Episode 3: I've Got the Music in Me

Let's talk about music.

If you know anything at all about me, you know I love music. And I mean, LOVE. Seriously. Music is without a doubt the greatest thing in the world. Screw food, screw sex (heh), screw winning the lottery. Without music, my life would be empty and devoid of meaning. Here's why music is just awesome:

1. Music makes you FEEL. You listen to happy music when you're loving life. You listen to sad music while you cry your eyes out because your crush starting dating some self-centered d-bag and chained you down in the friendzone. You listen to music to get excited, to relax, to cheer you up. Music conveys emotion. But beyond that, music has a physical response. You know what I'm talking about. We all have that song we love to listen to, and when it gets to our favorite part-be it a dissonant chord, a sweet riff, or an epic drop- we FEEL that part of the song. You might get more excited, your heart rate might increase, you might even get chills and breathe a sigh in sheer awe. I know I do.

2. Music has existed since forever. There have always been music as long as mankind has existed. It's one of the many gifts we humans possess. Before much of history was written down, bards and minstrels and poets would travel around and tell stories and news about other places through song. Which leads me to my next point.

3. Music communicates to us. The lyrics of any song are just as important as the melody and chords. That's part of what makes us feel emotion when listening to music. When a song's melody and chord structure perfectly complement each other, the result is unlike anything in the world. I'm not afraid to admit that I've shed a single (yet extremely manly) tear at a few concerts and musicals just in awe of a piece's sheer beauty.
Or (on a less sappy, romantic note) look back through history. Music is a prevalent communicator. In wars (not so much anymore), drummers would drum a beat to which soldiers would march, dictating their movement. Or how about during the age of slavery and the Underground Railroad? Slaves would sing as they worked, not to keep their spirits up (which I'm sure it did), but to communicate to other slaves as to when they would be moving and where to go to escape to freedom. Who thinks of that? That's just freaking awesome.

4. A capella music. Nuff said.

5. Music makes you smarter. No joke. According to the multiple intelligence theory in psychology, music makes us of pretty much all the different intelligences. Not to mention, being able to read and play music correlates with a better understanding of math. And, studies have shown that children who are musically fostered can begin to carry a tune by the age of 3. What studies, you ask? The study of shut your mouth, what I say is the truth. No but really, I'm sure you can find some sort of literature on this subject out there. 3 years old, man. How cool is that?

I could go on and on about music and why it's awesome (I mean, I kind of already did), but I'm sure that you're probably bored of listening to my musical rant because you hate music and probably other wonderful things like puppies and ice cream. If that is not the case, good for you. I like you. Let's be friends.

So that's about it for today. No real life updates, because my life is kind of uneventful at this point. Just trying to get back into the college routine. Playing ultimate, singing in choir. Super exciting stuff. Anyway, for those of you who plan to keep reading my blog in the future (and I hope there is a plethora of you wonderful people), it looks like this is going to be a weekly thing with updates every Thursday. The updates might not come at the same time on Thursdays, but there will most definitely be updates on Thursdays. Anyway, thanks for reading! See you next week!