No Music Day - View Statements

I am observing No Music Day because: I feel that music s omnipresence in our world today devalues it and taking some space to reflect on music itself and my relationship to it would be something really constructive and ultimately very rewarding. I echo the (positive) comments made by the other visitors to this page and relish the chance to collectively revisit what our love of music is ultimately about.

I will be observing No Music Day by: doing my best to avoid listening to music all day, primarily by not putting on any music myself and avoiding the routines, rituals and habits that i have around listening to music.

Chrissy C
14/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: The very notion of no music day is completely absurd, however maybe that is the very reason why it MUST be observed, if we can awake in ourselves any dormant creative ideas or concepts by rejecting for one day an activity we believe to be essential to our existence but in reality is maybe just a result of social programming, our minds may just be able to uncloud long enough to think about what we were searching for in the first place.

I will be observing No Music Day by: Not playing my guitar, not playing my stereo, not watching television, not humming, not whistling, not tapping my feet, not writing, maybe not even living (even in the practical sense although that may be a departure too far)

The Captain
14/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: steve

I will be observing No Music Day by: Playing more music than I normally do, you pricks, if you organise a more music day I will sit in silence.

14/11/2006

I will be observing No Music Day by: repeatedly listening to that track by John Cage that doesn't have much going on.

NMD=lol
14/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: I work in the music industry

I will be observing No Music Day by: Not working in any way

maco
15/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: I spend most of my day listening to music in one way or another. I listen to it on my way to and from work, all day there and much of the time Im at home. I recently read a quote by Billy Childish saying that people don't really pay attention to the music they listen to anymore, it's so readily available. I don't really believe this. Music has always meant a lot to me and allows me to create whole worlds of meaning of what surround me. At the same time, I do like it also as background to working, travelling etc.
Sometimes I feel a bit like a junkie - music is just so integral to almost everything I do. So No Music Day should be a bit like cold turkey. I hope it will give me 24 hours to detox before I dip my head into the rushing river again....

I will be observing No Music Day by: I will get up to a regular alarm, leave the iPod at home, turn off the media player on my computer at work and stear clear of my turn table when I get home.

Cian
15/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: NO MUSIC DAY represents, to me, a pro-active step towards that happy day when NO MORE MUSIC IS MADE. Music has run its course, there's plenty already and by creating more we are actively destroying culture.

I will be observing No Music Day by: I will simply not listen to any music, I will write to the local radio stations requesting their participation and I shall destroy all my cassettes.

Dan Connor
15/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: I am constantly surrounded by and playing music by others or myself. I have only ever experienced muscial silence when out in the country away from the city that is untill I get in my car or put the ipod on. What does my life sound like with out my constant sound track, will I be able to survive and will I be better equipped to spot and appreciate quality music that does it for me and not because some one else is telling me to appreciate it?

I will be observing No Music Day by: not listtening to the radio, not watching TV / films, not going into shops / bars that are playing music, not using my ipod and not playing any muscial instrument.

Poul Wend Hansen
15/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: music is intertwined with my soul, and i could not go a day without it. when it is not playing live i ALWAYS have a song in my head. all you cocks that go on about 'yeah well 95% of music is commercial and forcefed' then i would say that you are not looking hard enough to find the music that you like. there are genres that i dont like, but i can see why someone would like them, so let each to thier own and fuck this no music day crap. its not even in aid of anything. if it was for deafness awareness i would understand, but this would be like a 24 famine for me. so no.

I will be observing No Music Day by: listening to music. all day long. what a complete load of bollocks.

Kyle Donegn
16/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: it's true that music has become de-valued and de-mystified because of over saturation. our shaman no longer evolve on their own paths, they are harvested and exploited for the quick buck that can be made from their 15 minutes of fame... fast-food shamanism. it's like mcdonalds.. fills a hole but you feel dirty afterwards. what used to be art is now a meaningless commodity. people's attention spans have shrunk as they become increasingly desensitized. music is supposed to stimulate the imagination and fulfill your dreams and desires... the music industry has learned how to use your desire purely to make money... this is black magic.

I will be observing No Music Day by: turning off any music that i hear and not playing my bass

charlie
16/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: music has become over saturated and stagnant. everything has been geared to the lowest common denominator (partly the fault of bill drummond and the klf?). as a musician i feel like a maggot.

