np: very old mix by DJ Scott Henry
I just felt like sharing my story and chatting for a bit.
I first heard electronic music almost ten years ago. From the very first
sound that hit my ears, I knew it was different from any other music I'd
heard before. I knew it was different because I felt something moving
inside me that hadn't moved before.
It was only a very few years ago, however, that I really began to become
obsessed with the stuff. And that's what I am...obsessed. You can't tell
it from the the way that I walk, talk or dress, and not from the relatively
few CDs that I own. The only indication is that feeling that moves inside
me when I listen to it. I'm here to say, "I'm addicted to the feeling!"
and, "I'm proud!"
Damn it, my day doesn't start until my music does. The very first thing
that I do in the morning--no matter how badly I have to pee or happen to
want a cigarette--is turn on the music. The day is instantly brighter and
better because now I've got a groove to push me through it.
I listen to and love a little bit of it all; house, techno, electro, d'n'b
and on. Among countless other ways, I like to listen to it alone, by myself,
in my living room, while just thinking. I do this all the time, for hours
if I have the time. This music enables me to think clearer, more
rationally. Or sometimes it does just the opposite by making me think in
crazy, new, and innovative ways. There seems to be no limit to the
different thoughts and feelings that this music pushes through me, nor do I
want there to be.
I use music to manipulate my moods. Not like a drug, though, more like the
way an activity cures boredom. If I want to change my mood, enhance it, or
in any way alter it, I know _exactly_ what cd I should put on to achieve the
desired effect. And I like this. Among so many other things, I like how
music has become an aid to my emotional health.
It seems like we get lost in the technicalities of the music on these lists,
sometimes. Like label names and who's who and see here how much I know.
YO--what about the feeling? Certainly these details are essential for
obtaining the music and thus the feeling, but it seems that these lists
could be so much more than just a place for exchanging information.
Do other people have similar experiences with this music that we all claim
to love so much as I do? Why do you listen to the music? Why are you on
this list, I wonder? I'm honestly very curious about other people's
personal experiences and motivations with this music. How the hell does it
make you _FEEL_?
Take house music, for example. At my place, when the groove starts sneaking
and thumping around, I just can't keep stil. Literally--some part of my body
has to be moving in time to the music, and preferably all of it. I dance
all the time. I just can't help it.
Or take some fat, banging techno in my world as another example. The beats
completely surround me. Like lions on the savanah they herd my thoughts and
emotions up and thrust them in my face, engulfing me entirely.
What's it like for you?
just one woman's cents...
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