How Music Makes Us Feel

Let me begin by saying that I’m new to the world of blogging.

I don’t read blogs, I don’t write blogs, and I don’t particularly know anything about them, apart from the occasional ‘what fruit matches your personality’ buzzfeed quiz. Yes, yes… I know what you’re thinking now, and it’s probably along the lines of, ‘how is this related to music?… Why is this girl writing a blog?… Should I continue reading this?… For the love of all that is good will Khaleesi finally win the Iron throne and make Drogon go dracarys on her enemies a***s?’

ALL very relevant questions.

Despite my love for Game of Thrones, and the fact that I’m creating this blog as part of a course requirement for my media relations class *waves at Martin*, I thought it be useful to embrace and immerse myself in the world of blogging as I explore an industry I’ve attempted to get involved in for a long time.

So let’s get down to business. What industry am I talking about?

Incase you didn’t know, and if the title of this post *hint hint* or my tagline *hint hint again* didn’t make it clear, its MUSIC! In fact this whole blog is dedicated to music-related topics.

Bahá’u’lláh, the founder of the Bahai faith wrote, “music is the ladder to the soul,” through it “our souls may be lifted up onto the realm on high”. In other words – and this is purely based on my understanding of the quotation – if the music we choose to listen to or create has divine attributes (i.e. promotes love and fellowship, doesn’t make you want to kill everyone, doesn’t dwell on the ego and self, uplifts you), it has the potential to exhilarate the spirit.

Whether or not you’re spiritual or ascribe to a religion, I think we can all resonate with the notion that certain songs can make us feel good and others, not so good. Certain songs can inspire us to reconnect with an old friend, and others not so much. There is an intrinsic connection with the images we see or the things we hear, and how it affects our temperament, emotions and behaviour.

Take for instance, ‘Yesterday‘ by the Beatles, and think about what emotions it evokes.

Or Eminem’s (low-key one of my rappers by the way), ‘Cleaning’ Out My Closet‘.

Now contrast them with Pharrell’s 2013 hit ‘Happy‘, and try to reflect on what emotions it evokes in you.

For the purpose of this blog post, I won’t dwell on how they are meant to make you feel, because it will be different for each person. I do however encourage all of you to think about the music you consume and how it affects you. What song’s uplift and exhilarate your spirit? What song’s don’t?

Let me know, I’d love to hear your input.

Until next time.

 

 

To learn more about the Bahai Faith you can visit: http://www.bahai.org