7 posts tagged “music”

What were your top 10 favorite songs or albums of 2007?

1. Linkin Park - Bleed It Out
2. My Chemical Romance - I Don't Love You
3. Snow Patrol - Signal Fire
4. Linkin Park - What I've Done
5. James Blunt - 1973
6. Goo goo Dolls - Before It's Too Late
7. Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore's - Way Back Into Love (demo version)
8. Avril Lavigne - When You're Gone
9. Akon - Don't Matter
10. My Chemical Romance - Teenagers

Best Album:

1. Linkin Park - Minutes to Midnight
2. High School Musical
3. Music and Lyrics OST

Do you tend to like music in particular genres, or are your tastes all over the place?  What are your most and least favorite musical genres?

I like every song in the world as long as it's meaningful and comprehensive. Maybe I don't go for dance music, because I like a tune to be suited up with specific literature so that we can derive our emotion from it. But sometimes dance music can prove that action speaks louder than words. Songs like those from remixes and technos can only mean one thing: freedom to enjoy.

Hip hop is one of the few examples of song which has literature components in it. It can have a deep meaning, but sometimes it made no sense at all.

Instrumental songs are good too. Songs like those from apocalyptica depicts much about sadness and sorrow of life while trying to seek power to enlighten oneself. Instrumentals are good when you are working on something, and you need something to relax yourself. Well, as long as its not rock instrumentals.

Talk about rock. Rock is about pulling yourself out of a deep-shit situation. It doesn't really solve your problem, but at least it helps you to set things straight. You don't have to stab yourself of jump off the window to find a solution to your life problem. You can bang the guitar instead.

Metal is much more of creating a cult out of people who share the same ideology as others. This can be much heavier than rock, as people tries to reach out for the solution by becoming members of the cult. Heavy metal, black metal and other sorts have created their own devotees while trying to reach out for a new method of solving problems in life.

Nu Metal on the other hand is trying to create a more developed cult by throwing up every instrument found in the store into a set of a whole different melody. They can be considered as young in music industry, They don't rely much on the talents, but more of creativity and effort. With the advancement of technology, they march forward and try to compete with other well-established genres, while confusing others by trying to define their own identity. But at one point this trend is starting to fade away, as most of them tries to follow the well-established mainstream instead.

There are also other genres which I have not mentioned such as R & B, emo, pop etc. Whatever happens, I just follow the trend and try to keep up with the latest songs and artists. Song trends can be evergreen but at the same time they can't even worth remembering.

Art is very much related to individual's awareness of the environment and how they express it in an abstract manner,which can only be understood by themselves. We can say that art is everything around us -and we work our daily life with the essence of life. It is very much related to the spatial intelligence suggested by Gardner.

So the question is: are the so-called visual artists gain their ability through natural talent or from acquisition? Are those who acquire the talent better than those who already have the talent but do not wish to enhance their skills through further studies of art? Are those who has a keen interest in art better than those who are forced to learn? What are the criteria to become a good artist?

I remember myself trying to learn guitar a few years back but just can't the tunes right even though I like it. Thus, in my opinion you can't just have an interest to acquire art skills. You need natural talent. Furthermore, I believe that we cannot force ourselves to learn the skills. It requires time and patience. I realized that the "Learn to Play Guitar in 30 Days" guidebook is just not enough for me.

However, when you a have a bit of a talent on something such as playing the piano, you might as well have the ability to experiment any songs in just a short period of time. I recalled the day when I introduced my friend to a song and as soon as she heard the tunes she played the violin and had the melody was almost coherent with the original song.

But there would be another question that needs to be answered: What about if you in a totally different  situation  but requires almost the same ability that you already have?  A friend of mine who liked to draw manga characters were forced to become an architect. But would he really be able to become one without having at least a little knowledge on architecture? That's when we need to learn the skill. We have the talent but sometimes we just can't just do a new stuff without digging informations about what should you do and what you shouldn't first. An illustrator cannot become a comic artist without learning the rules about illustrating comics. An illustrator may not know about "colums" or "captions", while a comic artist may not understand about "super-imposed" and "decisive moments", even though such terms are available in some of the art-related careers.

So, I believe that talent and experience must work hand-in-hand to produce a fine and coherent piece of art. That is why a natural-born singers are not as good as an experienced art critics when it comes to commenting during competitions like American Idol and such. Meanwhile, a person who only learns about music may not be able to sing better than a natural-born singer. Thus balance is needed between talent and experience.

However, I do believe that you can get the talent if you learn the skills during early childhood. Thus, we can say that talent is not just about nature, but also about nurture. Good upbringing can produce good artists. 

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just listened to LP's new single, "What I've Done". It is so cool. It seems that this band is really trying to pull themselves away from being labeled as a nu metal band. The lyrics connotatively resolves around the question of humanity and stuff -and not mention the start of something new at the same time. it's just their way of telling stories -as always. Their melodies reminds me much of the incubus', yet they have their own sense of style. Years of waiting pays off, i guess. just can't wait for their new album to come out this May.