It's music. I would be lost without music. Somehow, just listening to one album in the background can make me feel dozens of emotions all at once, bring about memories good and bad, make me think about what the song says about me and my future, and plenty of other things. Not just listening, but playing. Sometimes I just like to sit with my bass and just...think. Sometimes I'll play a random song I know, sometimes I'll jut fiddle around until I find a rhythm I feel. And besides feeling, I love to imagine. Listen to this song. Close your eyes, feel the music inside you, and think about what this could be in life.
http://soundcloud.com/maistri/10-maistri-peractio What do you picture? A moment in your past? A long forgotten friend? Something going on with you right now? I picture myself on a snowy cliff-top, standing in the snow and looking out at a lit up city in the night. I'm alone, thinking about my significance in the world. What have I accomplished? What mark have I left on the face of history? Will I be remembered? Do the people I know and impact today really care about me? Do they forgive me for all of the ways I've wronged them? It's not too late to make something of myself, or show the people that care about me that I care about them just as much, if not more. I have infinite possibilities. I can do anything. I will become something great one day. See that? I wrote that as I listened to the song just now. Music is powerful. It's a universal language with an infinite vocabulary. It can bring up emotions, memories, fantasies, and anything else you can possibly think of. Were there no music in this world, there would be no life. At least, it wouldn't be a life worth living at all. THAT is what keeps me going in life.