From FemTek Sent Thu, Jun 3rd 1999, 00:52
From FemTek Sent Thu, Jun 3rd 1999, 00:52
np: very old mix by DJ Scott Henry I just felt like sharing my story and chatting for a bit. I first heard electronic music almost ten years ago. From the very first sound that hit my ears, I knew it was different from any other music I'd heard before. I knew it was different because I felt something moving inside me that hadn't moved before. It was only a very few years ago, however, that I really began to become obsessed with the stuff. And that's what I am...obsessed. You can't tell it from the the way that I walk, talk or dress, and not from the relatively few CDs that I own. The only indication is that feeling that moves inside me when I listen to it. I'm here to say, "I'm addicted to the feeling!" and, "I'm proud!" Damn it, my day doesn't start until my music does. The very first thing that I do in the morning--no matter how badly I have to pee or happen to want a cigarette--is turn on the music. The day is instantly brighter and better because now I've got a groove to push me through it. I listen to and love a little bit of it all; house, techno, electro, d'n'b and on. Among countless other ways, I like to listen to it alone, by myself, in my living room, while just thinking. I do this all the time, for hours if I have the time. This music enables me to think clearer, more rationally. Or sometimes it does just the opposite by making me think in crazy, new, and innovative ways. There seems to be no limit to the different thoughts and feelings that this music pushes through me, nor do I want there to be. I use music to manipulate my moods. Not like a drug, though, more like the way an activity cures boredom. If I want to change my mood, enhance it, or in any way alter it, I know _exactly_ what cd I should put on to achieve the desired effect. And I like this. Among so many other things, I like how music has become an aid to my emotional health. It seems like we get lost in the technicalities of the music on these lists, sometimes. Like label names and who's who and see here how much I know. YO--what about the feeling? Certainly these details are essential for obtaining the music and thus the feeling, but it seems that these lists could be so much more than just a place for exchanging information. Do other people have similar experiences with this music that we all claim to love so much as I do? Why do you listen to the music? Why are you on this list, I wonder? I'm honestly very curious about other people's personal experiences and motivations with this music. How the hell does it make you _FEEL_? Take house music, for example. At my place, when the groove starts sneaking and thumping around, I just can't keep stil. Literally--some part of my body has to be moving in time to the music, and preferably all of it. I dance all the time. I just can't help it. Or take some fat, banging techno in my world as another example. The beats completely surround me. Like lions on the savanah they herd my thoughts and emotions up and thrust them in my face, engulfing me entirely. What's it like for you? just one woman's cents... _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com