I will be observing No Music Day by: not playing or listening to any music and telling everyone i know to do the same. just say know!

ben
16/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: I grow tired of people complaining "music has nothing new to offer." music is from all over the world, music has been composed for hundreds of years, and yet somehow people find a way to say "it all sounds the same." See music for what it is, either art or entertainment, enjoy it for what it is, and attempt to step out of the boundaries you yourself have created around your tastes and views of music, and start listening to music with passion that moves you, and please stop saying big music recording companies shove the same old stuff down your throats... you are in fact the one that chooses to swallow.

I will be observing No Music Day by: listening to powerful music that moves me and makes me think.

Chris
16/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: Mi music teacher informed us of the site and i have no other random stuff to do!

I will be observing No Music Day by: Not listening to any music and wearing earplugs to avoid hearing any music played in passing cars

Kaity
16/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: Music might sound fresher and more exciting on November 22nd.

I will be observing No Music Day by: We need time to think.

Mark
16/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: I would rather spend the day in a public washroom than spend a day without music.

I will be observing No Music Day by: going to the bar to listen to live bands and to talk about how dumb the people who observe 'no music day' are

Kerry
16/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: I have no choice, been having no music days for the past week now, It is really makin me appreciate how wonderfull good music is, how agood tune can just change your day

I will be observing No Music Day by: Currently workin as back-line tech on Chris De Burgh,s German tour, so this obviously doesn't apply to me, but will make it known to all crew and band members, this important day, in case of an accidental musical interlude.

Dave
17/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: Dennis Lindegren

I will be observing No Music Day by: just listen to the sound of silence

17/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: This is the shittest idea I have ever seen, and I've seen digg.com

I will be observing No Music Day by: Listening to as much music as I possibly can.

Dave Brown
17/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: Mr Drummound, Mthere is a lot of good music out there, go find it.

I will be observing No Music Day by: What utter rubbish, I will be blasting my msucki as loud as possible.
There are still plenty of kids rocking and making msuic and enjoying it.

D
17/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: Information is not knowledge. Knowledge is not wisdom. Wisdom is not truth. Truth is not beauty. Beauty is not love. Love is not music. Music is THE BEST..."

I will be observing No Music Day by: Cranking up my stereo and throwing open the windows so that the Music flows into the street.

Esteban
17/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: ...This "Lobbything" don¥t work on me...

I will be observing No Music Day by: "HOW TO MAKE MUSIC SPECIAL AGAIN"... = How to make it "EXPENSIVE" again ?

Rainfeldt
17/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: no day should be without music

I will be observing No Music Day by: by playing my favorite Chopin Nocturne on the piano.

NoMusicNoway
17/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: it is a great opportunity to discuss, develope and understand music as a phenomenon

thanks!

I will be observing No Music Day by: changing my mobile ring tone to a monotone one instead of a song when I get a call...

not listening to the radio except maybe resonance fm...

resting my ears and listening to the music in the silence

karin
17/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: I won't let the man keep me down.

I will be observing No Music Day by: Listening to the radio, because there really isn't any music on the radio anymore.

Rusty
17/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: how can we think, feel, enjoy something that is imposed on us, constantly, without discriminating if it is the right moment or type for you? I can't hear my thoughts!

I will be observing No Music Day by: trying not to listen to music, and if I DO hear some music (in the shops, on the train, from my neighbour's tv), I will complain, saying it is 'no music' day.

Ana
17/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: I will NOT actually be observing no music day because there will never be a day without music. The most horrible thing I could think of is a day without music.

BUT...

I respect the idea and personal need others may have for 'no music' day so I will not be playing any music out loud so that I will not disrupt anyone elses 'no music' day.

I hope this isn't offensive to the 'no music' day followers.

Thanks.

Lisa>
18/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: not listening to music for a day ---- something I havent done since junior high school

I will be observing No Music Day by: not listening to any music; not @ home on computers, not @ school on mp3, nor in cars

shzy
18/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: Becuase Im an ignorant asshole that gives in to this pointless kind of shit.... Or mabey I hope I might relise life a little more.

Nahhh never mind, I dont.

I will be observing No Music Day by: Listening to a blank mp3 on my Creative Mp3 Player with a background of slideshows.

