Music

Day 3

It's surprising that there were so many things worth observing when the danger of exams loomed over my head, whilst now when there is actual free time the many things just dry out!
Well after quite a work out to my rather worn out mind (my exams were dragged too long, people in MU will sympathize), I decided to fixate on the topic of MUSIC.

Music is many things to different people, for some it's an art to be appreciated, to others it is travel companion and to a very few it is the ultimate source of solace. So what is this music to me?
Music for me is a source of expression, a new language, a companion in solitude and comforter in grief..
Music goes beyond boundaries of definition:

The art or science of combining vocal or instrumental sounds (or both) to produce beauty of form, harmony, and expression of emotion.

This is how Google defines music. It's a rather much more eloquent note on music than given otherwise by standard lexicons.  So many people can be seen today in any mode of public transport plugged in to their various devices listening to music. Such is music that it transcends barriers both cultural and economical. Few things can truly be the great equalizer (pun for those who get it) than music.

I'm asked at most occasions on what type of music I like. A fair question since as social behaviour dictates the grouping of people is similar to the grouping of songs into different genres. My answer has always been: "Anything that's good." That is true, I have never liked any particular genre per-se but anything that sounds different and vibrant I do listen. 

Some songs do come as a surprise, for what I have seen so far the indie music scene here in India isn't that popular. People are more mainstream, but there are so many gems in them and they do satisfy the craving for variety 
One such is the band Tiny Victories

Their song Mr. Bones is so intriguing that it took me quite a while to listen to anything else. I suggest hearing that song once just to hear the electronic pulse, it's psychedelic if you will!

Another band I found good was Elliott Brood

Here I'd suggest listening to Lindsay, a very captivating song, that.

And my friends who are forever fixated with mainstream, Coldplay has been a truly consistent band, producing path breaking songs some of which always end up in repeat in my phone!

Well these are just a few of the ones which caught my fancy. I think that music, as phenomenon will forever shift and change and for anyone who is an ardent fan of music, be it of any form the search for the song that  fits their own definition of music will go on. For that I think it's time to plug on your headphones and search for those little oldies which have been lost in the sea of playlists and find out why you liked them in the first place and maybe then you'll find your own music and not depend on a friend for new ones. Music expresses as much individuality as one's own fingerprint. Are you willing to kill it or raise it back? Godspeed to you...

Music is forever; music should grow and mature with you, following you right on up until you die.

~Paul Simon