Twenty One Pilots makes me happy. They make me a lot happier then I would be otherwise. It’s not that I don’t have good friends or family or anything, just that I’m not happy sometimes. Their music makes me feel not alone. Even if it’s a sad song, it makes me feel better and less numb.
The band has had a beautiful affect on me and how I view myself as a person. They make me feel more normal I guess. Like a human being thats a little bit messed up, but not.
Tyler also has an excellent view of purpose. He encourages us to create something that maybe other people won’t understand, but as long as it makes sense to you its okay. We can create purpose for ourselves. In one of their songs (“Kitchen Sink”) he says,
“At my kitchen sink, you don't
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Just creating it is creating purpose. Battling our bad thoughts is the beginning of our purpose. They make me feel less hopeless. I could do something. Ever since listening to them, I’ve started writing more. Sometimes it’s stories or sometimes it’s just about how I’m feeling that day. I might not be good at writing, and I’m probably not, but nobody is going to read any of it, so what does it matter? It’s a purpose for me.
My research really made me think. I never knew Tyler and Josh’s stance on the purpose of people, and its really inspiring for me. I went back through the songs the band’s made and I sort of dissected them and figured out what they meant to me. I’d already done that before with some of their other songs, but a few of them really stood out to me, and I’m not sure if I would’ve thought of those songs before, and I’m glad that I did.
Music in general is something that had already been important to me. It’s always made me feel better, but Twenty One Pilots takes it to a new level. It’s hard to explain. They make me feel alive. They make me more confident actually. I can’t be some kind of teenage prodigy that a lot of people want to be. I have to pretend I’m confident until I am, and one day I will be, but not
I believe in music’s ability to transform one’s mood. Every time I turn on my iTouch or listen to a song on YouTube my mood becomes that of the song’s regardless of how I originally felt, be it happy, sad, angry, or whatever. If I were to put on music by Jeffree Star my mood would instantly become more happy and upbeat. Bullet for My Valentine, on the other hand, would transform my emotions into rage. Play Everlast and I too would be singing the blues. It happens to me every time and I have witnessed it happen to others as well, particularly at concerts.
“I write because I love. I write for the survival of self, my children, my family, my community and for the Earth. I write to help keep our stories, our truths, our language alive”. (qtd. in Anthology 396.)
Perhaps the only song I've ever been able to attribute as my favorite song is Kuroi Ledge by A Lot Like Birds, and it holds an immense amount of meaning to me. I discovered this song searching for new music as I always did, however there was quite a difference with this song, this band, I could listen to them for hours on end. This song not only awakened something in me, it helped me face some of my worst possible fears, but some of my worst realities as well: abandonment, suicide, and the idea of finding a certain beauty in tragedy. Kuroi Ledge, literally translates from Japanese to Black Ledge, we see the danger in this, the metaphor of a dark ledge tempting us to go further, and
People write for many reasons. They write to educate, , and to entertain to express
I had a feeling that the night I saw them live for the first time would be a phenomenal one. I had all of these issues bothering me at once and it was the night for me to forget about it all. The moment I knew that my life had really changed because of this band was during their encore. The song was “I Just Want to Sell Out My Funeral”. It was a collaboration of every song on their newest album along with the true message of the whole album at the very end. As I was standing in the crowd, singing my lungs off, the end of the song came with the lyrics, “I’m staring up at the sky, but the bombs keep fucking falling. But I wont’ let him in. No, I won’t let him in.” I was staring up at the ceiling singing these lyrics so loud and I began to cry. I had all of these problems coming after me and they were the devil on my front porch. No matter how hard it was, I never let him in and it was all because of music. After that night, my life only
Its effect on everyone who merely listened to the music on YouTube was profound and spread like wildfire, which brought even more people to enjoy the amazing sounds that many many souls worked for years upon years on. People who never had a taste for musical theatre soundtracks soon found themselves humming and listening to the tunes non-stop. Those in the theatre community who devour every new OBC Album heard about the show and fell in love without anything more than a mention of it. The message spoke the community of those who are depressed and have social anxiety or other such disorders. The main character is relatable on a deep level that everyone has somewhere- the space where self-doubt and disappointment thrives.
Throughout my life, music has always been a major influence. It has the power to change my mood when I'm feeling down, but the thing I find most intriguing about music is that it doesn't always end up improving your mood: like all forms of art, it imitates life, which is not always portrayed in a positive light. The musicians that I admire most have the versatility to induce several different emotional responses in the same piece. This quality is present in most of the wide variety of music I listen to, from Russian composer Dmiti Shostakovich, to Chicago jazz band Tortoise, to California pop/rock sextet Mr. Bungle.
Music is food for the soul. That's why I listen to music that is soulful and has meaning. You never know where you'll get it. Interesting enough, one day streaming music on Jimi Hendrix Radio on Spotify, a band by the name of "Buffalo Fish" came up and their song "One Crack." Instantly I was drawn in and was curious why I haven't heard of this band before.
However, those who have low self esteem or are depressed are most susceptible to impaired judgement from the rock music. Rock music or sad music has been shown to create a vicious cycle of negative thoughts and memories. Typically, the words of rock or sad songs are relatable to negative portions of the sad persons life and can revisit these memories, thus falling into a deeper depression. (The Conversation) However, listening to upbeat or soothing music releases dopamine and makes the person happier. If we know that listening to happy music while we are sad makes us a little happier, why don’t we do it then? Well, that’s denial. There was a survey done asking clinically depressed patients what type of music they enjoy listening to. A whooping 96% answered either rock or sad music. They then were given a happy song to listen to and neuroimages showed a lot of activity happening in the frontal lobe, indicating strong emotions. Most of the subjects said that they felt happy, but insisted that the sad music made them happy. Listening to one happy song isn’t going to beat depression or poor image problems, but listening to it over a long period of time may help beat the negative cycle that your brain goes through with the rock music. (Science
have always had an unexplainable affect on my life. Music seems to have the ability to
Every chance that I get I play music, there has never been a day that I did not play music I don't know why, but music has always helped me calm down and focus at the task at hand. There is literally a song for every mood or feeling I might have. Throughout my years I have heard many songs that have caught my attention for a month or two but I always went back to one song, “Hall of Fame” by the Script. This song is legit the best song ever made because of the lyrics it contains. No matter what mood you are in, whether it be angry and happy, this song will please you. The lyrics to this song is so inspirational from start to finish. Whenever I put on this song I automatically feel ten times better.
Another thing that makes me feel joyful is listening to music. I can’t envisage a world without music. Music makes life more stimulating, and adds more profoundness in our lives. It can be used as an outlet to help us through rough patches in our lives. It can also help create great memories that can last forever. Music relieves stresses in my everyday life. I can listen to it basically anywhere I
I had never really been to a big concert that had a well-known band. A couple of weeks before the concert I got some information about it, but really didn't think much of it. I talked with some friends about the band and we all casually decided to go get tickets for it. Little did I know what an absolutely spectacular time I would have.
After the show had ended, I felt slightly empty. I had waited years and months for that night, and it was over in the blink of an eye. Although I was sad that the show was over, I felt completely content. Now, when I hear their songs, I get to remember what it felt like to hear the band perform them live. I can watch the videos and try to wrap my mind around how it was real. Going to my first concert was an unparalleled experience that I will always cherish. The ambiance, the band’s performance and the unity the audience