Chris Joe Shane Ward
18/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: What a stupid rediculous holiday! Most retarded thing I ever heard. I hope that you all get invited to go to the most amazing music show of ur life on this day!! U freaks,

I will be observing No Music Day by: CRANKING IT UP TO ELEVEN LOSERS.

Kirsty
18/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: it seems such a wothy cause If you are stone deaf !!!!

I will be observing No Music Day by: What is this ? Why is this happening ? Who are you people ? This is complete madness.I cant believe you want to ban music for a day its one of the best things ever created. Maybe you need to look a little deeper into your soul. you certainly shouldnt be wasting your time on this.

not sure wots happened
19/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: i need to spend at leaste one day listening to the world around me to remind myself how useless we are as a species. also music isnt for plesure any more its an obsession and i have enough of them already.

I will be observing No Music Day by: removing the power from all noise making equipment including the tv and mobile phone i will also mute any song birds i see with blue tac and will stop and point at anyone whos mobile tones offend my ears.

static candy
19/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: life is a symphony... a long, elaborate musical composition, awash with noise and in need of occasional silence.

I will be observing No Music Day by: Fiddling in silence all day long.

Mr Wicketer
19/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: this is going to do nothing for us in terms of anything positive musically. nobody's going to think of any "new sounds" and it's not going to make what we listen to sound any better the next day. asking everyone to not listen to music for an entire day sounds like some ridiculous totalitarian scheme out of 1984 or fahrenheit 451.

I will be observing No Music Day by: listening to music as much as i possibly can ALL. DAY. LONG.

Mary
19/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: They're is too much music, and information, both activated by myself or imposed on me by others in the media, in shops, on buses (far and away the worst place), on the tube etc. etc. I've found only two places to definitely avoid it; the local cemetery and Epping Forest!

I will be observing No Music Day by: Playing no music myself or any radio on Tuesday (including news and talk stations). I will be going to a non-league football match in the evening but will cover my ears before the game to avoid any music played on the tannoy and at half-time will have to go into the bar for the same reason!

Sean P
19/11/2006

I will be observing No Music Day by: Because observing doesn't mean I have to participate. I shall be observing No Music Day by observing my muso male friends talking about it like it's something that matters. I however will be worrying about something more important.

susannah
20/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: Bill Drummond says so.

I will be observing No Music Day by: listening to Huey Lewis And The News all day (I don't consider thier output music) and maybe writing something about 'the cause' on my site.

LESMANIA (who else)
20/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: i hear too much tripe these days. I heard Ricky Martin earlier and had it in my head for 3 miserable hours. Taking your clothes off and going dancing in the rain indeed, I'll take away the pain and put a bullet through his brain. God

I will be observing No Music Day by: switching off all electrical items and ignoring the songs in my head

Kranz
20/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: I had been asking myself a number of questions about this issue when I read Bill's article in the OMM . I work for a kids music project and the idea of no music for a day seems almost unachievable but not without its appeal

I will be observing No Music Day by: actively avoiding playing , listening and as much as possible , overhearing any noises which seem to exhibit signs of melody or rhythm . I might meet my mate Neil for a pint and discuss a theoretical band , song or genre .

veestar
20/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: Like the man that came up with the idea, I need to hear something new, there's still plenty of good music out there and there's even more rubbish, some of it considered by the music press and fans to be good, but that's another argument. The problem is I can't remember the last time that a new band or artist came along and just blew me away. I'm 34 now and I know that most of the new stuff isn't meant for me but that doesn't mean I can't like it. I love music so much and I'm beginning to wonder if the people making it even care about the music or if the image and money are more important. I could go on for hours and probably will in my head. Anyway, I hope someone makes a difference soon but I doubt it, at least we've got X factor on Saturday nights!

I will be observing No Music Day by: Not playing music in the house or car or singing songs or humming or watching tv.

Tat
20/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: i just came along such a thing, and i'm NOT doing this because i think it's something hip...it's just that i'll figure out how important sounds are for me by doing this.

I will be observing No Music Day by: not listening to any kind of music, speaking less, staying home, and just reading. i'll try to have silence at all times. if i can't manage this, i'll only try to avoid noise! and at night, i'll go to a "no music day" event...

murat
20/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: My ears need a rest from all of the punishment I put them through by listening to the grinding pulses of Powernoise, excessive bass frequencies of Electro and excessively amplified dB with which I monitor the synthesizers and drum machines I work around and with.

