Music is a thing of Note!

I love music and listening to music.  It is the most wonderful form of communication and relaxation.  It is able to set a mood and help one to change your mood.  It can help to send a message and it can soothe an aching heart.  Musical lyrics can tell a story and fill a void, where there may be loss or pain.  One can sit quietly and listen to it and one can dance and leap to it.  Diversity in music and tastes is very similar to people.  There are many genres and styles of music, as with people's personalities.  You get 'heavy metal' people, who are loud and in your face and 'pop' people, who are bubbly and vibrant; there are 'classical' people who are quiet and sophisticated and 'trance' people who are absentminded dreamers and always seem to be in another world.  Music can invoke so much emotion and is often a trigger to a memory or situation.  When we get married for example, we have a song that ushers us into the venue of the church and the reception.  During a funeral we have music to celebrate a life and the passing of a soul to eternity.  Our favourite movies have theme songs which many times help us to remember the movie long after we forget the actors, or the name of the film.  Sometimes when we cant express what we want to say, we can play a song to a person to help them remember how we feel about them.  Top sports teams and sportsmen and women  are motivated by a song, before they go onto their respective field, or track or court.  The music industry remains a massive influencer in life and yet often the people making the music do not always respect their effect on the youth and how much they can sway people's thinking and motives and thoughts.  It seems to be mostly about money and how many sales they can make, but the effect of music is so important that I hope that the makers realise their responsibility in shaping lives and futures.  To drive home after a long day and listen to your favourite song, or sit down to a glass of wine and put on a piece of music to bring about peace, or even go to a party where good music is playing and to dance to the beat until your feet ache are treasures in a life.  These are special moments and I am privileged to have the ability and the passion to hear the notes and words as often as I can.