Are musicians more sensitive than normal people?

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[celtsound]

Yes we must be. Otherwise they wouldn't have put up those chicken wire screens in "The Blues Brothers", would they??

But seriously, I think everyone with a creative bent is a little wary of criticism, exacerbated by the fact that when we display our creative sides we're baring our souls to some extent.
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[zebbie]

What do you mean - are musicians more sensitive than normal people? Are you implying that musicians are not normal? Just what do you mean by that assertion? Are you trying to hurt our feelings?
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[RokGeetar]

As a listener I can cry when listening to Mozart's Requiem.

As a musician I often cry when I listen back to my own tracks.

Conclusion: inconclusive
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[zebbie]

RokGeetar - there's nothing wrong with your music that more beer will not correct.
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[ZendaR2]

Those normal people ...
:sucks breath in with troubled glance:
Gotta be CAREFUL with them non-musicians.

I reckon they're acksherly a bloody sight MORE sensitive than us musicians.

No matter 'ow gently I try to explain to them that I pity them for their disability, their shame ...
No matter how comfortingly I reassure them that it's not impossible that they may one day find how to add SOME value to the universe beyond spawning and manuring ...
They get sooooo upset.

That's what you get for trying to be positive and supportive.

I mean ... talkabout Stagey-Lovvie attitudes ""Oooooooooooh I can't play or sing or produce worth Shoooot but I'm Just as Good As You ""
I tell you .. Normal people ARE VERY sensitive!

The WORST of all, are those who THINK that they are musicians, but in fact are NOT.
Now THEY are so Bloody Sensitive that they'd rather bore my fecking arrse off with opinionated witter than simply burying themselved in a room, PRACTISING their soddddin art, then staggering out into the sunlight and saying 'HEY LOOKIT THIS I'M TRYING TO DO
I try to lighten them up with humour, like "Hey, bro' .. next you're gonna tell me your farts are fanfares!" But do they larf??

Normal people are SO sensitive.

I remember one of them, when I pressed 'im to justify 'is Verbose Zero Productivity, Started ranting Crrap ... what was it? "There's more to life than music"

'Theres More To Life Than Music'




Well, I wos like
And I'm not sensitive. In fact, I'm humble - and PROUD OF IT YEAH ! .... but some people've GOT to be Taught ... so I kick't'im in the Nads

Bloody normal people.

There ought to be a Law.
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[HowlingUlf]

I think it's because musicians have a higher morale and enjoy life more because we are connected to the vibrations of the universe. The rest of human mankind basically just suck, all of them.
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[Mandobilly64]

Why would you ask that?
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[douglas hazelrigg]

I don't know if I'd say musicians are more "sensitive" than non musicians (or non artists in general)... after all, how could we effectively stir people's hearts and minds if they weren't equally sensitive as we? But I think you could make the argument that the GREATEST musicians and artists do in fact tend to feel things a bit more deeply than most folks... it's part of what elevates their art above the ordinary
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[Hurican]

I think HowlingUlf said it best. Artists more likely than just musicians have that connection to a higher creative power. So with sensitivity in regards to that universal language (not unlike having a sixth sense), then yes. But sensitivity in regards to emotions and feelings like everyone else... then no.

Just like martial artists who learn mental and physical balance, artists learn to hone their connection to better their art. Everyone has this potential. My major gripe wtih the rest of humanity, is that so few people even bother to experiment or use this talent. Not having an artistic outlet leads to a closed mind, excessive need for "stuff", and the inability to see that elusive "bigger picture".
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[HowlingUlf]

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Musicians and non-musicians are all exactly the same, except for one thing. Musicians share their art, and non-musicians do not. Non-musicians consume what musicians produce. The scales of exchange are always unbalanced. Non-musos never give back nearly as much as the musicians must sacrifice to create. Says it all really.
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[douglas hazelrigg]

[ZapAxe]

No, I wouldn't necessarily say musician's are more sensitive than non-musician's...nor the other way around. People are people, and there are many differences, but there is also commonality among us. Some people are just more sensitive than others, and being musically inclined has no bearing on this...IMO.

Yes, certain things set us humans apart from each other, and certain events, activities can change and shape us. We are also predisposed in our individual ways...it's this kind of predisposition that makes us musicians, artists... ie; creative types in general. I do see creative types of people, including myself as somewhat 'spacey' ...which in realty is being preoccupied with thoughts, including creative thoughts. So our musicality in some ways set us apart as to shape or change us, maybe even give us a certain amount of inner peace...something possibly due to 'vibrations' but not in any hocus-pocus false entity way, but is a more basic and explainable way...vibrations = frequency ...and vibrating frequency is present throughout the universe...it's what it is...and without telling ourselves there's some imaginary entity creating it, just so we can have an answer to a question to make us feel better.
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[HowlingUlf]

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[RokGeetar]

[HowlingUlf]

[Hurican]

[HowlingUlf]

[zebbie]

So I can blame my bad tunes on a higher power? Yeay!
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[HowlingUlf]

[douglas hazelrigg]

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[HowlingUlf]

oh, that was baaaaad!

so what did you mean then?
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