I will be observing No Music Day by: Listening to mindless drivel like Britney Spears.

Kitana_One
20/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because:

Bill Drummond said.

I will be observing No Music Day by:
Abstaining from music to the best of my ability.
As I speed on the train observing the passing industrial northern Jersey wastes and cities, I will be pondering a greater good music could bring about but has of yet not, as well as what context would be required to enable such. I may have something backwards here, but I'll try and work it out on No Music Day, hopefully.

Todd Steponick
20/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: i just think its about fucking time that fucking had a day when i didnt fucking listen to fucking music.

I will be observing No Music Day by: not fucking listening to yet more fucking music.

20/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: Like all such special 'days' (religious festivals included), it can be observed and celebrated in any manner, including forthright opposition, insults, non-action and plain ignorance.
For me it feels very timely, just exactly what I need to do today.

I will be observing No Music Day by: Trying and failing to not listen to music.
Reading the illuminating and amusing statements on this page. Hoping everyone follows through on their statements.
Thinking about music and no-music, and the perfect, elegantly futile gesture of issuing a proclamation with absolutely no means or intention of backing them up.

WALL OF E
20/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: I thought it was a daft idea but some of the criticisms are even dafter. If you can't imagine a day without it, then you really should try it. If you have an iPod, you need a day without it. Having (checks PC) 9000 tracks a couple of clicks away does threaten to devalue something priceless, though I do have days when I go without so it's not that much of a novelty.
I'm also going to make Wednesday an Unknown Music Day, where I can only listen to stuff like Filipino sea shanties, if such things exist.

I will be observing No Music Day by: Not playing anything. If I get anything played at me I'm not going to worry too much - it'll probably be crap anyway.

Dave Parker
20/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: why do human beings kill human beings?

I will be observing No Music Day by: why do human beings kill human beings

peter
20/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: I'm a pretentious fuck and if not listening to music is the new electro new rave folkways noiserock phenomenon then I'm all about that shit. BRING ON THE SILENCE!

I will be observing No Music Day by: flicking off ipods and painting bathroom stalls with glowstick liquid in symbols of the occult.

blackout
20/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: I will not be observing, rather sleeping through it.

I will be observing No Music Day by: Sleeping

aido
20/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: It's a totally daft idea, and I am in favour of totally daft ideas. Of course, by observing it, I will be changing it.

I will be observing No Music Day by: cheating, and listening surreptitiously to many sequential performances of John Cage's 4'33".

Bryn Harris
20/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: I am a sheep.

I will be observing No Music Day by: worrying if anyone will turn up to my gig.

Bob
20/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: I have no problems with my own concepts of music, noise, silence and sound in general but will use this day to revisit more difficult areas of listening that often get replaced on the discman with things more conducive to the bus journeys and lunchtimes of daily life.

I will be observing No Music Day by: dipping in2 oft neglected items in my collection which when played in the presence of other people usually illicits the response "that's not music that's just a noise!" So this will involve dumping Miles 4 Merzbow, Sonic Youth 4 Stockhausen, Arthur Lee 4 Alvin Lucier or even Cage (rapper) 4 Cage (John) although not specifically 4:33 cuz that would be stretching a point too far. "

Bruce Davies
20/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: I want to miss music so it will sound more exciting when I return to it

I will be observing No Music Day by: not listening to music

Kim Giddings
20/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: I find it increasingly difficult to get excited about 'new' music year upon year . . . and the increasing availability of 'now' via. technology , makes me wish for then. Change is good change for change's sake is not

I will be observing No Music Day by: listening only to the noise of my tinitus and asking myself 'was it worth it ?

three_a
20/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: i love music. And I hope to be able to love it even more by re-calibrating my perception (just like I've found that fasting is a great way of learning to re-appreciate food!). NO MUSIC DAY to me is a phenomenological exploration of my own relations to music and how that is connected to places. More generally, I think it's extremely important to break the "mental equal sign" between "music" and "recordings", because music is inherently performance and as such a subjective action.

I will be observing No Music Day by: actively avoiding music, even situations where it reaches me passively, but still physically remain in places (like my home) where I'm most used to the continous musical stream.

