A Realization

Today in class I have made a realization about jazz music, I find it to be extremely irritating to my ears. I can honestly say that I have given it a fair shot numerous amounts of times throughout middle school, high school and now college. Each time I find the music so difficult to follow and it essentially having no true form. Perhaps the reason why I don't like the system of jazz music because the type of music I enjoy is something I can follow and remember. Mr. Deumer said in class today that jazz has a different system than what our ears are trained to hear, and then eventually with time the ears can pick up on it. I'm starting to think that I must not have sophisticated enough ears for jazz because the amount times I've listened to jazz and have even accompanied some of my more musical friends at their gigs in a small downtown Syracuse clubs I always have to regrettably inform them that I didn't like it. Although I have had these experiences many times I think what made me finally realize that I will never enjoy jazz was the video shown in class of Thelonious Monk also known as the Rain Man of jazz, I thought the music that was being played was so painful to listen to that I literally had to leave the room for a bathroom break to get a moment of relief. I understand that early jazz has inspired countless artists of today to create the music that I enjoy now but I cannot comprehend how jazz could be inspirational. I am just hoping that class will take a turn into a realm of music I can actually enjoy because thus far I have been struggling to find any interest or relation to these topics.