absolutely..in a heartbeat.
and yes to part 2 of your question, too. I totally avoid Pink Floyd. They can crash me in a new york minute.
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yessss. I'm so influenced by music, and lately I have found myself changing the station to classical pieces to even out my mood w/o having to focus so much on the lyrical aspect of the art

I'll choose music to express my mood, usually. But sometimes, I've happened to hear something that can actually make my mood plummet.

Not just music, but art has the same effect on me. I love art museums..they can exhaust me in a good way.

Both..cant pick myself up, but can definately worsen..There are a couple o songs, on bad days, that I have to skip..otherwise I feel gonna have another breakdown..And I love angry music, believe it or not! I can turn it into positive beating noise in which Ive gotta keep pace..get stuff done..I tell a lie..The great burrito extortion did actually cheer me up in the summer..good irony,tongue in cheek,sniggerable..

Angry music's great for bp ... can lift me for a little while.

gotta love Cledace T Judd! I love most country though. Most say that would bring them down...(cheating and dogs dieing music) but i find that it has a nice beat that I can swing to(not sing.. cant do that hehe) it is the side to side shuffle what time i am ringing up the customers for 8 hours! I hate to work with the two or three employees that play that weird umm 70s? janis joplin kinda stuff or umm silver chair and journey all 8 hours. Not that they are that terrible but those songs are singing songs not swingin' ones lol

we had this thread in another community & I was saying music is my prozac. can lift me in a second, expecially if I am driving & stick on something like the Deftones or old Metallica. releases all my anger.

Definately. I actually listen to Christian music as I work out and the combination of the exercise and the worship songs has such transforming power!

personally, i cannot help but to surrender to music. i look like a freak when i'm out and about because my knees bounce, my hand tap rhythm, and my head bobs a little.

when i'm super depressed and i cannot get out of it, i just put on some cat power and some pinback and wallow in the mood.

so yeah, my vote says it does.

Controlling what to play is a great thing.
Nick Drake's music just hits me in the heart.A Gentle yet transient mood pleaser.

I still can't listen to radio.
Seems that the more soul I find in this ilness...the less soul I hear on the radio.

Hey check out our music, go to this site: http://www.cedarbreak.com
We have free original Xmas songs written by myself "Frozen Tears" and my husband (he wrote the others)and I'm doing vocals on Frozen Tears, and back ups on the other Xmas songs. Parts of my husbands new album is on the music page. We haven't pressed it yet, due to money and moving, so he put it on the internet for free downloads. You can download some of his tunes if you want to.

I choose music to match the mood I'm in.

I listen to music all the time...and yes keep switching to find one that matches my mood, pick me up and then again, find something to help me through it...sometimes those tears get stuck and a sad song helps me get it out.....

they say that music soothes the savage beast.....keeps animals company in them barns and keep the birds away in the fields....it a good thing no matter what!!
I would be lost without it....

If I choose music to reflect my mood, if it's down, I get worse and then can't get out of it anymore.
I try to listen to LOUD rock/metal/grunge to perk me up. But I gravitate to sad music unfortunately.