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Be My Head:
I listen to Romantic and Impressionist music when I'm feeling melancholy, as well as some modern movie score composers (Hisaishi!!). I generally blast some metal or hardcore punk when I'm in an energetic or angry mood.

When I'm feeling average I listen to everything else really. I couldn't tie any certain mood to a specific kind of music. Let's just say, heavy = mad/energetic, Soft = sad, Epic/poppy = happy.

Some music I listen to purely for the experience and it has little emotion tied to it, like Aphex Twin or Toru Takemitsu.

Mr. Doctor:
From the beginning I thought that I listened to my music depending on my mood...

But after a while I realized that it was bullshit... Because it happens really often that I'm hearing a really really depressing song and I feel happy.
So yeah... I don't hearing music depending on my mood. I just hear whatever style depending if I want to listen to it or not. I can listen to grindcore and then switch to Björk in just a couple of minutes.

Zingoleb:
When I'm feeling really upset and feeling close to have a psychotic breakdown I have a playlist of really upbeat happy music that helps to pull me out of it sometimes.

I have a playlist called "In Waking We Grow, In Dreaming We Thrive" which is a strange mix of music that should be  played without any lights on in the dark. Iron & Wine, classical music, Karl Sanders...

rynne:

--- Quote from: Will on 15 Jul 2009, 10:39 ---I'm more intrigued by the difference in strategy; I tend to pick music that complements my various emotional states

--- End quote ---

I do both, honestly.  Sometimes if I'm feeling sad I'll put on something ridiculously mopey (*cough*Smiths*cough*) or other times I'll put on something a bit more light. 

There are some extremes where I'll have to be in just about the absolute opposite mood from the record to balance out the whole thing; for example, I can only really listen to Merzbow in moments when I'm completely calm and content, otherwise it's way too annoying to even consider listening to.

Avec:
The responses above have been strictly on bitter or unhappy moods. Belle & Sebastian generally puts a smile on my face regardless of circumstance as I can often relate to the lyrics anyway, that brings me to ask what music just makes you happy?

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