This is one of those "more involved" threads that asks you to do a bit more than post a witty sentence. So if you're not into putting in a little effort, the "you just woke up next to ____, who is it?" threads are that way *points*
<spoiler=Now for the ACTUAL thread>For my friend's psychology class, he has to do a musical analysis.
That sounds awesome, listen to music for marks, but since it's a 3rd year class, he has to analyze the fuck out of his music selection.
What he has to do, is choose any album or record of his choosing, listen to it, and every 30 seconds, stop and write a short paragraph about his feelings at that particular moment, and what his brain activity probably looks like.
The purpose of the assignment (besides making listening to music, a chore) is to get a rough analysis of how music affects our moods and thought process. Its actually quite interesting (besides all the boring biological crap he has to memorize).
This got me thinking about an interesting idea: listen to a song, stop every 30 seconds, and think about how the song is affecting me.
Why don't you give it a try! Pick a song, any song, and try this:
- write down what you are thinking about before you start listening to the song
- stop half-way through the song (or as frequently as you'd like) and write how you feel
- after the song is done, write down how you feel now
It is important that you don't force anything. Don't make the song affect your mood, that completely ruins the point. Just go along with it (this can be a bit tricky)
Also, keep in mind that you are not analyzing the music, you are analyzing how the music affects you. So those sweet riffs and vocals mean nothing in this exercize, what matters is how it changes your mood.
One last thing: I am sorry if this isn't your thing, and after reading all this, you go "that sounds stupid, fuck this".
I just find it fascinating that viking metal can calm me down, and classical makes me think of zombies...
<spoiler=Now for the ACTUAL thread>For my friend's psychology class, he has to do a musical analysis.
That sounds awesome, listen to music for marks, but since it's a 3rd year class, he has to analyze the fuck out of his music selection.
What he has to do, is choose any album or record of his choosing, listen to it, and every 30 seconds, stop and write a short paragraph about his feelings at that particular moment, and what his brain activity probably looks like.
The purpose of the assignment (besides making listening to music, a chore) is to get a rough analysis of how music affects our moods and thought process. Its actually quite interesting (besides all the boring biological crap he has to memorize).
This got me thinking about an interesting idea: listen to a song, stop every 30 seconds, and think about how the song is affecting me.
Why don't you give it a try! Pick a song, any song, and try this:
- write down what you are thinking about before you start listening to the song
- stop half-way through the song (or as frequently as you'd like) and write how you feel
- after the song is done, write down how you feel now
It is important that you don't force anything. Don't make the song affect your mood, that completely ruins the point. Just go along with it (this can be a bit tricky)
Also, keep in mind that you are not analyzing the music, you are analyzing how the music affects you. So those sweet riffs and vocals mean nothing in this exercize, what matters is how it changes your mood.
One last thing: I am sorry if this isn't your thing, and after reading all this, you go "that sounds stupid, fuck this".
I just find it fascinating that viking metal can calm me down, and classical makes me think of zombies...
