Resonance

Simple everyday pleasures amplified to such an extent that they cease to be mere everyday pleasures and morph into rare experiences that you'd want to hold onto forever. That is what I describe as resonance, not in its scientific sense, but rather, it is a word I've given to this little fantastic thing that happens with music and me sometimes. And before the question creeps into your heads I'll answer it myself, this NOT under the influence of drugs of any sort.

You see in my opinion your body, or mind to be more specific, wants, and I mean really WANTS to hear a specific sound or a specific type of song and if you happen to get that sound it resonates through your entire body and begins a chain reaction where nearly every song that comes along after that sounds great. All the notes are amplified and you can feel each change in note and tone, to the extent that it gives you goosebumps. And you can't help but swoon your head to the music, or head bang or air drum or air guitar frantically in search of an outlet for all that energy coursing through you. And on days like that parting with the earphones becomes the hardest thing you'd do all day. Unfortunately like all great things in life there is a catch, figuring out what that song is that your mind wants to hear is tricky. Contrary to the belief in your head right now, it isn't always your favorite song or that song stuck in your head through the day.

To find the kind of song that sparks off resonance has long been my aim and after a long time I've come to the conclusion that it is a great song that you like, a lot or even a little, maybe even only some parts in the song perhaps, but its that song that you like and you haven't heard in a while. So its kind of like the feeling of seeing a great friend after years purely out of the blue, the feeling of happiness is insurmountable. The same is the case with the mind, once it hears the song that it hasn't heard in a while a feeling of jubilation takes over, as if your mind is remembering all the good parts of the song, just like you remember all the fond memories of the old friend.This too is purely in theory at this point but after lot of speculation, I think thats about as close to the reason as I can get. That being said there usually is a host of songs that you like and haven't listened to in a while so knowing this doesn't necessarily make it any easier to start the process.

Many of you might read this and question as to, what the difference is, between this and just listening to a playlist of songs that you really like? And the answer is quite simple when listening to a bunch of songs you really like often, the process tends to end at the point where you hear it. You hear it, you like it, your brain acknowledges the fact that you like it and thats it. But in the case of resonance thats merely the start, you start to remember the great parts of the song, anticipate it and feel it in a much deeper level. Which is why I love it so much and that feeling is the reason that its always the thing I'm searching for the second I whip out my beloved iPod Touch.

It is at about this point in the blog that I'm sure many of you are thinking to yourself that I am a teensy bit cuckoo in the head (especially for using the phrase "teensy bit cuckoo in the head" :D ), but let me explain as to why I wrote this post in the first place. You see I am quite convinced about this Resonance phenomenon, I have experienced it too many times for me to ignore it. This post then is a mere plea to the many who read this (... ok handful who read this) to ask whether they have ever felt the same. Maybe they have and have given it a different name, or may be reading this you might remember a time where you REALLY enjoyed your music and asked yourself as to, what made that day so special? So this post is essentially me just sharing my experience of this phenomenon, asking people if they've ever felt the same about their music (I should really stop referring to it as a phenomenon, sounds like I've been abducted by aliens or something). At the end of the day it's because this is the ideal place for me to even try to explain this thing cause as the name states, its Music 'n Mayhem.