"Where words fail, music speaks."- Hans Christian Anderson
To be honest, I've been struggling with writing my blog, my heads all over the place with plays, essays, UCAS and just life in general. I can't think of anything and when I do I end up procrastinating and then getting really cross with myself because I've gone of track. I was getting in a rut, but listening to my Ipod I decided to talk about music (I know how "original") but I really thought about the personal impact that music has for me and then for others and then society.
Music is everywhere, you can't escape it. For some its a pleasure, for others its a lifestyle and for some its their life. Whether its dubstep, metal, classical or pop there is a type of music to suit everyone in the world. For some countries, their music is their identity, its their history, its the lifeline the whole country runs on. Music relates to every situation- just think about it, music for a birth (Isn't she lovely, Isn't she wonderful?), music for a child growing up (Each time I think I'm close to knowing she keeps on growing slipping through my fingers all the time), music for unrequited love ( You'd say I'm sorry, believe me, I love you, but not in that way), music for when your in love (L is for the way you look at me O is for the only one I see V is very, very extraordinary E is even more than anyone that you adore can), Music for heart break or being cheated on (But the other woman will always cry herself to sleep The other woman will never have his love to keep
And as the years go by the other woman will spend her life alone), Music for triumph (He walks away, The sun goes down, He takes the day but I'm grown, And in your way, in this blue shade,My tears dry on their own) and music for loss (Don't feel bad for me I want you to know Deep in the cell of my heart I really want to go There is another world There is a better world). Music covers any subject matter, any emotion, any issue, any conflict- with music people can express themselves but with safety and security.
Think of films and the impact that music has on a film. Think of how underwhelming moments in epic films such as Lord of the Rings and Pirates of the Caribbean would be with the excitement of the orchestra building up whats going to happen. Imagine the emotion in films such as Les Miserables being performed without music.
I realised how important music is to film recently after I had amazing opportunity to see Hans Zimmer live (if you don't know who he is then think of the Lion King, Inception, Dark Knight and the soundtracks to them- yeah that's him) and the sheer force of the music was enough to be admired but the emotions that I got from listening to the music was something I never had experienced before. The excitement from listening to Pirates of the Caribbean, the feeling like a child when Lion King was playing, the fear from the Spiderman soundtrack, the intensity of the batman score and the sadness from Aurora (a piece of music dedicated to those lost in The batman shootings). But what emotion stood out for me the most was awe and that happened when he played "Time" from the film Inception, it had me in awe at how it had me stunned, it had me in awe at how the dynamics changed so rapidly, how it seemed to be over so quick but yet it went on for such a long time, the whole piece had me in awe, a type of awe that I will never experience again.
Film is nothing without music, its like bread with out yeast, it doesn't rise the plot and intensify it. You may not believe me, but I would like you to do one thing for me, below are two clips from two incredibly powerful films, I would like you to watch them both with the sound OFF. You got that NO SOUND. Then once they are done watch the clip again but with the sound ON, now notice the difference, the change it has to the scene. Someone worked very hard on that soundtrack to make sure it had an effect on the viewer and by God does it pay off.
"Roll Jordon Roll"- 12 Years A Slave
"The Girl In the Red Coat"- Schindler's List
For me, music is more than putting in my headphones and having a little sing along. Music has always meant a little bit more than that and over the years my views on music has changed. Music to me has always been a way for me to relate to others, it has been the way I could express how I was feeling when normal words couldn't, it has been healthy coping mechanism for times in life when I saw no way out and I've struggled massively. There are many artists that have helped me.
Emilie Autumn for her resilience and her ability to face on the hardest and darkest emotions that a human being can feel and her unapologetic way of presenting them.
"The Art Of Suicide"- Emilie Autumn- Shepards Bush Empire
where I saw her perform live.
My Chemical Romance for the triumph that people can have over the most difficult times and also how their songs can bring everyone together- the moment Welcome to The Black Parade comes on, people get up, they know the words and in that five minutes people who have different backgrounds, different lives, different experiences come together and sing like they have known everyone for their entire life.
But for me, there's always one person who I can relate to when it comes to music, she influences me a lot and her music is honest, heartfelt and breathtakingly beautiful. Amy Winehouse. I loved her since I was little, I grew up listening to Back to Black and the older I've got the more attached I've got to her songs . I love her brutal honesty and just the way she writes and performs, I love the blues and jazz that she sings and the rough and ready girl from London that she is. Her ability to capture my emotions in a single lyric and bring me to tears with single note or violin string is just incredible, the way she times everything leaves a long lasting effect and I have never thought of any other musician who could do that. I think unique is over used, but she was truly unique as a musician due to the time she released Back to Black, there was nothing that sounded similar to her style on the radio, she was unique in her style and her personality, which makes her so unforgettable to me.