Rasmus Fleischer
21/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: the 19211 songs in my itunes library are starting to sound the same, and that is absurd.

I will be observing No Music Day by: sitting in silence.

tim
21/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: i read about it in a magazine one morning and it was told in such a good way. something about that we doesn't notice the music anymore. that it had became like a wallpaper... it just is.. sry for my bad english...

I will be observing No Music Day by: not listening or making any music. Don t think so many people in Sweden is observing NO MUSIC DAY It was hard not to listen to music in school when everybody else turned their music on loud just because I didn't want to hear.

swedish
21/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: As a reflector the change is good for the hearing. To start from a fresh set of ears in looking out for new sounds for new possibilities.

I will be observing No Music Day by: By not working on the soundtrack to the film I submited in the current Changing Ipswich exhibtion. The exhibition is the soundtrack over the several days whilst it is being exhibited.

Mark Sargeant
21/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: Anything that makes the world consider the place and importance of music is a fantastic antidote to media filled with sport, politics, repetitive news and weather,game shows and poor TV for kids!

I will be observing No Music Day by: By playing something really superb like Pink Floyd's Shine on Crazy Diamond, currently playing as I type, or Schubert's final Mass,later this evening, ABBA's incredible musical narrative poem 'The Day before you came" maybe, a chance to fill the soul while much of the non-music inflicted on us by the media and commercial record companies is silent. Good music needs no silence to make the point.

Mervyn
21/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: I am a musician and because it's hard.

I will be observing No Music Day by: Being determined.

scotch
21/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: I'LL NEVER MAKE IT TO MIDNIGHT, WITHDRAWL SYMPTOMS, FRIDGE WAS HUMMING IN F#, UNPLUGGED IT NOW MY FREEZER TRAY IS DEFROSTING AND I NOW HAVE HALF A BAG OF INEDIBLE GARDEN PEAS AND WATER ON MY KITCHEN FLOOR.

B
21/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: I'm AGAINST no music day, because it's stupid.

I will be observing No Music Day by: I spent today rocking up with my iPod & some speakers in classrooms, courtyards, hallways and elevators around college.

Summers
21/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: Fleet sent this link to me. It's like fasting -- the spirit and body feel the absence, and the pain of its loss focuses the mind and spirit elsewhere.

I will be observing No Music Day by: I did it yesterday. No music. Just work.

Japhthor
21/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: Music is everywere. Not because we like to listen to it but because we don't hear it at all. It is brainwashing. Many are afraid of silence, but silence make it possible to enjoy mueic when you choose to.

I will be observing No Music Day by: Telling everybody I meet about this site. Then we next year will join in observing NO MUSIC DAY by listering.

Lone Jensen
21/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: I listen to too much music and it does my head in - I love music but it's become an obsession, I think it'll do me good to go without for a day. Also I just want to see whether I can do it as it's very unusual for me not to have music on all the time.

I will be observing No Music Day by: Attempting to avoid intentionally listening to music. I failed because I forgot it was today and switched on MTV this morning, however I've done pretty well since then. I've overheard odd bits of other people's music but not too much. I'm now listening to Resonance instead of mp3s as I normally would be.

steve townsend
21/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: without music

I will be observing No Music Day by: i cannot live one day

no way
21/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: Rather I am not observing no music day because it seems like the stupidest thing in the world.

I will be observing No Music Day by: I will not be observing no music day

Gord>
21/11/2006

I will be observing No Music Day by: I really don't think that this is a clever project. Looks more like a reaction to the already established 'Music Day'(even though I personally find this idea stupid as well) without any good reason. Just leave everybody's music alone! Opeth is the answer...

Faflatas
21/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: I'm not. Because this is fucking stupid. I barely go an hour without music let alone a day. Music is the best thing humans have produced. It should be embraced more than it is not ignored. LISTEN TO MUSIC!

I will be observing No Music Day by: I won't

Anthony>
21/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: I hope that this day will have a great impact on my life. While my life constantly includes some kind of sound - whitch mostly means music - it most have an important role in the meeting of human beeings. I want to see and meet people without a soundtrack.

I will be observing No Music Day by: the simpel reason that I¥m courius about how music will sound and feel like tomorrow. That might include TV because the sound in the box is not pure music but it provides me beats and it makes my toes move. I will also leave my ipod alone to se how my thoughts will evolve during dishing.

