I won these Edifier e2100 speakers and instead of keeping them I decided to continue with this months feel the love theme. To qualify for this contest all you need to do is post a comment in this thread with how music effects your life.
The best comment will be chosen next Monday and a winner will be announced. To be sure your notified of the winner I suggest you subscribe to our RSS feed or join our email newsletter.
Michael Kwan
February 23, 2009 11:44 pm
As a freelance writer working from home, it can get really quiet at the “office.” I always have music (or the TV) playing in the background to maintain some semblance of sanity. It also helps to improve productivity.
Music is a great source of inspiration for my writing too, as it can help develop ideas and put a “rhythm” to them.
Anthony
February 24, 2009 7:24 am
As a new immigrant I had to leave most of my stuff behind me and when you do work from home on your computer all day long on making websites, musical inspiration is vital !
Minnesota Attorney
February 24, 2009 9:45 am
From a conceptual perspective, music is like the seasoning on food for the soul. Each day, our eyes and ears gather information processed by logic and emotion, but information alone is not sufficient to satisfy the soul. Music fills the void by nourishing a deeper part of the soul. Music offers color, spice, and aroma to what would otherwise leave us feeling partly dissatisfied.
As a result, music can be used as a tool to help complete the whole person, providing distraction and energy when exercising, enhancing various forms of entertainment, offering background to various activities, or becoming a feast for the ears when finding an especially enjoyable song or CD.
This is how music affects my life.
CF
February 24, 2009 9:47 am
I normally don’t like having music while working; it’s just another distraction for me. But! Whenever my creative juices run low or I am stumped and doesn’t know the next thing to do with a project, I just start the music and I’m instantly recharged.
Dr. Cossack
February 24, 2009 7:01 pm
I’m not a musician, I’m not a specialist, but it doesn’t stop me from being able to appreciate it. I do love some types of music, and I appreciate the fact that I’m able to listen to what I want at work (wearing headphones, of course!). It sure beats the generic, in-house music system I had to endure at my previous job.
I invested a few months ago in a wireless speakers setup, which allows me to broadcast music from my computer to anywhere in the house, and even outside (within limits). I don’t use it daily, but it’s definitely great to create an ambiance in some situations, and it makes some tasks go by much easier: paiting a whole room is more fun when you have a nice background beat.
francis
February 26, 2009 7:48 pm
Music affects my life in a way that even for a few moments listening to music I feel relaxed and somehow revitalize from the every day activities. Everyday I came home from school, I listen to music to clear my mind of different stressful things in order to have a suiting and well relaxed mind that will be needed in reviewing my lesson. It also affect my perception in life since it shows the different reality of life. Music has a melody which we sing into while listening on it. Thanks to music I have a different perception in life, that everyday is a new song which has a different melody and rhythm, that is up to us to not just to sing but also dance in the melody and rhythm of life. This is how music affect my life.
Hope I get chosen, Is the shipping free??just wondering
betshopboy
February 27, 2009 10:32 pm
Music provide sustenance to my soul, that’s how important music is to me in my life.
I know about this giveaway from your tweet.
Liesa Billings
February 27, 2009 10:46 pm
Music affects my life intimately. I’ve played guitar and sang since 13 and still have the same feeling of amazement of the clarity felt when completely connected to the music. Singing has to be honest and not contrived to me. It’s the rawness and unexpected imperfections in a live small gig is where I get lost. Like when seeing legend Jr Wells at the Yale. Pure brilliance.
However on the other end of the spectrum when I saw Jesus Christ Superstar three times at the Queen E in the 90s with the original singers from the movie Ted Neely and Carl Anderson. As soon as I heard they were coming and tickets went on sale I bought myself 3 tickets, 3 nights in a row in the best seats I could afford …. I would stop breathing when they hit those crazy rock operatic notes then start to cry.
That’s a small example of how music affects me and my life.
Cheers!
Lee Robertson
February 28, 2009 8:27 am
I’ll keep it short and sweet. I work better with music playing in the background. I concentrate better, code faster and I am more precise. I also need a decent set of speakers to drown out the kids!
Colette S
February 28, 2009 9:28 am
Music is like air to my lungs. It can sway me in any direction and yet I can allow it to sway me. It’s intertwined with my moods.
It’s good for the brain, especially for little kids and this is why I get my babies involved in all sorts of music. I love not anyone genre – I love the spice of the variety offered by musicians from all over the world.
I simply love music. It’s like air to me.
Colette S
February 28, 2009 9:30 am
Music is like air to me. It’s for everyday, anytime, all time and the right time.
thelittlefluffycat
February 28, 2009 4:35 pm
I lost music for a long time, somehow — and I thought it was me, just being busy or whatever, but it wasn’t. It was the music. I’d been listening to the same things, the same types of music, for so long that it had become part of me and wasn’t stirring me any more. So I’ve become a music explorer again, listening to new artists, indie music, foreign groups –the excitement is back. And I can listen to my old music still, and love it, because the new music is showing me new things about it *to* love.
Murray Atherton
March 1, 2009 12:16 pm
At age 62 I decided against joining one of our many community committees and did something for myself for a change and joined our Community Choir! I have not sung since about grade 10! I have just purchased my FIRST iPod and am loving reintroducing myself to music instead of ‘talk radio’ and television. What a change it has made!
Brady Valentino
March 1, 2009 12:26 pm
Music to me is like breathing, it’s something I need everyday, or I feel dead. Music soothes me and helps me concentrate, it calms me down if I’m upset, and gives me something I can enjoy every day.