(1:40:10 AM) I Poga I: The more I listen to ambient music, the more I begin to appreciate sparse/minimalistic stuff like this.
(1:40:16 AM) I Poga I: Really complex textures.
(1:41:04 AM) I Poga I: I think this might be the type of music I'd prefer to compose the most.
(1:41:27 AM) pineapls37: and then forget all other styles. delete Select and everything
(1:41:35 AM) I Poga I: Which is one of the reasons I'm looking forward to Ardour. Because I don't know how capable Reason is for this type of thing.
(1:41:54 AM) I Poga I: Well, ambient music is the bulk of what I listen to now.
(1:42:26 AM) I Poga I: Will I ever like ambient music in the same way I like a Deep Forest or David Wise piece that has a beautiful melody? Probably not.
(1:42:41 AM) I Poga I: But it has its own sense of atmosphere, and emotional intensity in a different sort of way.
(1:43:21 AM) I Poga I: Ambient music is some of the best music to listen to when you don't want to pay attention to it.
(1:43:45 AM) I Poga I: But, I think it also can create some of the richest mental depth when actively listening to it.
(1:44:14 AM) I Poga I: I'm not saying the music is better, or that the composers are. Perhaps they both suck a lot of the time. But the product, regardless of whether it was luck or not, can be really cool.
(1:47:05 AM) I Poga I: If I had to have my significant other share one musical taste with me, this kind of thing would be what I think I'd choose.
(1:47:32 AM) I Poga I: I'll never like something like this as much as Aquatic Ambiance.
(1:47:45 AM) I Poga I: Even still.
(1:48:12 AM) I Poga I: It's better together-music.
(1:49:00 AM) I Poga I: If she could appreciate music which forces your own brain to do a lot of the work in filling it out, in envisioning it, thinking to it---creating your own feelings with it---I think she's more likely to have a deeper emotional capacity, and intensity.
(1:49:24 AM) I Poga I: Anyone can jam out to a beat. Or cry to a melody.
(1:49:51 AM) I Poga I: Hopefully she could do both of those too.
(1:49:56 AM) I Poga I: But if I had to pick one...
(1:50:05 AM) pineapls37: I AM READING YOUR IMS
(1:50:20 AM) I Poga I: Oh, I'm probably just spouting melodramatic pretentiousness anyway.
(1:50:31 AM) I Poga I: ...But it's true.
(1:50:36 AM) pineapls37: live life!1