Hey Friend,
The response I got yesterday from the morning email tells me we're a lot alike. You, too, will listen to music based on how you're currently feeling. I got a lot of great feedback from y'all!
It's as if we just know what style of music will support what we're feeling at that moment. But there was also support in the idea that we might listen to a style of music to move us in a direction we would like to go, rather than simply maintaining the current state of emotion.
That's very fascinating to me - that we can very effectively move from one state to another by simply changing the music we're listening to.
Like you, I've also used this approach. For instance, Baroque music is supposed to be great music for studying and retaining information. When I need to focus and try to retain information, or get really creative and productive, I'll listen to Baroque. I tend to get less distracted than I do with more modern music.
If you haven't given much thought to this, or don't really think music has that level of power over us, consider this; what was the last movie you saw? Think about the background music. Do you think that has any effect on how you react to a scene?
If there was no soundtrack in a film, do you think it would matter? Would the scenes have the same impact on your viewing experience?
I think about the recent film " Deadpool." The opening credits show a very chaotic, slow-motion, violent scene, all to the tune " Angel of The Morning" by Juice Newton. The visuals and the sound don't fit - and yet they have the comic affect on the audience the film makers were going after - conflicting and contradictory, but it works in the context.
And yet you can also affect with silence. The move "Castaway" with Tom Hanks, is famous for having no soundtrack music for the majority of the film. I won't give it away, if you haven't seen it, but it also sends a powerful message to the senses. It's amazing how a lack of music can have such an isolating effect.
Gotta roll, Peeps. Have a great day!
Peace~
Dave | 
