Imagination

I do believe that music exists in an imaginary space. The only reason I believe this is because when you listen to a song it can make you cry but you are not actually sad it just evokes emotion. So is the music actually making you feel a certain way? I don't believe so, I believe that the music triggers familiar emotion that overcome a person when a specific song comes on. Just because you listen to an Adele song doesn't mean your sad, it simply means that your feelings can correlate with the emotions being expressed in that particular song. The same with music that makes you happy,hype, or calm.

This week we spoke about rock music and culture. Scruton argued that there has been a decline in musical culture and he is not completely wrong nor is he completely right about the matter. Both Scruton and Gracyk both agreed that there is a value of power. I feel like Gracyk has the upper hand on the matter because he strays away from a euphoric state where as Scruton strives for that. Music that lacks that and order isnt really music worth listening to to Scruton. Scruton fails to realize that not all music is meant to put you in a euphoric state as long as it has intent, melody, harmony, and rhythm; that should be what matters.