Music and Its Effects: A Short Story

Without music peoples lives would be bland and tasteless, everyday we hear some type of music whether it is on the radio on your drive to work, or a person passing by whistling an old age tune. I love music and don't know where I would be without it ranging from the most beautiful symphonic pieces straught out by Beethoven to the new age rock we hear on the radio. To me the most beautiful and masterfully created songs invoke emotion.

When you hear a modern song you think yeah that has a cool beat but when I hear it I look deeper into it to listen to the lyrics and understand what the singer is trying to get across and how they truly feel when they wrote that song. Music can be depicted as a link to generations as well as a separator, what you think is cool now people will think is old and lame ten years from now, that is unless it is one of those cross-generation songs such as Journey's "Don't Stop Believing" no matter how old you get the moment you hear that piano intro you think man what great times I had.

Another praiseworthy thing music accomplishes is its innate ability to take you to another world, no matter what is going on right now how you feel or how your day went the moment you put in those ipod headphones or crank up your stereo and close your eyes everything dissipates but that one song, it connects you to another realm of relaxation and complete freedom. Music can alter your mood, relieve stress and ultimately connect you to people, sure peoples taste in music may be different but we can all agree that Music no matter what it's form is an amazing thing.

It is a beautiful thing no question but to really understand it you have to look into it, the best method that also can relieve even the worst stress from a hard day is to turn off your lights and cancel out any other noise but the song. To really feel a song you have to listen to it with no other distractions. Music is an art, and a science. The most complex mathematical equations can all be transferred through into song form by assigning notes to symbols it is really amazing to hear and amazing to create.

Overall I believe that music is the greatest way to express how you feel and to get a message across whether your sad, happy, angry, or just relaxed music is a tool to another world.