Are you saying that music does not affect you at all? Have you not been brought to tears by a piece of music or cheered by another?

I personally would counter your comment about questionable intelligence by saying that if one is not affected by music at all one is not tuned into the music and not really experiencing it at all. That is either due to a lack of interest or because they are unable to interact with it for some reason.

Music has been created to affect the psyche since a stick banged against a hollow log. Look at what shamans use, rattles, drums, things that create sound to help the soul travel

I am not saying you have to be turned into an axe wielding lunatic as a result of music, but I marvel at people who cannot be affected at all.

I would like to ask people to listen to two pieces of music and see how they affect you.

These are folk songs both by Kate Rusby. I chose folk to save the ears of those who really dislike metal. I could do the same with metal tunes.

Tell me if this one make you happy? http://youtu.be/1jjPfNk4_-Q

And does this make you feel the same? http://youtu.be/XENvfQ5rCIc


I defy anyone to not to feel something listening to the first if they truly engage with it. The second it light and bubbly and has a completely different effect!!

I'll end with a question to Distortedsoundz.... do you listen to a range of genres? Do you pick at random or do you choose your music based on how you feel? If you choose it based on how you feel I am sure it is affecting you in some way.