Sara
21/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: Music needs to be rescued, in this age of IPODS, MP3s (and Im guilty as all of us), though I dont have an nme sponsored IPOD, by the way, how did you accesorise your IPOD after going to a gig? (this is a question in nme most weeks)(i also love nme by the way) but this is my argument - where has music gone? Music that meant something, that broke our hearts, gave us hope, sparked revolutions, I tell you where it is, its bloody soundtracking my journey to work on the bus everyday, because it makes me feel comfortable and stops me thinking. Today has changed that, I have been forced to think, I have had songs in my head instead of in my ears on a constant playlist that has drawn the emotion out of nearly every album or song I own. Anyway, rant over, try something tomorrow - only listen to songs on your mp3 player you havent listened to before, or put it on random and play each song that comes on ALL the way through, fade out and everything, no matter what song it is, cool or uncool. Then allow yourself one song - you will know when to time this with your approach to work as you walk/bus/train/drive it everyday. That one song you allow yourself will almost sound like the first time you heard it.
Long live no music day.

I will be observing No Music Day by: Not listening to any music, not charging my MP3 battery and trying to convince anybody who will listen that music has to be preserved, and that no music day is the perfect vehicle to defend what has been the most important thing in my life (outside of family etc) ever.

dustandoldguitars
21/11/2006

I will be observing No Music Day by: remembering the tao of owen ...

kosimworthit
21/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: there are only a couple small areas left in the world where music is only heard by the common folk once a year as part of a ceremony - can you f-ing imagine what that's like? the aural equivalent of staring at the sun after spending a year in a mineshaft.... I'm looking forward to expanding this to a year-long event.

I will be observing No Music Day by: not listening to the voices in my head and avoiding public places.

The Thurston Revival
21/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: I am a rebel.

I will be observing No Music Day by: listening to music.. stuff I like, not stuff I don't like..

Dani
21/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: Well... I must admit at around 8.30 pm I fucked up. My 3 year old was over-tired and getting twisted. So I clicked, in total innocence, on the "Chill Out" MP3 on the laptop and tried to zone her out with the "Water Ambience" visualisation effect on Windows Media Player. 10 minutes into the piece and it dawned on me what I had just done. Strange that... as I had never tried this before with the kids. It just came to me. Maybe next year.

I will be observing No Music Day by: realising the numerous times I have thumbed through my vinyl or CD's and said "what a lot of bollocks". I do it too often. Never finding just the right tune or song or album to fit my mood -whether to highten or subdue it. Now I have a good reason not to select, or even attempt to select any music whatsoever for a whole 24 hours. Sheer bliss.

Ed
21/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: For all those people who think this is stupid...u are totally rude..it is one day out of your life to do something differnt

I will be observing No Music Day by: Just stopping listening to music just for one day(it wont kill me)

Jade
21/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: Because nowadays it is music "FOR THE PEOPLE - BY THE PEOPLE!". Myspace and other online sites are destroying creativity and risk taking and all we are hearing now is the lowest common denominator - banal, safe, market researched SHITE! I watched "Last Train to Transcentral" performance on TV the other night and found it hilarious, brilliant, offensive and awful in equal doses. Music needs to provoke these emotions to evolve.

I will be observing No Music Day by: Wishing and praying that I hear something tomorrow that doesn't sound like some Record Company Boss's santitized little child. Something that FUCKING ROCKS!

DerekQ
21/11/2006

I will be observing No Music Day by: two prespectives. in a art kind of dada againt idea, the no music day functions because if we follow strictlly the no music day 21st of november will be a very poor day for mankind because there is no music.The absence of music make us wishing and thinking about muscic. And that make us give the importance to the music and to the pleasure we are blessed for listening, playing, creating music.
If this "no music day" was created by people who dislike music or is only a very nonsence idea created just for fun...well i¥ve got some own ideas like "say no to crappy ideas day"

nuno dantas
21/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: It amuses me.

I will be observing No Music Day by: Listening to things which can in no way be construed as music Starting from Aqua though Boyzone onto Celopatra etc etc.

EmiliÈ
21/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: I love music, that's why I started my own label. We're provide the music in music business, while the major labels provide the business. Music should be fun, not a merchandise.
Bendi Records

I will be observing No Music Day by: Having our website www.bendirecords.com closed all day.

