Furry music is an odd thing. I'm never one to squash a creative outlet, but for the longest time I never could figure out just what it was doing here on FA. I forget how now, but I ended up listening to some, and found a few composers that I liked. Before long I was listening through entire galleries. I don't comment around here as often as I should, so I figured why not leave a few encouraging remarks? Music is very evocative, and the artists that I gravitated to tended to have very diverse, dynamic styles that left me with much to say at the end. I left a few of what I felt to be superfluous, uninformed comments on pieces that really spoke to me, and I thought that that was that.

I never expected the enthusiastic response that I got to my assessment and words of encouragement. I knew very little in a technical sense, the same way I do when I comment on visual works of art, but where those are predominantly ignored, my little blurbs on musical compositions prompted a tremendous wealth of gratitude. I was truly flabbergasted. All I ever really did was try to summarize how the music made me feel, what it made me experience; trying to see if I got the same message that the composer had in mind. Since I got such overwhelming feedback on my feedback, I started doing it regularly, with everyone I listened too. Nearly every time I listened to a clip I had something to say. Soon a quick "Hey thanks" in the comment box was replaced with a heartfelt note the following day, stammering through stunned and near-speechless gratitude for all I had done. Someone said they felt silly just writing "I don't know what to say." In response to every single one, so they condensed everything into a single note. Pretty much everyone had some level of difficulty articulating just what this meant to them. Poor  karuno was nearly moved to tears reading some of my more impassioned reviews of his work.

One of my latest victims of this gallery-sweeping nice-comment-leaving crusade was  nevir who out of nowhere decided that my effort merited a gift. I suppose it's my turn now to be overwhelmed my my new friends' generosity as I look over this charming picture I now have to commemorate this little experience.

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/9980947/

I suppose the lesson to take away from this is that you should never assume you won't like something until you try it, and that goes both ways too. Never assume someone won't appreciate something you do without doing it!