I don't see the appeal of music

[the_dramatica]

You just need amphetamines, subwoofers, and actually good music. Thats means more than the rqdio.

 

[default]

To me that's like saying 'I don't see the appeal of looking at pretty things'. Music is, like, a universal sensory pleasure. You just haven't found anything that you like yet. Give it a while, you'll find something that tickles your fancy.

 

[RaikuFA]

To me that's like saying 'I don't see the appeal of looking at pretty things'. Music is, like, a universal sensory pleasure. You just haven't found anything that you like yet. Give it a while, you'll find something that tickles your fancy.

How tha hell am I though? There's no way to try out new stuff.

 

[happyninja42]

To me that's like saying 'I don't see the appeal of looking at pretty things'. Music is, like, a universal sensory pleasure. You just haven't found anything that you like yet. Give it a while, you'll find something that tickles your fancy.

How tha hell am I though? There's no way to try out new stuff.

Your kidding right? There's like 5 different online sources of music that you can try (some for free) that will provide you with a random sampling of music based on a few initial datapoints. Pandora, Spotify, Itunes, etc. I know there's a couple more that people use but I'm drawing a blank on their names. If there is even one song where you are like "I find this somewhat enjoyable, interesting" you can plug that song in, and the software will find other music similar in composure, structure, musical elements, etc, and let you sample them. You can then like/dislike them, and it will tailor your selection based on that. Seriously there are tons of ways for you to find new music out there.

Seriously, someone else who is more in the know about the various ways the OP could browse new music, please provide links to the sources for them? I would but I'm at work and can't take that much time to browse other sites and link them in right now.

 

[TimeLord]

Clearly you have never listened to some Miracle of Sound songs.

You can't touch music, but music can touch you.

I need an adult

 

[RaikuFA]

To me that's like saying 'I don't see the appeal of looking at pretty things'. Music is, like, a universal sensory pleasure. You just haven't found anything that you like yet. Give it a while, you'll find something that tickles your fancy.

How tha hell am I though? There's no way to try out new stuff.

Your kidding right? There's like 5 different online sources of music that you can try (some for free) that will provide you with a random sampling of music based on a few initial datapoints. Pandora, Spotify, Itunes, etc. I know there's a couple more that people use but I'm drawing a blank on their names. If there is even one song where you are like "I find this somewhat enjoyable, interesting" you can plug that song in, and the software will find other music similar in composure, structure, musical elements, etc, and let you sample them. You can then like/dislike them, and it will tailor your selection based on that. Seriously there are tons of ways for you to find new music out there.

Seriously, someone else who is more in the know about the various ways the OP could browse new music, please provide links to the sources for them? I would but I'm at work and can't take that much time to browse other sites and link them in right now.

Only stuff I have nowadays is game soundtracks. Plus my computers still busted.

 

[happyninja42]

Only stuff I have nowadays is game soundtracks. Plus my computers still busted.

Do you have a smartphone? There are music apps for a phone. Some of the ones I mentioned above for example, can be had on your phone. Ok, so you only have game soundtracks, start with those if you want. Or if there is even a single song from your past, or from the radio that you slightly enjoy, and would like to hear more like it, find the name/band for it and plug it in. "There's no way to try out new stuff" is not the same thing as "I am currently unable to do try new music, due to technological limitations". I still say though, if you've got a smartphone you're able to use it.

Clearly you have never listened to some Miracle of Sound songs.

You can't touch music, but music can touch you.

I need an adult

I am an adult.


capcha: off the record. how fitting

 

[TimeLord]

Clearly you have never listened to some Miracle of Sound songs.

You can't touch music, but music can touch you.

I need an adult

I am an adult.

No. No you are not [https://youtu.be/bjHYQ-XFzEg?t=6m54s]

 

[happyninja42]

Clearly you have never listened to some Miracle of Sound songs.

You can't touch music, but music can touch you.

I need an adult

I am an adult.

No. No you are not [https://youtu.be/bjHYQ-XFzEg?t=6m54s]

Well played sir. I was wondering when someone was going to make that reference. xD Only took 2 attempts on my part.

 

[Remus]

I can only guess that you just haven't found music that's appealing to your tastes. I had to look particularly hard living in the U.S. Always hated country - something about living in the midwest, I'd almost feel obligated to like it, but quite the opposite. Modern rock is okay, though a lot more of it seems fueled by hate than in the past. Classic rock - bearable but the memory attachments to some of it include things I'd rather not reminisce about. So I've started to listen to popular European bands, to move away from American guitar soloing or rapping and all things in between. A lot of European rock seems more steeped in classical instruments. While I'm not huge on opera or symphony, throw some bass guitar in the mix and it becomes something I can enjoy. Oddly enough, it was Metallica that introduced me to the style -

 

[Hunter.Wolf]

I pity you that you can't enjoy music, some people might try to explain why they find music appealing but music is simply just one of those things that need to be experienced to be understood, so it either works or not.

My advice, try various genres of music, music isn't just a singular thing, there are so many genres of music out there, try some of classical stuff, Mozart and the likes, try some modern techno music, or even some epic music like the music from "Two Steps from Hell" ... i can't imagine anyone not enjoying this pure epicness ===> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbOo2Kvngdg

And that's just pure music with no singing, you can also try many genres of singing from Pop to Rock to Metal to Blues ... etc etc etc ... it's hard to find someone who doesn't like at least one genre of music/songs.

 

[Cowabungaa]

Clearly you have never listened to some Miracle of Sound songs.

You can't touch music, but music can touch you.

I need an adult

I am an adult.

No. No you are not [https://youtu.be/bjHYQ-XFzEg?t=6m54s]

Luckily, for music, we don't really need to be (go to 11:51 in that vid):


Because what would life be without hilariously stupid shit like that?

