Welcome back to “The Art of Being Shaank,” forum. the official definiton of music is: “an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner”. But this meaning is often disputed as music means so much more, from symphonies written by Mozart to your annoying little sibling tapping on the table before dinner, it’s all music because it appeals to your ear, it invokes emotion. Be it sorrow, joy, or anger if its stirred by sounds then its music. This is my definition of music, and I love music although I’m incapable of making it myself I truly love it. I listen to music whenever I get the chance, after waking up or before going to sleep, to pump me up before a big game or to calm me down before a big performance music is my bread and butter.
The kind of music I listen to represents me; confused, sometimes clustered but with many ideas. When I listen to rap I listen very closely to the lyrics my rap must have a meaning whether it’s said directly or there is complex lyricism involved. My favourite rapper; Lupe Fiasco is known to be the best complex lyrics rapper often enough, the meaning of his verses are so much more than skin deep. In one of Lupe Fiasco’s songs “Dumb it Down” he talks about how many in the music industry want him to decrease the complexity of his lyrics and how beneficial to society they are, so they want him to ‘dumb it down’. He’s truly is on another level and proves it with the phrase “I’m flying on Pegasus, you flying on a pheasant”- he is telling his rapping competitors how he’s flying on a level above them.
I’m not limited to rap however, I listen to other genres of music, if not to appreciate the lyrics then to appreciate the music itself. I love rock, my favourite band being Linkin Park. They are absolutely amazing they are one of the most original and risk taking bands ever, each of their albums is something new. Their first album Hybrid Theory, released in 2000, used a lot of guitar and had many screamo tracks. But as the decade passed the band somewhat grew up and matured with their music. Their newest album A Thousand Suns is a very techno album and is often slower then their other albums, but the music is much more grown up, and something truly out of the box.
Rap and rock are my favourite genres of music but I also listen to so much more like jazz, techno, hardstyle etc. Most people limit themselves to one or two genres I want to open myself to all sorts of music so i can be a more well--rounded person.
The kind of music I listen to represents me; confused, sometimes clustered but with many ideas. When I listen to rap I listen very closely to the lyrics my rap must have a meaning whether it’s said directly or there is complex lyricism involved. My favourite rapper; Lupe Fiasco is known to be the best complex lyrics rapper often enough, the meaning of his verses are so much more than skin deep. In one of Lupe Fiasco’s songs “Dumb it Down” he talks about how many in the music industry want him to decrease the complexity of his lyrics and how beneficial to society they are, so they want him to ‘dumb it down’. He’s truly is on another level and proves it with the phrase “I’m flying on Pegasus, you flying on a pheasant”- he is telling his rapping competitors how he’s flying on a level above them.
I’m not limited to rap however, I listen to other genres of music, if not to appreciate the lyrics then to appreciate the music itself. I love rock, my favourite band being Linkin Park. They are absolutely amazing they are one of the most original and risk taking bands ever, each of their albums is something new. Their first album Hybrid Theory, released in 2000, used a lot of guitar and had many screamo tracks. But as the decade passed the band somewhat grew up and matured with their music. Their newest album A Thousand Suns is a very techno album and is often slower then their other albums, but the music is much more grown up, and something truly out of the box.
Rap and rock are my favourite genres of music but I also listen to so much more like jazz, techno, hardstyle etc. Most people limit themselves to one or two genres I want to open myself to all sorts of music so i can be a more well--rounded person.
