i can't help but here certain styles of music and think that the artists were under the influence while or around the time they were writing the songs. music that makes me feel so tranquil and happy and big short bursts of cold tingling through my body. maybe they know how to tap into and give that state of mind. so my question is do opiates increase your creativity, whether it be music,writing, art or otherwise. do opiates give you a higher appreciation of music? like when high do you enjoy it more. i know i do with bud, but i've always attributed that to the fact that weed enhances senses when high. so anyone wanna answer my questions?
for me, I become more creative and more connected with others when I first start using the opiate, but if I continue to unabated, it all goes away and I'm sorta numb and dumb. then I can detox, flush myself and when I use the opiate again, it's the same flood of awareness and creativity as the first time before. I guess that's how my internal mechanism tells me that oc's are not something I should have more than once in a while... but I know what you mean about music artists being able to capture and portray the "sound" of the high. That's one of the reasons music and art are so important; they express what words can't. the music icons in the 60's were in effect the leaders of the counter movement since they could express the psychedelic agenda via music and straight culture couldn't see it. Maybe the same kind of thing with jazz when it came out, maybe partially to express the sensations of weed or heroin, idk.
I love jamming some improv. jazz while on opiates. jamming with some friends (any genre of music) is really the only time I take them. but thats every now and then, downers are ok ever once in awhile for me...
good music can be appreciated by anyone whether your under the influence or not in my opinion. sorry to be a downer. just got back from the Raconteurs show tonight. after a few beers i can enjoy the experience more. uninhibited i guess is the word. i havent had enough experience with opiates to comment about that. for me music enhances moments, moods, and feelings. not the other way around. drugs or whatever enhancing the music. i dont know if that makes any sense.
i can see how your thinking, cause i love music high or not but when high i tend to delve more into the world of music i guess is how i can put it. but when high i do see how music changes the atmosphere and shit, the general mood of the high and everything else.
Yeh opiates defentially help with your creative side i think its because of the empathy that is induced. also i've noticed when i play the guitar in those moments before i get the "Nod" i will play the best i have ever played everthing flows, seriously. weed makes listening to music better but actually playing it i think it inhibits you and stuff like acid or shrooms makes you more creative in the long run but playing is shit hard. overall i think opiates are the musicians drug.
Nice thread to keep alive. Opiates really have seemed like the musicians drugs of choice. As far as the connection I feel to music while I'm on them, I think it's pretty damn strong. I don't think I become all that creative while I'm really high on opes because I get too relaxed. All I want is incredible music playing, and I want it to be whatever I want to listen to. Music can give an extra boost to that state of euphoria, however, the truth is that I'll probably feel incredible just sitting there. Once I'm up, though, music brings out many benefits.
The only substances that i know that boost your creativity is marijuana and LSD, I dont know about opiates, everytime I've done em I just start nodding off.
music is definitly great on opiates. i specifically love really chill acoustic and folk (old crow medicine show, loudon wainwright III, etc) or underground rap (sage francis, sandpeople, etc). i would never listen to those types of music tripping, however, and the music i love to trip to doesnt sound all that great on opiates either. weird.
To me, opioids are just as, or more spiritual (or whatever you like) than the hallucinogens. And, for music, opioids are amazing. My favorite things to listen to are old Genesis and jazz.
