What music calms you the most?

[Azzrazzah]

I put on a couple of different types...

Days Of The New
The Tea Party
Acoustic Alchemy
Ben Harper

[Sukurachi]

The music of rain literally.

Other than that, I have a wide selection of songs to listen to; it's whatever sparked my liking to them. I have found recently I like more music in Pop, Rock, or similar genres. I also like video game music.

Not to be pedantic (although, I HAVE earned the right to be), "rain" is not music. It is sound.

Sound =/= music.

[GormanGhaste]

The music of rain literally.

Not to be pedantic (although, I HAVE earned the right to be), "rain" is not music. It is sound.

To be pedantic (though I don't claim the right to anything), rain is a wonderful part of the musica mundana, even if it does not qualify as musica instrumentalis.

[Sukurachi]

The music of rain literally.

Not to be pedantic (although, I HAVE earned the right to be), "rain" is not music. It is sound.

To be pedantic (though I don't claim the right to anything), rain is a wonderful part of the musica mundana, even if it does not qualify as musica instrumentalis.

Call it what you will, it won't get you past the simple fact that "music = sound organized by the hand/ear of man".

however, now that that is cleared up: "musica mundana", or more properly "musica universalis" is NOT "mundane (ie: every day) music, nor "music of the world/earth".

It has nothing to do with sound. Rain, therefore, is not "part of musica mundana".

Musica universalis was a medieval philosophical concept that dealt with proportions. It used the abstract concept of "musica" as a means of explaining certain "orders" in the universe.

[Karin]

Even if rain is not the sound of music, who says it can't to some people? To some though it may sound like sizzling bacon.

Nevertheless, I consider it music especially at night when it drowns out boomboxes which to some other people is also considered music but it's bad music.

[GormanGhaste]

Some of us can hear the music of the spheres in the rain, some of us can't.

[Sukurachi]

what's wrong with saying it's a sound?

nothing about rain makes it "music". there is no "will", no "intent", no "creation" in rain. it is haphazard and accidental. it is simply the abstract sound of water falling.

nothing says you can't find the sound soothing. many sounds are soothing. but it doesn't make them "music".

and wanting to CALL it music is pointless.

it gains nothing from the misnomer.

calling a rabbit a fig won't make it a fruit. you can insist all you want, a rabbit is not a fig. you're free to call it what you will, but that doesn't mean you're right.

anyway, that is my last word on the topic. it is pointless to discuss it.

And Gormanghaste: the "music of the spheres" has absolutely NOTHING to do with hearing anything, nor with sound, nor with "music". it is a concept of form and structure. not of sound. no one has ever "heard" the "music of the spheres".

it is nothing but a medieval concept related to structure and mathematics. I suggest you do some reading on the topic. I had to when I wrote my thesis and dissertation.

[GormanGhaste]

I'll have to disagree with you that it gains nothing from being called music. We wouldn't have the phrase 'music to my ears' if that were true.

I do understand that there isn't any sheet music for the music of the spheres. Are you saying, as a composer, you've never heard structure and proportion in music? Maybe other people like hearing the random chaos of rainfall.

[Sukurachi]

I'll have to disagree with you that it gains nothing from being called music. We wouldn't have the phrase 'music to my ears' if that were true.

I do understand that there isn't any sheet music for the music of the spheres. Are you saying, as a composer, you've never heard structure and proportion in music? Maybe other people like hearing the random chaos of rainfall.

there is structure and proportion in music. why on earth would you assume I think differently?

as I said, enough said.
we will not agree on this.
I see absolutely no point in arguing about this.

keep your opinion, you are entitled to it.

[Karin]

*sighs* Have I created a small flame war over an infinitessemal opinion of mine?

All I said is to me, myself and I only, rain sounds like music to me. I did not want to turn this into a big deal. No use in continuing this after this post.

*zipped*

[Vephriel]

keep your opinion, you are entitled to it.

I don't see why you brought up this entire subject in the first place if these are your thoughts. I'm sure most people very well know rain isn't technically music, but what's wrong with some poetic description? I'm just a bit baffled there's a debate going on about this in the first place.

[Rhapture]

I found this song over ten years ago now but it still relaxes me:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pou51mhAGd8

another old favorite of mine:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKrGOlumS7E

[Ceravan]

there's a lot of random music that relax's me, but there's two songs that relax me the most, one is Motorcycle - When the rush comes and the other is by Crystal Castles, but for the life of me I can't remember the actual name.