I too listen to music almost my entire day with the exception of when i am reading and i want to really concentrate,and of course at work and wehen im sleeping. I wake up to it on my alarm,i have it on the minute i get out of the shower,i watch music videos,i listen to it when i'm driving,etc. I listen to mostly rock and some pop. I have the complete opposite feeling though regarding energy levels...i find that the MORE i listen to music,the more energized i am. Even when listening to slow,mellow music. It wakes something up in me. If i'm ever tired and i dont want to be,or feeling physically stiff or inactive,i'll just put music in and it makes me want to dance or at least wiggle in my seat LOL And about what KIND of music it is,i dont feel any difference at all if i'm listening to dark depressing lyrics or upbeat happy lyrics. To me its about the feeling the music gives me,not the subject matter. For example,i love the band HIM,and 99% of their songs are about death,darkness,suicide,evil,depressing stuff. Yet they are one of the most beautiful sounding bands i've ever heard and i instantly feel transported to a weightless tingly state when i lose myself in it. And i agree on how good music sounds when you're out in public,its usually because (i think) you haven't heard that song in a while. Or if it's one you HAVE heard a lot,its most likely because you played it for yourself a lot so therefore you like it,and when you hear it in public,you are so happy that someone else likes this song too,or so happy that its being played for everyone to hear,so you can share your love for this song! I LOVE when i hear one of my favorite bands in public! I have also noticed when i give an artist a break for a month or two and then listen to them again,it does sound really good,and you hear things you didnt hear before! I LOVE that! Recently i just got a new pair of expensive headphones and i'd say in half the songs i listen to on there,i hear new things i never heard before. Sorry i'm getting a little off the main topic here...as far as your energy levels listening to music,i have to disagree,for me personally anyway,because music ALWAYS wakes up my mind and body,every time. In fact i can be dead tired and try to fall asleep listening to ANY type of music,and i cant sleep. I even had a playlist of "sleep songs" that were all slow,mellow,or even about sleep...and i have yet to be able to fall asleep while listening to it. By the way,kudos to you for doing this experiment,i could NEVER go a week or two without listening to music!
|