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I used to like rock. Then I liked Jazz. Then I stopped. I don't like music, nor I dislike it. I don't need it at all. it gives me no pleasure, nor pain, as as if it doesn't exist.
I feel that way too. I used to listen to music ALL the time with pride, mostly metal. And now I just dont I find music to be very powerful and mood altering and sometimes I don't want that and I love listening to just the sweet sound of my world it's peaceful but have bn listening to music a little lately but it isn't as passionate as it used to be in highschool
when i got depressed i lost all interest in the things i used to love. music, pranks, spending time with friends, etc. i still haven't been able to rediscover music that much. sometimes people just don't need things to be fulfilled. don't feel weird.
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As soon as I read your story, I turned on some music.
The reason I wouldn't want to be deaf, for instance, is BECAUSE of music.
But then I was thinking...it probably is as nice to not like music as it is to love it, right?
Hmm...I always thought I was so out of the loop thinking I hated music. There are a lot of aspects to it but I'm with whyamisoparanoid in that depression sorta takes that stuff away from you for awhile.
Modern music is so boring to me and it doesn't help at all that I live in a town with maybe 5 radio stations total. The biggest thing for me though was that I was a music major in college. I was used to performing the stuff instead of just listening. And then when I did listen it was because I felt I had an intimate knowledge of the music. I got such a high from all the emotion and effort and sound that I just couldn't stand anything less.
Oh my god no...I was just kidding...DO NOT listen to the Jonas Brothers. Shame on me forever...
Listen to Bob Dylan's Highway 61 Revisited. If you don't like that, listen to some oooold Mississippi Delta blues, like Skip James or Robert Johnson. Another blues man who sings powerful songs is Lightnin' Hopkins.
I always turn on the old blues when I feel like I'm in a holding pattern, or I have nowhere to go...
I've worked in music for 20 years, i play piano professionally for major ballet companies, and also being a talented singer songwriter I had my own band for six years playing major festivals, and flirting with major record labels, but suddenly it just caved it, and the reason it didn't work out, i believe, is because I began to lose interest in music a while back, and now I just can't be bothered listening to it at all. I just like quiet, reading books. Music, all of it... bores me rigid. Why? Perhaps, on some level its the unstoppable progression of modern media and society that has taken all the mystique, meaning, and rarity out of it all. Its too accessible, too senseless and omniscient, it s too void to contain memories and emotions, or convey anything on a spiritual level. I suppose more than ever it's ruled by supermarket record label economics and its..well.. truly dead. Modern music is awful, just a whole load of schmucks with nothing at all to say about anything, and all the good ol' recorded music you have on CD and vinyl is well... sadly mostly dead people performing!!-- which is interested to a point but its..wel .. dead!!, and what the human spirit craves is live music in your face, by people who get it. Imagine what music was like in 1800?. You had to go right out of your way to hear it, and probably had to pay for the priveledge too, and imagine how good, even the most poorly performed music, must of been for some folk. Just food for thought. I dont know jack but if you dont like music, try some live music, or watch some Jacques Brel on you tube but good luck and dont worry about it. Modern life is shite
omg i am like that too. i don't listen to music, not because i don't like it, i just don't.
i do like music though, there are many singers and songs i like, i just don't feel the need to listen to music.
my older brother on the other hand, he listend to music all day long on his i pod, and when he was living with us, he'd listen to the music channel all day long.
its so wierd, how he's always listening to music while i find i don't need it.
Same thing with me; until I was about 12 I really couldn't care less about music. So yea, I think it's normal.
I'm like that about music too, indifferent. Whether there is any or it's silent, I don't really care. There are some that sound better than others, but not enough for me to remember the title or who sings it.
People make me feel "not normal" for it. My husband of 4 yrs got me an iPod last Christmas, and then makes me feel guilty because I don't make use of it. I feel 50%% guilty and 50%% annoyed, like really? Don't you know me enough by now?
I think it used to bother me more when I was a teenager. Not being into music, parties, etc. But as I get older (mid-20s, not that much older..) I feel that it's perfectly normal, just not as common. There are plenty of subjects groups of people feel indifferent about (sports, fashion, books, idk), so what if it's about music.
