What made you pursue a life of music?

[TheSeaSinger]

So, as the title says, what made you pursue music?

The reason for what made me write this is I was at a concert a few days ago, and ended up balling after listening to this song. I couldn't control myself. Now, as for music in my life, I have always been singing since I've been born practically, and I was taught classic piano and played trombone up to my sophmore year of high-school. I've always felt the power to music, and I knew that it would always hold a special place in my heart. But as things happened -- work, school, applying for college, family matters, etc, I had less and less time for music.

I think hearing this song made me lose it, because it says, "music is my refuge," and I feel that I really relate to that. . .and that it has. It's almost how I feel -- although I'm a loud, talkative, bubbly person, I don't necessarily express my feelings. Not the way I do when I'm with music.

I feel that this has showed me that I cannot live without music -- but I'm finding difficulty to find time for it. And I"m rusty. My hands don't move the same anymore on the piano, nor can I play my trombone or sing as well as I had before...and I find that frustrating. . .

So what made you guys pursue music...? Did you guys have a turning point? Any advise for me?

[Post Rock]

TheSeaSinger

So, as the title says, what made you pursue music?

The reason for what made me write this is I was at a concert a few days ago, and ended up balling after listening to this song. I couldn't control myself. Now, as for music in my life, I have always been singing since I've been born practically, and I was taught classic piano and played trombone up to my sophmore year of high-school. I've always felt the power to music, and I knew that it would always hold a special place in my heart. But as things happened -- work, school, applying for college, family matters, etc, I had less and less time for music.

I think hearing this song made me lose it, because it says, "music is my refuge," and I feel that I really relate to that. . .and that it has. It's almost how I feel -- although I'm a loud, talkative, bubbly person, I don't necessarily express my feelings. Not the way I do when I'm with music.

I feel that this has showed me that I cannot run without music -- but I'm finding difficulty to find time for it. And I"m rusty. My hands don't move the same anymore on the piano, nor can I play my trombone or sing as well as I had before...and I find that frustrating. . .

So what made you guys pursue music...? Did you guys have a turning point? Any advise for me?

It's really good that you can truly be moved by music! You might be surprised but not everyone can appreciate music. I'm moved to tears by music almost daily, and i'm not exaggerating!


This is by an icelandic black metal band, but the song itself is not metal.

It's so sad and so beautiful, i just can't help myself but to think about everything in my life up to this point, and cry. all the friends i've had, all the experiences, everything i've lost, everything i've learned. It's powerful stuff, music.

I'm also the same thing with not expressing my feelings easily with words. People think i'm depressed, and negative, so i try to make happy music alot to show people that there's more to me.

I'm in love by pretty much any kind of beautiful music, and artists like enya, loreena mckennitt and enigma really got me interested in music.

[TheSeaSinger]

Thank you for your kind and thoughtful post. smile I think the bands from Iceland and Scandinavia offer such rich music. . .it seems so much deeper than a lot of songs we write today here in America, then again I'm probably looking in the wrong place. . .haha.

[sodacaifan]

I play acoustic guitar and I play acoustic guitar especially for two reasons:

1. I tend to stutter and speak really fast, a lot, and singing is the only way I can speak clearly and express what I want to say because I know the words and my feelings are the one speaking instead of my stutterer mouth.

2. I hope someday I will find that "special one" girl, and when I find her, I want to sing her a song every night before sleeping, so she knows my feelings are with her every night. I'm only 17 years old, so I still have time to practice I guess.

[Post Rock]

sodacaifan

I play acoustic guitar and I play acoustic guitar especially for two reasons:

1. I tend to stutter and speak really fast, a lot, and singing is the only way I can speak clearly and express what I want to say because I know the words and my feelings are the one speaking instead of my stutterer mouth.

2. I hope someday I will find that "special one" girl, and when I find her, I want to sing her a song every night before sleeping, so she knows my feelings are with her every night. I'm only 17 years old, so I still have time to practice I guess.

the hell?

ditto on EVERYTHING you just said.

[Post Rock]

TheSeaSinger

Thank you for your kind and thoughtful post. smile I think the bands from Iceland and Scandinavia offer such rich music. . .it seems so much deeper than a lot of songs we write today here in America, then again I'm probably looking in the wrong place. . .haha.

America has some fairly decent music, but yeah; it's really a matter of knowing where to look. I eventually want to move to iceland, but i'm still doing research on the more technical aspects (laws, us dollar to ISK, etc.)

