FriendlyVibrophonist

I would agree, music has no one true "point" if by point you mean purpose. Music has so many uses and places in modern society that you can't even really define it.

I think music isn't pointless without emotion, but it isn't necessarily what produces the best music. For example, 60's atonal compositions, while fascinating to analyze, sound god-awful. Not to suggest that the composers of atonal music do not put emotion into their pieces. Another thought, what if instead of conveying or including emotions in a composition, you simply included yourself? In zen buddhism there is a concept called kokoro ire, literally the inclusion of one's own spirit. If you were to make your composition an extension of yourself, the piece would become a living, breathing thing, because you are a living, breathing thing. It's similar to including emotion, but instead of the piece saying, "This is what meloncholy sounds like," it would be "This is me when I am sad."

Gotta be a tie between Dorian and Phrygian. I love dorian because of its frequent use in old Celtic tunes, and it's like an aeolian that's just not so blue. Phryigian is a lot of fun for harmonizing over minor or major melodies too, and practically I use it a lot more.