You may have had a bad experience involving music in the past. Did your teachers at school, or your parents, force you to take music lessons against your wishes? I've suffered mental health problems for over 3 decades because I was made to take guitar lessons as a child. I'm 44 and have never married or had children of my own because of this.
You probably like something you just haven't found at what sounds good to you. So go look,now.
I used to be like that, but one day I was just surfing the net, doing homework, drawing ect ect. When I accidentily came across a song called 'All Those Nights' by some guy named Chase Coy. I literally fell in love with the song and could hear his true emotions in it.
But that's just me. One day you'll find some random genre of music and you'll like it. Trust me.
Like 'macaroonsky' above, you have no idea of the long-lasting effects child abuse has on its victims. The fact remains that I was consistently bullied as a child, mentally and emotionally, through music. I admit that my earlier comments were rash, but please think in future before passing judgment or making jokes about me. As I have mentioned above in my reply to 'macaroonsky', I now hold a qualification in music.
This is my FINAL WORD on the subject. Having tested negative for sensory processing disorder 2 months ago, I know that there is nothing wrong with me; I'm just not very outgoing.
UPDATE: I have tested NEGATIVE for Asperger syndrome, so let's not have any more personal remarks on this forum.
LATEST: My most recent psychological test was for Sensory Processing Disorder last November, but that too proved NEGATIVE. There's nothing wrong with me except that I'm wired up a bit differently from others in relation to music. @macaroonsky - don't you ever 'Whoa' me like that again.
Hmm, I had the reverse. I didn't really care for music until I was in my mid-teens. People would talk about Britney Spears and Pink Floyd and it was all the same as far as I was concerned. Then I started to get into it and try to find more and more kinds I liked (not Britney Spears, thanks). I don't think it's a problem, though if you would like more enjoyment while you're in the car or whatever, you could try different samplers and see if anything does it for you. People's specific recommendations don't have a real high chance of helping you, since it's so variable what you'll like.
And JulieJoanne? Whoa. Just whoa. I'm sorry but I feel there's a misdiagnosis there somewhere (if you're serious - I get the feeling you're some 14 year old trying to get attention). If guitar lessons supposedly caused that, I think it must have to do with a deeper, more inherent problem.
I would like to apologise to macaroonsky and all other readers and users of this site for my comments of 26 September, which I now deeply regret. I promise not to submit such unagreeable material to this website, or any other, in future. Once again, I am truly sorry.
I said my last comment was my final word, but now that one of the TV entertainers I have previously mentioned is being tried on seven new charges, I've decided to come back and tell you, macaroonsky, exactly what I think of you. You compared me to a "14 year old trying to get attention". I bet you'd say the same to a woman of the same age here in the UK who became an alcoholic as a result of being repeatedly molested by this particular TV personality. As far as I'm concerned, you are on a par with him. I HATE YOU!
NEWS: I thought you ALL ought to know that since my last visit to this site 7 months ago, I have been initially assessed in my own home for Asperger syndrome and have been informed that I will be formally assessed for the condition at a clinic between March and June 2015. I have already tested negative for social anxiety disorder and depression. I'm not a horrible person - I'm just wired up differently, that's all. I will keep you informed.
This is my FINAL WORD on the subject. Having tested negative for sensory processing disorder 2 months ago, I know that there is nothing wrong with me. I do NOT have any "deep" or "inherent" problems; I'm just not very outgoing.
UPDATE: I have tested NEGATIVE for Asperger syndrome, so let's not have any more judgmental comments, please.
UPDATE: Following the convictions of two prominent TV entertainers in my home country for child sexual abuse, I would now like to express my true feelings on the remarks you made above. Please don't "Whoa" me, compare me to a hormonal teenager, or otherwise talk down to me like that again. You have no idea of the long-lasting effects child abuse of any kind - be it sexual, physical or, in my case, mental and emotional - has on its victims. I have had CBT in the last 2 years in a bid to come to terms with it, and have even passed Grade 5 Music Theory. I play harmonica, penny whistle, melodica and 3 recorders, so there's nothing wrong with my musicality. I admit that my earlier comments were rash, but please think in future before passing judgment on others.