Category Archives: The Thought Tank

I’m a huge fan of instrumentals and electronic music. Lately I can’t seem to get enough of it, maybe its from all the clubbing

I’ve had the Man on the Moon mashup by Dikky on for the past hour.  I don’t know what it is that gets me.  Maybe its the little electronic loop that tones softly in the background or maybe its the rhythm of the snare.  Who knows. For me at least, the most relaxing days are spent in front of the computer screen or in the bathroom (shower in case you were wondering.) When you’re just chilling to your music and your good old iTunes is on, and you just put it on shuffle since you have no idea what to listen to.

But, once in a while, a certain indescribable moment pops up where a song starts playing and it instantly clicks.  I could swear theres almost an audible click going on inside your head.  At that moment, you instantly know thats the song you want to listen to and you hit that teeny button in the corner of your iTunes with the little circley arrows on it so you can listen to that song over and over again since you just can’t seem to get enough of it.  The song puts you in a certain mood, and somehow all the other music in your library rubs you the wrong way.

When I listen to my music, I have certain listening modes.  Sometimes I can just turn on my iPod and listen to anything that pops on, usually while I’m in some form of transit whether it be train, bus or car.  Other times, I have a certain mood for a specific type of song that would suit what I’m feeling at the moment and its annoying because then you have to try to find the songs that suit your mood.  And when you finally find a song that suits your mood, when you get tired of that song, you have to find a song that has the same feel of the first song.  It can get pretty frustrating.

Music is a conundrum.  It can make me go from dancing down the street like I’m in La- la land or just trudge through the blocks like my dog just died.  Its kinda like a drug.  I’d make a song about it but I’m sure theres already a song with that title.