From working on my youtube vid application, I am learning so much not only about how difficult music making can be, but also about tone.
It is strange that in high school I never understood what that meant aside from the fact that it was just a feeling. Just something that set the mood i guess. I never knew the power that tone could have that can change something from inspired, to jaded, to sarcastic, all within the same heartbeat.
I think it is crazy that even with words, where there is no voice to actually give clues to the mood, that authors can set tones within their pieces that strangely, when subjected to different audiences, come out the same.
Is it the words we choose defined by the characteristics of our personalities? Or the individual words that shape who we are? How is it that we perceive others to be cute, melancholy, childish, confident, or impassioned when the words are the same but the tone has changed?
I guess what this really leads to is can one change one's personality by shifting the words used? Which in turn, can effect how the person is treated I suppose..
Is it affect or effect? I like how people who have spoken english for years still may not know the difference.
BTW, I found this great website that went viral on my facebook : hiddenla.com
So true. So poignant. So LA :D
On a different note, my friend and I were discussing why people think "angelenos" are so unfriendly. I dont think it is unfriendly more than indifferent. I know that doesnt sound much better, but I think most people in LA are busy-bodies. Not to mean nosy, but to mean just running at a mile/min. Because of this sort of general buzzing environment, many, including myself, barely have the time to take care of what we have to do and our friends. For example, when working on this project, friends came out of the woodwork that I didnt even know would make that kind of time sacrifice to help me on my project from spending the entire day with me at griffith park or analyzing other videos because I was too scared to look at the them in fear that I would not be original with their ideas stuck in my head or I would be intimidated. I suppose from an outsiders point of view, this can come off as unfriendly, but i just call it being loving on a tight schedule.
What started out as a discussion about tone has become a shoutout to all of my friends, for being there, and using their time to help me even though time is of the essence.
So thank you.