I don't think I will ever be able to speak of her in the past because I still feel like shes here and shes still with us all but it breaks my heart to remind myself shes not here and shes not still singing.
I always feel strange when I hear her talk about music, especially singing, whenever I hear her say "I never thought it was very extraordinary to sing, I thought everyone could sing" it always twangs my heart as I felt (and to be honest) still feel the same, people say that I can sing but I never think anything of it, I never really care about it because I think everyone has the ability to sing.
Brit awards tribute to late but never forgotten Amy Winehouse.
Sometimes I hate being able to sing alright and I know I should take it for granted, but at the same time I sometimes feel like people are only saying that I can for the sake of being nice and it seems like the right thing to say to someone who has got up and sang, in the back of my head I always know there is someone who can sing much better and therefore other people will want to hear them. My nevres and anxiety usually get the better of me and I stay quiet, but I sometimes think of when she would say "Lifes short. Anything could happen, and it usually does, so theres no point in sitting around thinking about all the ifs, ands and buts." and I think of how she had her whole life ahead of her and she left in the blink of an eye, and then I think of my loved ones who left in the blink of eye, some had their lives ahead of them as well, others had lived amazing lives but I never spoke to them and got to know about there amazing lives, and I figure that I should just do it, do for those who never had the opportunity to go further and to experience what I may experience in my life.
When ever I sing now I think of two things, I think of her in her cute little dresses, her beehive that was bigger than her personality, her eyeliner as sharp as her wit and that incredible and unmistakable voice ever so gently starting to sing and then going into a fall blown passionate belt.
And I also think of the beautiful tribute led by Adele at the Albert Hall, where she asked ever audience member to get out there phones to make a light, which made the hall look like stars, to which she simply said "she can see us now".I always think of a small light when I sing, making me think that she can see me and giving me that confidence to sing and also get through life, I also think that small light lets all I know who have passed that I'm okay and that I still think of them.
So the next time you turn on your ipod, iphone, spotify whatever it is, just think about the song and the artist, think about the story behind that song, the effect of it, what it means and maybe we can learn to love and appreciate not only the artist but also the music more. Because you could wake up tomorrow and they might be gone.
Music is everywhere, you can't escape it. For some its a pleasure, for others its a lifestyle and for some its their life. Whether its dubstep, metal, classical or pop there is a type of music to suit everyone in the world. For some countries, their music is their identity, its their history, its the lifeline the whole country runs on. Music relates to every situation- just think about it, music for a birth (Isn't she lovely, Isn't she wonderful?), music for a child growing up (Each time I think I'm close to knowing she keeps on growing slipping through my fingers all the time), music for unrequited love ( You'd say I'm sorry, believe me, I love you, but not in that way), music for when your in love (L is for the way you look at me O is for the only one I see V is very, very extraordinary E is even more than anyone that you adore can), Music for heart break or being cheated on (But the other woman will always cry herself to sleep The other woman will never have his love to keep
And as the years go by the other woman will spend her life alone), Music for triumph (He walks away, The sun goes down, He takes the day but I'm grown, And in your way, in this blue shade,My tears dry on their own) and music for loss (Don't feel bad for me I want you to know Deep in the cell of my heart I really want to go There is another world There is a better world). Music covers any subject matter, any emotion, any issue, any conflict- with music people can express themselves but with safety and security.
Think of films and the impact that music has on a film. Think of how underwhelming moments in epic films such as Lord of the Rings and Pirates of the Caribbean would be with the excitement of the orchestra building up whats going to happen. Imagine the emotion in films such as Les Miserables being performed without music.
I realised how important music is to film recently after I had amazing opportunity to see Hans Zimmer live (if you don't know who he is then think of the Lion King, Inception, Dark Knight and the soundtracks to them- yeah that's him) and the sheer force of the music was enough to be admired but the emotions that I got from listening to the music was something I never had experienced before. The excitement from listening to Pirates of the Caribbean, the feeling like a child when Lion King was playing, the fear from the Spiderman soundtrack, the intensity of the batman score and the sadness from Aurora (a piece of music dedicated to those lost in The batman shootings). But what emotion stood out for me the most was awe and that happened when he played "Time" from the film Inception, it had me in awe at how it had me stunned, it had me in awe at how the dynamics changed so rapidly, how it seemed to be over so quick but yet it went on for such a long time, the whole piece had me in awe, a type of awe that I will never experience again.
