My answer comes from the listening to music perspective. Although I've played keyboards for 40 years, playing an instrument doesn't hold a candle to listening to music for me. I also don't write music, so I have no inspirational moments to tell.
In truthful honesty, my musical listening enjoyment jumped leaps and bounds one evening in my bedroom. As I was turning on the comast cable network digital metal station one night back in 2001 prior to going to bed, the station was in the middle of playing this particular song that grabbed me 100%. I don't think I had ever felt anything like it before while listening to music. This song flowed, and this singer could sing both cleanly and sound like a death metal frontman.
"Bleak" enhanced my musical knowledge in an instant, and introduced me to Opeth, which I feel will be my favorite band for decades to come. Since that time I have found so many new bands from around the world, and heard so much incredible music.
In truthful honesty, my musical listening enjoyment jumped leaps and bounds one evening in my bedroom. As I was turning on the comast cable network digital metal station one night back in 2001 prior to going to bed, the station was in the middle of playing this particular song that grabbed me 100%. I don't think I had ever felt anything like it before while listening to music. This song flowed, and this singer could sing both cleanly and sound like a death metal frontman.
"Bleak" enhanced my musical knowledge in an instant, and introduced me to Opeth, which I feel will be my favorite band for decades to come. Since that time I have found so many new bands from around the world, and heard so much incredible music.
erk: ), and not really reading one of the titles I clicked on it and listen to the sample, what i heard sounding NOTHING like Otep or nu metal for that matter, it was Opeth, I had never heard of this band before, but it was so intriguing. I had checked out samples from Still Life, and i was amazed to find out this was the same band playing soft songs like "Benighted" and heavy songs like "Godhead's Lament", so i checked out more samples, needless to say, it had pique'd my interest. Then one day, I was at a friends house again, and he had the music channel going on the metal station, and i heard something that sounded like a sample of Opeth I heard, and it was Deliverance -- "Walk with me/You'll never leave", it touched me so deeply, for the first time, I knew how powerful music could become. I was a musician for a few years before, but at that moment, I was taken to a totally new level, I became more serious as I strived to become a musician capable of accomplishing something similar to Opeth. Eventually it led me to the underlying genius of Extol and the sheer power of Wintersun, among many other great bands. But I have Opeth to thank for my change for the better.
