Musicophilia

In reading Musicophilia it made me think of a experience i had this weekend. I was able to travel with my water polo team, the mens water polo team and the mens tennis team to washington DC and meet the president for winning NCAA this past season. In reading aboiut music and our imagery of it or how music can almost put us in past experiences or conjure up emotions or feelings from listening to a song, it really was relevant to me this weekend. I rely on music when I travel or before big games to get excited. So this weekend I went through some of my old playlists that I had during NCAA and during last season and was put right back into the memories that I had with these songs. We were on the bus going to the white house and one of the girls on the team recalled a song that we coined our team song by Journey called "Livin on a Prayer" and got everyone singing it, and it was able to conjure up memeories of when we won. I cant say that this is exactly what they are talking about, but the links that yoru brain can make to songs and events in time make music so much more meaningful.

I would have posted a video of our team singing our song, but the clip was too big, so this should do...