Film is nothing without music, its like bread with out yeast, it doesn't rise the plot and intensify it. You may not believe me, but I would like you to do one thing for me, below are two clips from two incredibly powerful films, I would like you to watch them both with the sound OFF. You got that NO SOUND. Then once they are done watch the clip again but with the sound ON, now notice the difference, the change it has to the scene. Someone worked very hard on that soundtrack to make sure it had an effect on the viewer and by God does it pay off.
"Roll Jordon Roll"- 12 Years A Slave
"The Girl In the Red Coat"- Schindler's List
For me, music is more than putting in my headphones and having a little sing along. Music has always meant a little bit more than that and over the years my views on music has changed. Music to me has always been a way for me to relate to others, it has been the way I could express how I was feeling when normal words couldn't, it has been healthy coping mechanism for times in life when I saw no way out and I've struggled massively. There are many artists that have helped me.
Emilie Autumn for her resilience and her ability to face on the hardest and darkest emotions that a human being can feel and her unapologetic way of presenting them.
"The Art Of Suicide"- Emilie Autumn- Shepards Bush Empire
where I saw her perform live.
My Chemical Romance for the triumph that people can have over the most difficult times and also how their songs can bring everyone together- the moment Welcome to The Black Parade comes on, people get up, they know the words and in that five minutes people who have different backgrounds, different lives, different experiences come together and sing like they have known everyone for their entire life.
But for me, there's always one person who I can relate to when it comes to music, she influences me a lot and her music is honest, heartfelt and breathtakingly beautiful. Amy Winehouse. I loved her since I was little, I grew up listening to Back to Black and the older I've got the more attached I've got to her songs . I love her brutal honesty and just the way she writes and performs, I love the blues and jazz that she sings and the rough and ready girl from London that she is. Her ability to capture my emotions in a single lyric and bring me to tears with single note or violin string is just incredible, the way she times everything leaves a long lasting effect and I have never thought of any other musician who could do that. I think unique is over used, but she was truly unique as a musician due to the time she released Back to Black, there was nothing that sounded similar to her style on the radio, she was unique in her style and her personality, which makes her so unforgettable to me.
I don't think I will ever be able to speak of her in the past because I still feel like shes here and shes still with us all but it breaks my heart to remind myself shes not here and shes not still singing.
I always feel strange when I hear her talk about music, especially singing, whenever I hear her say "I never thought it was very extraordinary to sing, I thought everyone could sing" it always twangs my heart as I felt (and to be honest) still feel the same, people say that I can sing but I never think anything of it, I never really care about it because I think everyone has the ability to sing.
Brit awards tribute to late but never forgotten Amy Winehouse.
Sometimes I hate being able to sing alright and I know I should take it for granted, but at the same time I sometimes feel like people are only saying that I can for the sake of being nice and it seems like the right thing to say to someone who has got up and sang, in the back of my head I always know there is someone who can sing much better and therefore other people will want to hear them. My nevres and anxiety usually get the better of me and I stay quiet, but I sometimes think of when she would say "Lifes short. Anything could happen, and it usually does, so theres no point in sitting around thinking about all the ifs, ands and buts." and I think of how she had her whole life ahead of her and she left in the blink of an eye, and then I think of my loved ones who left in the blink of eye, some had their lives ahead of them as well, others had lived amazing lives but I never spoke to them and got to know about there amazing lives, and I figure that I should just do it, do for those who never had the opportunity to go further and to experience what I may experience in my life.
When ever I sing now I think of two things, I think of her in her cute little dresses, her beehive that was bigger than her personality, her eyeliner as sharp as her wit and that incredible and unmistakable voice ever so gently starting to sing and then going into a fall blown passionate belt.
And I also think of the beautiful tribute led by Adele at the Albert Hall, where she asked ever audience member to get out there phones to make a light, which made the hall look like stars, to which she simply said "she can see us now".I always think of a small light when I sing, making me think that she can see me and giving me that confidence to sing and also get through life, I also think that small light lets all I know who have passed that I'm okay and that I still think of them.
So the next time you turn on your ipod, iphone, spotify whatever it is, just think about the song and the artist, think about the story behind that song, the effect of it, what it means and maybe we can learn to love and appreciate not only the artist but also the music more. Because you could wake up tomorrow and they might be gone.
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