College and Music

So, after spending two days at Ithaca College, I have made my decision. I am going to spend 4 years at Ithaca College.

And after driving about 4 hours home, someone asked me "why do you like music?" Here's my answer (via facebook chat):

i guess it's the expressiveness and how much emotion is put out through the performer and through the composer

but also there's the element of hearing how everything that a composer does within a piece fits together. like how the piccolo can play with a tuba and it'll sound fantastic

you have to give credit to the composers because all the little motifs and things that are just so subtle are actually very interesting. the melody doesn't always have to be played in the higher voices but rather the melody jumps from voice to voice and all the little insides are just the cement holding it all together

music is a wonderful thing to listen to and a wonderful thing to perform

without music, there would be no raw human emotion in the world. just... politics.

well, that's what music means to me

if you ask someone else they'll tell you a completely different answer

the truth of the matter is, i know nothing about music

so i'm going to college to get myself educated in this wonderful thing