The only way music can be harmful is if you turn it up too loud. I doubt there are any physical side-effects from "music addiction". |
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Now i'm not suggesting it could be i'm meerly asking if anything has been looked at in this field, I mean we keep hearing how out diets are flooded with gm foods and unnatural stuff etc, the air we breathe is full of harmful synthetic stuff, but what about music? Fisrtly I know when we first evolved in the african jungles there were loads of weird creatures making noises but that's still not quite like the music we have today, I mean this could apply to all music but here i'm reffering to mainly Electro/Techno This stuff is the msot synthetic of all, but not only that, this sort of music aswell as trance is often the msot "euphoric", it releases endorphins just like morphene/heroin, now I know stuff like sex also releases these endorphins but people often listen to music for hours at a time, could increase receptors int eh brain actually making this stuff physically addictive? |
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The only way music can be harmful is if you turn it up too loud. I doubt there are any physical side-effects from "music addiction". |
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Originally Posted by Oscar
I'm not just on about the music addiction but the sounds are unnatural, we didn't evolve for hearing thsoe sounds so could there be any effect from that is what i'm on about |
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You could be on to something here...I wouldn't be surprise if some types of music boosted those 'feel-good' hormones or w/e they are (I'm no neurologist). |
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Very interesting thoughts!! |
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they also used peyote.. haha woooo! |
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Other than hearing unpleasant, dissonant intervals (like the dreaded minor second) that give you that "nails on a chalkboard" feeling, I don't see how music could be harmful in any way...unless I touch upon the subject of how exposure to loud music can result in permanent hearing loss, but I highly doubt that's what you mean. All I know is that something about music must be evolutionarily necessary, since all human beings are naturally able to distinguish between consonant and dissonant intervals (this especially includes the most consonant of intervals - the octave). |
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I don't think music could be harmful, and Electronica is no more harmful than say, Heavy Metal. I don't think anyone is really "addicted" to music, because there wouldn't be things such as withdrawl symptoms if you took it away. Music is just something that is a part of culture and people enjoy listening to, not an addiction, or something to harm you. |
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Hey withdrawal symptoms are totally plausible, in my opinion. |
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I haven't either, but let's think about an example: Someone listens to music religiously throughout the day, because it's the person's only way of relieving stress, unwinding, whatever. And if the music is suddenly taken away, I'd imagine that person would start to go through a tough time until he/she figures out a replacement for music. Sounds like withdrawal symptoms to me. |
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I don't go a day without listening to music, i'm listening to music right now. |
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I listen to music a lot. Mostly Queens of the Stone Age, Muse, The Killers, Gorillaz, classical composers (Not as much, but I still love them), and Jimi Hendrix. |
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A 3500hz square wave can do damage to your hearing at any volume. |
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Signature skilled by ClouD
Originally Posted by Oscar
I agree. |
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