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The song in my dreams sounds familiar. I'm sure that it's a song that I've heard someplace somewhere in time. I could probably sing the words if I wanted to. When I awaken I am usually hearing that song in the dream I was in.
If write it down as soon as I wake up then I can capture the song and its melody is in my mind. I used to be able to think the song over and over throughout several following hours and memorize it, but now I have more distractions. The memorization method works well if you are involved in a long repetitious activity such as mowing a large lawn, driving a long distance alone, or working on an assembly line.
Sometimes the rhythm of the repetitious activity can set the tempo for the music. I replay the song until it's stuck in my head. When I was younger I took the time to do this. Lately I've been waiting for the songs to come. They're there--I remember hearing them. Now I apparently don't pay enough attention to the songs I'm hearing. I can no longer sing them.
Do you hear songs in your dreams? Have you ever written dream songs down? What are the songs like?
What a question to ask a Daniel O Donnell fan Lee?
ReplyDeleteSeriously I sometimes awaken with a song running through my mind sometimes a song I haven't thought of in many a year.
Enjoyed the post.
Yvonne.
No I don't think I have heard music in my dreams...it doesn't form a very important part of my life so maybe that's why it doesn't intrude in my dreams.
ReplyDeleteI can't remember ever hearing songs in my dreams, but would absolutely love for Led Zeppelin to turn up! I'm gona think about this all day and hopefully it will happen tonight. :)
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I've never had songs in my dreams, at least that I recall. However, oftentimes during the day, I'll start humming a melody that comes out of nowhere and eventually becomes an ear worm of sorts. It generally won't let up until I change activities or go to the piano to plunk out the tune. Strange how the mind works.
ReplyDeleteYvonne -- Your answer as one who loves music makes sense.
ReplyDeleteDelores -- Your answer also makes sense if music doesn't play a big role in your life.
Anna -- So did it happen? If I heard certain Led Zeppelin songs in my dreams it would probably wake me up.
Paula -- Could music be a subconscious messaging stream that speaks to us in a non-verbal language?
Lee
I sometimes wake up in the middle of the night because in my dream I found the solution to a problem: a melody that didn't sound right the day before or a song that I didn't know how to finish. Then I will record the melody I played in my dream on my phone or camera and the next day I'll switch on my studio equipment and record the song. I guess you could say music keeps me occupied.
ReplyDeleteRCB--For me it's important to capture the song right away and then keep it going until I've firmly established it in my memory. There have been a few times when I've tried to capture the moment on a hand-held device and then later when I go back to listen I can't remember what it was really like and the song is lost.
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