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Originally Posted by robinjessome
I don't tend to 'feel' any emotions per se (i.e. sadness, anger, etc...). I pick up on feelings of energy, and power. I feel when a composer/performer is injecting emotion, but I really don't care what it is.
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Yeah, very well put.
DOFTS, if you are interested, there is a guy called Eckhart Tolle who explains this VERY well.
Seriously though, if a piece of music actually made me SAD or ANGRY, if it actually injected those energies into me, there's NO WAY I would be dumb enough to actually listen to that music.
For me there is like a hidden beauty behind the music. If you watch a film like Saving Private Ryan, which contains a lot of death and violence, it doesn't quite have the same meaning/energy as a Quentin Tarantino film that's also based in violence.
Saving Private Ryan says, "Look at what humans did to each other, this is madness." It puts it in a new light, and carries a hidden beauty and awareness.
Whereas Quentin Tarantino just says, "Violence is cool!", and doesn't really address the true consequences or causes.
It's the same kind of thing when comparing a Beethoven piece which conveys anger, and some angry, commercial hip hop tune.
One is powerful, one is weak (forceful).