Music is...

What music does to a person is truly fantastic. I couldn't know what it does for you but for me, the way it fills me with such powerful emotions, takes me to another world and affects me mind and soul, it is incredible. I don't understand music in terms of it's structure, how it's built, the technical terms and all that. 'Ah yes,...beat...melody...chords...bridge...- quite right," are words that wouldn't come out of my mouth. All I can do is listen, feel, get transported somewhere else and then land again having taken something from it and hopefully able to describe where it was I went.

The Kinks, I am in love. Fabulous calming, chill out music. Although, their affect is on my thinking more so than my emotions. The Kinks are perfect to write or read with. The music is inspiring, it opens my mind and encourages deeper thinking. Hmm, despite listening to them now, describing their impact without just spouting buzz words is a struggle. *Closes eyes, lies back and listens.* There it is. Listening to The Kinks is as if a powerful ocean wave tears through my mind when I hear them. The wave pours through my mind's corridors and rooms. It washes away the junk and crap that has built up, that is cluttering my mind and gets in the way of the flow of meaningful and clear thoughts. Once the wave rushes out, a fresh and clean mind is left. The salt from the water then stimulates the brain's nerves - the neurons spark and connect and sharp thinking is the result. I continue to listen, both their words and their music lights up my brain and a post, a realisation, a great read, whatever it is comes from it. A trip fueled by sharp thinking is the result. Listening to them, I am somewhere I simply cannot describe, I wish I could because it is amazing. I would love to take a trip with The Kinks and some weed, I can only imagine how well they would compliment each other and how much more incredible that trip would be!

Next, my other love - *selects The Cat Empire on my iPod.* Now this music grabs me and rock 'n' rolls with me, spins me, lifts me, dips me. It is beautifully positive, uplifting music that lights up my face and my heart bursts in a good way. 'Ah, that dose of one, four, five puts the life back in my breath' - I couldn't have said it better myself, but since this is my blog I really should give it a go. I fell in love with those guys at the second concert of theirs that I went to. That night, although I was sober, I felt like I was drunk and high on the incredible energy that they create with their instruments. This energy dived from the stage, poured into the mosh pit and surrounded the crowd, pulling them together as one joined consciousness. The combined energy of The Cat Empire and the crowd built and built and the explosion was incredible. My veins were filled with electricity that was warm and comfortable but sparked with excitement at the same time. Tears are swelling just at the thought of that incredible night. On their albums, The Cat Empire do what they can to get their energy out into the world, except it's caged in a CD. Still amazing but nothing like the release of raw energy on stage, in which you know they are in a trance and ruled by their instruments. You know when Felix runs around on the stage, between the multiple instruments he is working, he is caught up in the crowd's reaction to his music, each concert is unique and the thrill never dies. When Harry gets in front of the mic to let loose that incredible voice, you know its incredibleness comes from the emotion and purpose that fuels it.

I could go on, I still have The Flaming Lips, Kimya Dawson, Cat Stevens and David Bowie to express my love for. Each of them, just like The Kinks and The Cat Empire, give me something that no other could, each have their unique reasons for making me fall in love, each take me to different worlds in which I find different, but always oh so amazing, thoughts and feelings there. But I am tired and it is time to lie down and let music send me to sleep.