Do you find music is an escape?

MikeHunt79 · 8 Feb 2011 at 01:51

Parsifal said:
Do you find that you are able to escape from your problems by listening to music?

I wouldn't say that but I do find most things much easier to do with (half decent) music playing at the time...

IceBus · 8 Feb 2011 at 02:11

Less an escape now than it once was, but I would say I now choose stuff to mirror or change my mood. i.e. listen to sad stuff if I'm down, happy stuff if I'm happy or heavy stuff if I'm ****ed off.

Simian · 8 Feb 2011 at 10:14

Jokester said:
Music keeps me sane.

Yep... Me too!!..

Listen to music most of the time!, helps me concentrait too!!..

Got my iPod on random now, with one ear plugged in and the other so I can still hear people creep up on me at work!!..

MookJong · 8 Feb 2011 at 12:12

It's the closest thing to a religious experience that I have ever had.

krooton · 8 Feb 2011 at 14:11

Trance and ambient certainly work for me!

Weebull · 8 Feb 2011 at 14:49

It's an escape from the interminably dull conversations I'd inevitably have to listen to at work otherwise, so yeah, I guess so.

mctiny · 8 Feb 2011 at 15:44

naffa said:
Not really. Listening to music inspires me and often makes me feel happy or excited, but I never use it to escape.

I can relate to this...

Music is but an extension of my mood or feeling at any given momet.

Tummy · 8 Feb 2011 at 15:55

"andy" said:
100%

Sinny · 8 Feb 2011 at 19:03

"andy" said:
100%

marl · 8 Feb 2011 at 22:32

I would once have said yes, now I find music doesn't grab me the way it once did. I now get my escape by listening to Audiobooks - I think I'd miss them more than music!

Janesy B · 8 Feb 2011 at 22:36

I don't know what I'd do without music, probably go mental.

Deep · 8 Feb 2011 at 23:13

When I am a bit depressed I try to listen to some music and it can take my mind off it.
However, it needs to be quite fast paced, if its dragging and slow then its doesn't capture me

Conversely though, the same song can inspire me and bring out lots of emotions.
Citizen Erased is one of the songs that does this for me.

Edrof · 9 Feb 2011 at 01:34

As a writer, I find that music helps the creative process no end. I can switch on a tune, disappear into it and scenes just flutter into my head. It also works the other way, though. When I listen to The Veils I always end up writing death scenes...

Witor · 9 Feb 2011 at 09:51

mctiny said:
I can relate to this...

Music is but an extension of my mood or feeling at any given momet.

Sums it up perfectly for me. I end up playing tunes in my head in a given situation. Catch myself doing it, wonder if i'm going mad at times.