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"Music is the native language of the universe, not just a tool we invented to pass the time. It is an emotional translation of cosmic mechanics—where every rhythm and harmony we feel is our biology syncing with the mathematical vibrations that build reality."

Do you listen to a song because you remember the name of it ? Or the sound of it ?

Why do we feel nostalgic for music that was released before we were even born?
I’ve been thinking about this while writing about why older music continues to find new audiences.
There’s something strange about listening to a song from the 1960s, 70s or 80s and feeling like it belongs to a period of your own life that you never actually experienced.
Is that nostalgia really nostalgia?
Maybe it comes from our parents’ music, films and television, or the way certain songs become attached to cultural memories. Streaming and social media also make it incredibly easy to discover music from decades ago.
And there’s another possibility: survivorship bias. We remember the great music from previous decades because the mediocre stuff has largely disappeared from cultural memory.
I explored some of these ideas in this piece:
https://medium.com/@rohitdastalks/why-we-still-listen-to-music-made-before-we-were-born-07c3400ada0d
But I’m curious what other people think:
What’s a song or artist from before your birth that you feel strangely connected to—and why?

What is it about being part of a live concert? There are songs i hear on the radio or my iPod (yes I'm old) that I dislike, until I see the band live, then I begin to love those songs. Why is this?

my appearance on this compilation album, an extract of all that is left from my track ""Merging Impulses"".....it was longer than that.

An eleborate work using Ainu chants, percussion, Skiddaw stones, strings and other ethnic instruments

The work was recorded in the ""impulse response"" of the inside of a dryer.

Hi All! I’m working on a project that is about the descriptions of women in the 18th century. I want to do a comparison between the way women are described and shown in opera music and in literature. Does anyone have any suggestions for some sources or papers about women in opera music? Either in general or specific in the 18th century?

Any help would be really appreciated!

Kind regards!

Is there anyone here who has studied music or musicology in a university and then they lost interest?

I’ve been studying music for the past 6 years in a university and I’ve lost the spark that music gave me years ago when I was at school. Now, it drains me and I’m in a never-ending burn out. It’s exhausting to me.

It’s an unpopular opinion to say that you hate music, but I do.

I want to (finally) take my degree and proceed to study Psychology, but it will take me years…
And I don’t know what to do

I’m 25 years old now.

Hi, this is my first-ever survey, and I wanted to get the perspective of Music Therapy professionals to see if it's good and if any of the information is false. I'm 16F in High School and wanted to help bring music therapy to more people because I truly believe it's a great tool and should be utilized and involved in more medical environments while also being accessible to the public in a way that doesn't require too much research for the recipient.

Thank you!

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I'm a music theory prof (with a minor in musicology) who just retired! I'm beginning to downsize, which means letting go (ifor very cheap!) of the many books I've amassed over the years. I have the 2-volume (hardcover) set of The Emergence of Gregorian Chat by Hendrik Van der Werf. Oh, and I'll even throw in a short pamphlet he wrote, "Anonymous IV as Chronicler." (1990) Dm me if interested.

always wanted to make a detailed video about how we reached from blowing bone flutes in caves to creating playlists on spotify. Here is the complete video. Do comment if I skipped something.

sorry if this isn't the right subreddit but i didn't really know where to post this. i guess this is more of a music history kind if question.

i just noticed that in pop culture media like cartoons and tv shows i notice a lot of common musical tropes or modus and references and i don't know where to dig more info about this interesting topic.

for example, i noticed that a lot of sports scenes in tv shows use a common sounding bgm - all with a swing rhythm, snapping, whistling - a trend which i discovered originated from "Sweet Georgia Brown" composed on 1925, a jazz staple, popularized in 1952 after it was used as the Globetrotters' theme.i mean to think that most people today don't even realize that this "trend" or " musical association" had its roots from so long ago!

other common examples that are more well known: the oriental riff, the arabian riff, that part from Tchaikovsky's romeo and juliet for romantic scenes, that melody by Grieg that plays in springtime or early morning scenes.

so my question for everyone i guess is, what are other notable music tropes in pop culture do you know of? i think it would be real interesting to discuss and learn about the origin of these tropes! and if this isn't the right subreddit, please point me to the right direction as i want to get a lot of data for my own interest lol

Does this count as music?

Hi everyone,

I consider myself quite a cultured person — I have above-average knowledge of *cinema, literature, and visual arts*. However, when it comes to *music*, I feel like I’m missing a huge piece of the puzzle. My knowledge of music is honestly quite *shallow and a bit embarrassing*.

I don’t know much about the *classics*, I often *struggle to catch lyrics*, and I find it hard to understand *rhythm* or musical structure. To make it worse, I barely listen to music these days, as I tend to prefer *podcasts*.

That said, I do *appreciate music when I hear it* — I even get emotional sometimes, and I feel I have some sort of *intuitive taste*. But I lack vocabulary, references, and any real grounding.

I’d really like to change this. So my question is:
*What can someone like me do to develop a deeper understanding and appreciation of music?*
Are there resources, habits, or listening strategies that helped you go from passive enjoyment to real knowledge?

Thanks in advance — I’d love to hear your suggestions.