21/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: Music is a wonderful thing and this is the stupidest thing anyone has ever wasted their time on.
Thank you.

I will be observing No Music Day by: I will be observing NO MUSIC DAY by listing every single track I listen to today and by making sure to listen to as much NEW music as possible.

DerPixie
21/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: I hate all people for all reasons

I will be observing No Music Day by: stuffin' my ears with hard house and and trance and this will block out all music, including glitch.

mark firth
21/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: ....i have no electricity

I will be observing No Music Day by: listening to the river mersey instead

bong
21/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: purposefully going without that which one loves most is an intensely philosophical action.

I will be observing No Music Day by: i have failed. i cant do it. i have already listened to and played music.

dirk
21/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: i'm scared of silence.

I will be observing No Music Day by: absorbing all non-musical sound.

Chris
21/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: I need a day off.

I will be observing No Music Day by: Not listening to any music. And also by reminding people that it is No Music Day and asking them to be less musical around me.

Luke Abbott
21/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: No-one really cares anymore.

I will be observing No Music Day by: feeling shame whilst listening to all my favorite lps

Alex
21/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: I am observing No Music Day because I need a break from all the music in my life.

I will be observing No Music Day by: I will observe No Music Day by waking up, and desperately trying not to listen to music. I will post a notice in my office, so others can see.

Alex
21/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: i'm following the crowd

I will be observing No Music Day by: i'll be doing what others do

danyboy
21/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: I love music- but it is being cheapened and reduced to a worthless commodity more and more. People hear alot of music nowadays but so few truly listen.
The phenomenon of people walking around with a constant supply of music from their ipods to 'block out reality' is quite disturbing. Everyone seems to want to live in their own little world whilst showing less and less regard for their fellow humans around them. MP3 players are great for gadget lovers, but terrible for the true music lover. For me, my love for music is now basically an addiction, so it's important to stop and think what music really means to me in these over-soundtracked times.
And was it really necessary to have 'Dreams' by Gabrielle being piped into the public urinals i used last weekend?

I will be observing No Music Day by: Not listening to music- I will read, wander, and enjoy conversation. I will listen to my own thoughts and the sounds of life around me.

David
21/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: Music in movies is mostly like f*ing wall paper AND it seems as if the players are mostly hired for how cheap they are (especially a problem in film) and then multitracked to imply an orchestra. They even hire crap ones and then use Antares auto tune to fix it. Christ. Even in documentaries where the subject matter should be enough to get the emotion, they slather it with f*ing strings. I hear it so much I can't listen to most music, which used to be a pleasure. OOOH While I am at it, would Channel 4 and BBC2 documentary makers STOP USING DJ SHADOW in your crappy documentaries. Music. Yech.

I will be observing No Music Day by: Well, I was going to, but then I was forced to play a mix for a client with a musician in the room and it was either play the music or get fired.

Mook
21/11/2006

I will be observing No Music Day by: IGNORING it.... this is not the day the music died. so LET'S ROCK 'N' ROLL!!!!

reggie
21/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: it's my day off and there's nothing better to do.

I will be observing No Music Day by: listening to some sweet ass music.

Ceilede
21/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: because I broke my ipod on the train last weekend.

I will be observing No Music Day by: trying to turn off my mental jukebox.

Ed
21/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: My headphones broke down and my mac crashed with me loosing a really nice song and everything related to music seems to be going bonkers. Music is love and having a no music day is just STUPID

I will be observing No Music Day by: Not of free will

Gˆran Sandstrˆm
21/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: i'm not, it's fucking ridiculous. now fuck off, i'm off to listen to some more music.
thank you

I will be observing No Music Day by: listening to as much music possible

fragglespank
21/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: someone linked me

I will be observing No Music Day by: i just listened to a nice piece, maybe when i feel like i'll enjoy a nice piece of silence

francisco
21/11/2006

I am observing No Music Day because: Rene

I will be observing No Music Day by: I don't wanna observe this ridiculous idea ... music is emotion and creativity, and this never stops.
not listening to music, not movin to rhythms would be kinda sentence to dead for me ...
there's not one day i never listen to music and this should stay so ..
what about a day without kinda idiot-politicians like bush or merkel ??

21/11/2006