Sounds familliar? So you may have read it in my profile, about songs having the wow factor, and so on, bla bla bla…
Out of sheer boredom and tension from studying Mechanics of Materials 2, I’ve decided to take the liberty of posting a new blog. Something that i rarely do. RARELY.
Basically, sometimes I do find myself somewhat weird. I wonder: Why do almost all people I know, and meet; when asked about the music genres they listen to, they almost always have their own fixed genre. Ballads, rock, heavy metal, classical; you name it.
Here’s the weird point: My genre ranges from the smooth, sultry sounds of Jazz, relaxing harmonics of an orchestra, foot-tapping country songs (Diana Krall, Shiela Majid, Bach, Rachmaninov, The Shadows,CCR); up till the realm of rock and metal. Headbanging tunes; that’s what i;d refer them to for the sake of simplicity. Listen to Mudvayne and Rise Against; for example.
Weird right? I bet you thought so. Well, i guess it all boils down to the WOW factor that a song has. The song that is able to make me say “OMFG, i have to buy this album now!!!!” I mean, i wasn’t all that interested in heavy metal before the tunes of Mudvayne’s “Determined” blasted my eardrum and mind to oblivion. The same for Rise Against. No need to talk about the slow stuff; i’ve loved them since i was born. (Let you in a little secret: my mama loves those kind of songs. That’s why they have a significant effect to my choice of music)
Another thing i’d like to bring up here is the appreciation of high quality audio equipment. I strongly believe by using the best audio stuff (that won’t burn a hole in your bank account, of course) then you will be able to LISTEN to the songs you intented to listen to in the first place. For me, i won’t settle for headphones less than RM 50. From that, by bank acc. figures sets the limit. Though, i won’t be tempted to grab those of Klipsch, which can rocket up to RM 800 for some flimsy in-ear hps. NO, no, i’m not that rich… Creative and Koss are my top faves. Dirt cheap (expensive dirt, though); but it sure as hell blows your eardrum with @ w/out proper EQ (equalizer) settings. Panasonics were also awesome, i remember having one with neodymium drivers. Hooked it up to my MP3 player, turned up Mudvayne and…. Sweet…
My choice headphones will have high sensitivity; with a soft bass response. I tried to put it in proper words: Crisp, crystal clear treble with “pushing” bass beats. Not those “boom” types, they hurt my ear for some reason. The simplest analogy would be the comparison between E-view and Sonic Gear speakers. Sonic Gears have the “pushing” type bass. The E-view has the other one, which sounded like SHIT.
Ok, back to music… That being said, you readers should give it a try. I know some friends who buy headphones just because they were cheap; and the next day went asking for mine to plug into their IPods. That’s just a waste of $$$, why buy something you’d use for only a day? Better splurge your cash with a good one and put it on with a smile later on.
Why am i saying this? Even music made by the greatest composer WILL sound like CRAP when you hear it thru a CRAP HEADPHONE. Don’t hear your songs, LISTEN TO THEM using quality headphones. Let them immerse you with the magic that the composer intended to cast upon you in the 1st place. You’ll never regret it for the rest of your lives.
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