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08-10-2016, 22:11
(This post was last modified: 08-10-2016, 22:42 by Oceansoul.)
At least for me, music is an important outlet... it's one of the reasons I can get through the day and can keep myself sane or feel some measure of happiness. I seem to write my best songs when I'm inspired and am emotionally uplifted or when I'm hurt or despairing, IMO. I express myself through many stages of my life through music and my tastes in it evolves along with me. Sometimes a song or an album will resonate with me so well that I will feel less alone in the world and cheer up or I might cry because someone else feels the way I do.
Perhaps music isn't necessary for survival, but I think it's helped put a little light in my world. Has music helped you during dark times in your life too? If the question is too personal then my apologies.
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Basically what you've said is pretty much the way I feel too, music get's me through the days and nights, makes me happy and soothes me when I'm sad.
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ditto with the both of you guys.
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Without music I would probably be a well-adjusted normal male.
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Jerome Wrote:Without music I would probably be a well-adjusted normal male.
Just for the sake of clarity, do you mean music keeps you from being well-adjusted and normal? Or it wouldn't make much of a difference since you would still be a well-adjusted and normal person?
^^ Oh dear. "Can of worms" department. :biggrin:
It also sidesteps the question of whether "well-adjusted normal male" is an oxymoron.
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bob_32_116 Wrote:^^ Oh dear. "Can of worms" department. :biggrin:
It also sidesteps the question of whether "well-adjusted normal male" is an oxymoron.
Oh haha, you're probably right. I'm just curious.
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Oceansoul Wrote:Just for the sake of clarity, do you mean music keeps you from being well-adjusted and normal? Or it wouldn't make much of a difference since you would still be a well-adjusted and normal person?
I was just kidding. I knew it would elicit a response. And no, I'm not telling you the answer!!!!
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Jerome Wrote:I was just kidding. I knew it would elicit a response. And no, I'm not telling you the answer!!!!
I figured you were anyway. :tongue: But now I wonder what the answer would be.
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Come to think of it, so do I!
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