[LAU] re Subconscious Affecting Music

[Patrick Shirkey]

On Mon, August 30, 2010 2:04 am, Julien Claassen wrote:
> Hello!
>    But when do you get in people's heads? When you have a special topic of
> lyrics or when you have the right tune or the telegene performers? I think
> lyrics are never something to attract people. At least not when you're
> thinking of pop and those who listen only to pop. There are some good
> lyrics,
> some better than the production of the music, but not often.
>   Another argument: You say affecting the "bad" stuff, like aggressiveness
> and
> sexual instincts. I say: sexual instincts aren't a bad thing. That is very
> prominent - I feel - within people who are strong believers in their
> religion.
> I think mostly in the abrahamite religions. I think it's something laughed
> at,
> frowned at and twisted once too often. As some comedian once said: I'd
> rather
> have my kid watch two people fucking, than two people killing themselves.
>    But maybe a little besides the original question. Still when it comes
> to
> influences in good or bad ways, there is a debatable issue, weather only
> bad
> characteristics of listeners are encourraged.
>    Beyond that, I think we had attempts at our better nature: Friends will
> be
> friends and I remember, that there were more "let's all be good friends'
> songs
> in the mid to late 90s, even some coorperations between pop stars of the
> time.
> It didn't last too long. I suppose because the underlying music wasn't too
> good and catching.


All good thoughts. I am not looking at specifically one type of emotional
result. I am not even that concerned by the sex and aggression in music in
and of itself. What I am concerned with is the constant bombardment of one
point of view that is being forced on us by western mass media.

I think it is a valid approach to dealing with the problem by going 
directly at the source and making some popular club music that has the
ability to subconsciously affect people in a way that counteracts the IMO
negative affects of the majority of popular club music.

I estimate that it would only need one song every 6 months that makes it
through the cracks to keep people from going insane and becoming the
mindless zombies that the mass media is trying hard to create/control.



-- 
Patrick Shirkey
Boost Hardware Ltd.