Music

So since I've been to China, the one thing I've been missing quite a bit is music. I didn't bring my massive harddrive to China so haven't been able to get new music, like the new Dirty Projectors album or the new BMSR album. It's quite sad and I really want more music.

Alas, I've heard quite a bit of music in China, in different forms. Of course I already mentioned KTV, where I knew a few Chinese songs and wondered the rest of the time who Westlife was.

But also, outside my window every morning, somebody somewhere plays Beethoven's 5th really loudly over a PA system. And someone else in an apartment across the way enjoys playing plenty of violin music through another set of loud speakers.

The loudest sounds coming through my window, though, are from the elementary school very near the apartments. The Chinese school system uses unison repeating of phrases/words as a way of studying, so I hear chanting from the elementary school a lot. Whenever I hear this, though, it always reminds me of the children chanting on Pink Floyd's The Wall.

When I'm just walking the streets, some people have speakers on their motorbikes that they will blast music from and stores as well love to play loud, danceable music.

Bars at night of course will play dance music, so I hear plenty of that as well.

So I've heard quite a bit of music here in China, but hope soon enough that I'll get to listen to some music I recognize.