Smile Mode
Its been a little over two months since I blogged from my own lovely typewriter, and its a good feeling to be reunited with it again, and to sit and compose mindlessly arbit posts on it.
All this while, it was an office laptop that bore the brunt of my ramblings, which is probably one reason why the frequency of posts wasn't as prolific as it would normally be, were I able to blag straight off my own typewriter. There is a certain comfort level associated with this that I don't seem to be able to get with any other.
This post, titled pretty weirdly is one that is again centered around a portable music player that I am in love with. (Note to Self: Have a new tag for posts titled iPod).
Now, listening to songs all the time, there are occasions on which, due to some or the other reason, some songs bring a smile on one's face. The funda is that, on listening to songs with a huge grin plastered on one's face, the song for some strange reason sounds so much better than when heard with a straight face. Maybe it is because the facial muscles that make one grin push the ear plugs further within into the inner-ear to make music sound better.
I can't put my finger on it, but the bass sounds heavier, the treble is crispier, and being in 'smile mode' enhances one's listening experience in a manner that is beyond description of words, try as hard as I might to convey it across.
Somehow, this is applicable only to personal music players, and not so much to listening to music arbitrarily without headphones / ear plugs on a conventional music system. I think its probably because of the fact that this is meant to be a purely personal experience as the listener connects to the music, one-on-one.
All this while, it was an office laptop that bore the brunt of my ramblings, which is probably one reason why the frequency of posts wasn't as prolific as it would normally be, were I able to blag straight off my own typewriter. There is a certain comfort level associated with this that I don't seem to be able to get with any other.
This post, titled pretty weirdly is one that is again centered around a portable music player that I am in love with. (Note to Self: Have a new tag for posts titled iPod).
Now, listening to songs all the time, there are occasions on which, due to some or the other reason, some songs bring a smile on one's face. The funda is that, on listening to songs with a huge grin plastered on one's face, the song for some strange reason sounds so much better than when heard with a straight face. Maybe it is because the facial muscles that make one grin push the ear plugs further within into the inner-ear to make music sound better.
I can't put my finger on it, but the bass sounds heavier, the treble is crispier, and being in 'smile mode' enhances one's listening experience in a manner that is beyond description of words, try as hard as I might to convey it across.
Somehow, this is applicable only to personal music players, and not so much to listening to music arbitrarily without headphones / ear plugs on a conventional music system. I think its probably because of the fact that this is meant to be a purely personal experience as the listener connects to the music, one-on-one.