[uuuggghhh]

I've had a strong passion for music for as far back as I can remember. Ohgod, I remember when I was only 5 or 6 years old and my mom would play Tarantella on the piano, and told me how it was about this girl who sat on a rock while eating some porridge or something and got bit by a tarantula and died, and I would cry and scream every time she would play it. gonk
I want to be a music therapist because music has helped me out of a deep depression that I was in. Sometimes when I'm angry or extremely upset, I'll play on the piano and by the time I finish a song, my throat hurts and it feels as if I screamed everything I had felt. I guess I have to thank my parents for always playing the guitar or piano for me to lead me to appreciate it so much.

[V I V L I O N]

Growing up, I was really focused on my studies and sports. I had my whole life planned out. I was training to go professional in tennis and I was almost guaranteed a sports scholarship into university to study medicine.
Over the years, I suffered from too many sports related injuries and eventually had to quit. I just wanted to fill up my time with something so I picked up a guitar and began taking lessons. Being your typical teenage girl, I had pent up emotions about boys and other s**t, so I began to write music. I soon joined a band and slowly built up my passion for creating things. I had taken piano when I was younger and had participated in musical theatre companies and church choirs since I was five. With what I knew, I wrote my first EP. But during the process I had fallen in love with the recording process. I began to record myself and ended up getting into a post secondary recording and music industry school. I studied for two years there before I graduated, having also interned at a major record label during that time. Two weeks after I finished school, I moved to the States and am now interning with two multi-platinum winning producers. I have now worked with over forty different artists and bands (independent and signed), as well as sang and performed on twenty internationally distributed albums.

By no means did I just pick up a guitar and know that that was what I was going to do with the rest of my life. I knew it would be fun but the whole process has been a gradual realization for me. It's a matter of realizing whether music is just a hobby and something you can pour some extra emotions into or if you want to spend every second of every single day just focusing on the concept of arranging sounds and connecting with other people. It's a tough industry and it's constantly changing. You can't afford to think the same way as someone else. You always have to be better than the next person but be able to admit that you have more to learn at the same time.

So, to sum up, I guess the reason why I chose to pursue music is because I had no other option. After getting a taste, I realized there was no way I could wake up every morning and not create or help other musicians get their music out to the world.

[l_-Wonderland-_l]

I watched the Muppets a little to much as a kid and Dr Teeth and the Electric Mayhem was what inspired me. Mostly this drum battle between Animal and this guest star and i thought to myself that I would love to be able to do that so i started as soon as I could. Now I love it and I would never be able to stop ^o^

[Jvp5]

I've always liked music, so Eventually I picked up a guitar around the end of elementry school then in 10th grade switched to bass guitar. Though up to that point it was just a hobby. A year later a friend's band had their bassist leave to go pursue an education and become a functioning member of society and whatnot XD and while looking for a bassist to fill the spot they came to me and asked me to jam with them a while and play a show with them.
At around that time just a horrid student, I couldn't stay awake in classes couldn't get assignments turned in on time, failed the writing section of my statewide test for the second year in a row, I was getting horrible grades D's and F's. The next year was just as bad if not worse I failed the writing part of the statewide test again for the 3rd year in a row, and being a graduation requirement I dropped out not long after. Playing bass with the band and playing shows has not only become what I want to do for the rest of my life, but the only thing I've really got going for me in life. I've lucked out finding bandmates that are just as driven as I am to make it on this path and very talented at what they do.

Over the years a lot of stress has been acumulated, but I just can't explain in words... the final song of the set a lot of that stress is channeld into my playing and sometimes a bass string ends up breaking... I'll just go on and say it, I want to make it big, I want to go on tours, I want to play giant stadiums in front of tons of people. Call me arrogant, call me a child, go ahead even laugh. I'm more than willing to work for it to reach that goal. >:3

[Digital Malevolence]

Drugs, alcohol, and women.

[matthewnadaw]

Stress relief and self expression. 3nodding

[skumskull]

p***y

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[Digital Malevolence]

I forgot free food and drinks, I love when I play a show and the place or people hosting it buys pizza's , red bulls, etc, for the bands.

[Toxilicks]

I wouldn't say I live a life of music, but I would say that in the right place and time I might be able to pursue some sort of singing career, at least in a band.

I actually first wanted to sing back when I was a little kid, but I just didn't think there was any other styles beyond what was on TV. Then, like, three years ago after I started getting into the bands like Jack Off Jill, The Birthday Massacre, Angelspit, and other creative gothic/industrial groups I decided to grow a pair and ask my mother if she'd take me to vocal lessons.

Three years later, I feel somewhat more confident in singing, and I like to think I have some control of my voice and I can at least practice so I don't sound totally retarded. :p Put it this way, don't expect to see me on Australia's got Talent or something else along those lines.