 

[Patathatapon]

I don't know what it is, I cannot get into it. I feel nothing when I hear stuff I like. I rarely buy CD's. Last one was a few years ago. It doesn't help that what I like isn't on the radio anymore. Then there's gatekeepers that judge me for whatever I like/dislike.

So what is it that people like about music?

CD's? Who the hell still buys CD's? I've only bought one CD in my life (I'm 18 as of typing), and that was a joint purchase with a family member.

If your talking about modern songs where they're talking about how your body is the only thing that matters, or how your money is the only thing that can validate you, then I'll join you on that old-man-shaking-stick-at-kids-on-his-lawn band wagon.

Now you don't feel anything with songs you like? Again, I can understand. Those songs I usually call things I get sick of. I used to listen to a lot of music from Bastion, but now I only keep the main 3 songs in my playlist (Build that wall, Mother I'm here, Setting Sail/Coming Home) and even those I've gotten sick of recently.


I'd recommend looking for things that are similar to those things you liked before, even if they're older than what you liked before. Just try random shit. Owl City is a random artist that comes to mind when decent songs are brought up.

 

[Cid Silverwing]

Well music are suppose to "stimulate" your brain in one way or another. I guessing you just haven't heard the right "music" yet.

This.

When someone says they "don't see the appeal" of something, it's nearly always because they haven't had enough time to fully explore it. Try all the immediately available genres on YouTube or something and you'll find something to your liking soon enough.

Captcha: cheeseburger <-- I just finished a hamburger like minutes ago. This thing IS sentient.

 

[Creator002]

I rarely buy CD's. Last one was a few years ago.

(Yes! I can use irony properly for once! I'm so excited!)
How ironic. I listen to music everyday and enjoy it, yet you've bought more CDs than I have in the past decade.

I guess you're just one of many (but not the majority) that doesn't get anything from music. I don't really "feel" anything from music, but I can get into it. Especially if it's something hard, vocally and instrumentally (Neue Deutsche Härte/Certain electronic music).

 

[RaikuFA]

Well music are suppose to "stimulate" your brain in one way or another. I guessing you just haven't heard the right "music" yet.

This.

When someone says they "don't see the appeal" of something, it's nearly always because they haven't had enough time to fully explore it. Try all the immediately available genres on YouTube or something and you'll find something to your liking soon enough.

Captcha: cheeseburger <-- I just finished a hamburger like minutes ago. This thing IS sentient.

Yeah, well where do I start?

 

[Joccaren]

Well, as a test, get a game with what you would consider a good soundtrack. Or a movie, but its a lot harder to do this with movies.

Play the game, with sound effects and dialogue still running, but music muted. Or watch the movie like that - I'm sure a couple of movies will have someone having cut the music out, but it'd be rare.

If you think it is still a complete experience and not missing anything, there is something terribly wrong with you. Or, more likely, you really just aren't into music at all, which is cool. Otherwise, you're likely just not into the types of music played on the radio. I listen to some older music, but mostly game and movie soundtracks, because those are what elicit the most feeling from me.

Modern music is almost exclusively shit. Like modern 'dancing'. I struggle to respect either as a form of their medium, though I guess the music is more just uncreative and bland than incoherent so it gets some points there.

 

[das_n00b]

It's probably because you have no soul.

In all seriousness, if music can't inspire an emotional response in you, you might legitimately have a medical or psychological disorder. There's a reason music is sometimes called the universal language. If I were you, I would tell my doctor about this ASAP.

As harsh as this sounds (as the truth often is), I'm inclined to agree with you, because I thought exactly the same thing when the OP made a very similar thread about books.

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.874897-Why-are-books-so-boring?page=1

OP, judging by the fact that you don't see the appeal of music and you can't get past the first page of a book, I think that your brain may be wired differently, like perhaps you just don't experience imagination or pleasure and reward in the same way as most people.

It's not necessarily a bad thing per say (that is if you're fine with it), but I would be absolutely distraught if I woke up one day and couldn't enjoy music or read books, so perhaps you should consider seeing a doctor, because not being able to read books and not seeing the point of any and all music could be symptoms of an underlying medical or psychological condition, such as Anhedonia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anhedonia], which could be something that might hold you back later in life or suddenly torpedo potential prospects if it was suddenly discovered on a test.

i just found a story regarding a study conducted at the university of barcelona which kind of touches on this subject.

?We identified a group of healthy individuals without depression or generalized anhedonia who showed reduced behavioral pleasure ratings and no autonomic responses to pleasurable music, despite having normal musical perception capacities,? he wrote in the study. ?These persons showed preserved behavioral and physiological responses to monetary reward, indicating that the low sensitivity to music was not due to a global hypo function of the reward network.?

http://radio.com/2014/03/06/new-study-finds-that-some-people-are-incapable-of-enjoying-music/

 

[Cid Silverwing]

Yeah, well where do I start?

I believe what you need is a good rhythm. :3

Five - Let's Dance [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvUxcaRask4]
Five - Rock The Party [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVQRgjHI_08]
Beach Boys - Surfin' USA [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibHLTH2icVw]
Backstreet Boys - Everybody [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIxFiNCtHVc]
Graham Gouldman (The Animalympics) - Go For It! [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzOs9qqdmRs]
Squash Gang - Moving Your Hips [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTZw-lQXOVw]
Sweet - Ballroom Blitz [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzpWJx3I2DY]
Daft Punk - Get Lucky [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NV6Rdv1a3I]
DragonForce - Cry Thunder [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cU4GXgaCFTI]
Sabaton - Primo Victoria [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZm4zseMok0]
Sabaton - Midway [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuOnQpyP1nc]
Sabaton - No Bullets Fly [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1d4Z0FtRI7A]