Music can serve in so many ways.
For me, it's a creative outlet that allows me to be "free" unlike any other form art. Whether it be listening or creating music, I do it for the feeling that leaves me wondering "how does someone create such a piece that moves me so much." When I say "me", I mean more than my senses pick up and whatever signals are sent to my brain. I feel an almost spiritual connection to whatever I am listening to and whoever created it. It's as though the sounds I hear permeate into my being and I feel the emotions that the song is expressing.
I'm not trying to sound deep.
I'm just trying to be real.
Most of the time this feeling, which I can only describe as indescribable, come about when listening to, of course, Radiohead. I don't know what it is about the synths/pianos and vocals that Thom brings out, or the chords and melodies that Ed strums, or the solos that Jonny creates, or the bass lines that Colin lays down, or the rythms that Philip plays that open up my mind to music which simply makes sense. Their music to me is like a sort of lover. How can such a beautiful thing come into existence? She must be extra-ordinary. My heart melts for/at her. I have never been in love, but if I had to image what it felt like, it would be like the effect of me listening to "Weird Fishes" or "Killer Cars" or "A Wolf At The Door" or so much more.
It is just right.
And the only thing that I can do when creating music is try to convey this. Maybe at times it is too obvious how I need this feeling to be expressed, but I'm still developing. Below are some of my songs which are not yet completed. They are somewhat bare, but I see potential in them. I feel the need to push myself to achieve what Radiohead has done because why shouldn't as many people experience what I have with their music. I suppose it will take time, but just like a lover, does it not get better with time?
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