friend of mine, and like I told him, it is hard to speak intelligently about something which I know little about. All I can speak about is what I have been a witness to.
:: J 10:32 AM [+] ::
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