| Music, the Universal Language |
| The most inspirational element in my life is music. I need it. I thrive on it. Without it, I doubt I would even come close to any sort of creative power or imaginative brainpower. I see images with words and beat. Sometimes I don�t even need words- symphonic music churns stories in my mind too. Music, real music, gives me a sense of mood- at times an entire storyline. 75% of all the fiction I have written (whether they may be fanfiction or personal non-posted creations) comes from music. �Broken�, for instance, all began with one song: �Duvet� by BOA. �Chasing After Fireflies� was set-off after hearing the songs �Rebirth� by Mukuro�s seiyuu and �Chasing After� by Clear. �Hiei�s First Christmas� was born from the song �Koori wo Knifu o Daite� by Ogata Megumi (Kurama�s seiyuu). �Fields of Lilac� and Rose Petal Ashes�, both began with the pieces: �Ring� from Please Save My Earth, �Ameno� by Eric Levi and, most importantly, �Woman Warrior� from Vampire Princess Miyu. As you can see, I am HELPLESS without music. The sad thing is, pop appears to be the music of the new era. As much as I like pop music, I simply don�t get the same impact as with the songs I have mentioned. My key interests are: new age, modern classical/symphonic, break-through artists such as Dido, Bjork or Delirium; rebellious and, of course, evil music by Korn, Incubus, and Gothic (surprised?). Even techno gives me a few fun spins. However, pop seems to be getting the best of me. Every station I turn to, the Backstreet Boys play, or N�Sync, or Madonna is playing for (must I say it?) the bazillionth time. I don�t want to offend any fans out there, but you have to admit, the songs they make are good until it gets over played on the radio. I don�t think anyone can ever come close to realize how happy I am to have the Napster server on the Internet (I will talk more about the court issues of their legal conflict later). Napster allows me to share music with friends and for friends to share music with me. I can discover new artists every time I open my account, and it�s fantastic. Roughly four-fifths of all the MP3s I�ve downloaded were by artists who are hardly known. Isn�t it amazing how a lot of talented souls out there are stuck in back water because they don�t fit the pop category of this time and age? It�s sorrowful. These artists deserve to be heard. Eric Levi, Amel Larrieux, Kawai Kenji, Delirium, BOA, Bjork, Malice Mizer, A Perfect Circle- these names are cheated of the fame they deserve. Sure, this IS my opinion, but you need to see for yourself as to what I am talking about. The songs they write are meaningful, if not carrying an extremely unique and diverse rhythm. As for the Napster trial, the official resolution is that Napster will NOT put a charge on their service, but they will, however, put blocks on songs that the music industries send explicit notices on to keep off the net. While this may limit our choice of download in Napster, we will still be able to keep the songs banned from the net to ourselves in our own personal files. In a way, the court sided with Napster�s good intentions. It�s ludicrous to waste up to $18 on a CD where only ONE song is good, while the rest is cheap junk. There are the occasional good tracks in a CD, but I notice that a lot of them are just fillers that surround the one desired song. I realize that my thesis is deterring from the topic: The Undying Language: Music, but since this is my little essay- I can put whatever I feel like on it. At any rate, music IS an undying language. It�s universal- more so than mathematics. Although math is known from across the world to the depths of outer space to God knows where, only music can express emotion. The pull of a string- sadness. The beat on a drum- anger, and so on and so forth. Music has the ability to communicate feelings, stories, and imagination. Math gives figures and directions, while this may be important- there doesn�t appear to be any life within those figures or directions. In other words, math contains blueprints. This is a positive aspect on arithmetic, but should there be some life form out there (who knows?) or if we want to converse intimately with people in an unknown country, untouched by time- music is needed. To conclude this structureless article, I would like to offer you some songs I recommend to download off of Napster (if you don�t have it now, don�t be afraid to get it because there�s no risk- you�re missing out on a LOT if you don�t). I will eventually put these songs into the music section of my site, but uploading into my share folder is tedious and such a pain- so in the mean time, try these recommendations on Napster. ** Sometimes Napster may find the song, but not the artist and vice versa. If the song cannot be found, try typing in only the song title. If that doesn�t work, try the artist. If worst comes to worst, try to get a hold of me and I will personally send you the MP3 you desire. Please note, though, that I DO have a life and it has been extremely busy as of late.** Artist Song Chrono Cross Time�s Scar Kawai Kenji (Vampire Princess Miyu) Woman Warrior Delirium with Sarah McLachlan Silence A Perfect Circle Three Libras Angel Sanctuary (Vocal) Sanctus Angel Sanctuary (Vocal) Paul and Liese Malice Mizer Le Ciel Akino Akai (Outlaw Star) Tsuki no Le BOA Duvet BOA Elephant Aria (Dido) Willow Ogata Megumi (YYH) Nightmare *NEW* Bjork All is Full of Love Incubus Pardon Me Amel Larrieux Make Me Whole Vampire Princess Miyu Heartbeat Shinma Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon The Encounter Crouching� Night Flight Fleetwood Mac Gypsy Yukarie and The Thril (Blue Submarine No.6) Mi Na Soko Ni Nemure (track 9) Shoujo Kakumei Utena Adolescence Rush Saint Saens Danse Macabre Please Save My Earth A Song Without a Song Please� Ring Enigma Age of Loneliness Serial Experiments Lain Bootleg 26 Serial� Cloudy With Occasional Rain Delirium Euphoria Korn Freak on a Leash Korn Falling Away from Me Moby Porcelain Moby Machete DJ Dado Metropolis Trance Braveheart Remix Dance Dance Revolution Butterfly DJ Dado or Trance X-flies Remix Trance Matrix Remix DJ Liquid Final Fantasy Techno Wong Fei Hung YYH Dark Side Stories Hiyamo Nobayuki Ryuusei no Solitude Hiyamo� Manazashi no Aria Clear Clarity Clear Chasing After Clear What Your Grace Can Do **I will add more songs as I discover them** |