Music, The Violin Of Life

Music is the art of science of combining vocal or instrumental sounds (or both) to produce beauty of form, harmony and expression of emotion. The oxford advanced learner's dictionary defines music as sounds that are arranged in a way that is pleasant or exciting to listen to. It's the written or printed signs that represents the sounds to be played or sung in a piece of music.

Music is life and to so many people, it's the reason they are alive. You might deprive someone like me for instance of his food for a whole day and I will do just fine but try depriving me of my music for just a second and you'll find an human body just lying frustrated on the bed with no soul in it, it's more like you disconnected me from life. Apparently, music is like food to the soul, a merry heart is a joyful heart, a joyful heart is a sound mind and a sound mind is a musically inclined one.

The truth is, music does more to the human body than we can ever imagine. Basically, it does more than just bringing sound to its ears. Just as water is very essential for the digestion process that takes place in the human body, so is music extremely important to maintain stability in the human head, it lubricates the mind. So many things go on in there and a little piece of music could serve as a filter that eliminates all the stress imposed on the brain due to the work overload and excess thinking undergone in the course of carrying out the day's work, thereby bringing a suiting feel to the ear, body and soul.

Fundamentally, it is life preserving. Just as Paracetamol is a pain killer, so is it an automatic stress reliever, it enlarges the life span. It is innovative, suiting, music is the violin of life. Subscribe to its manual and enjoy the bumpy ride through the world of class and exclusive instrumentation. Music is love, music is togetherness, it is an ambassador for peace. It cuts across all race, culture and gender. Inherently, music is me, music is you, music is us, it's the reason we all gather in lounges and refreshment homes to unwind and meet with friends.

Music connects us to life itself, a life without it is like a shoe without its lace. And the truth is, no matter the genre of music that catches your fantasy, there's always some sort of satisfaction met when the earphones romances your eardrum and when you just allow it breathe out ceaselessly through your speakers. It calms your nerves and sets you in the mood, taking away all your worries and preparing you for the task ahead. It is inspirational, motivational and empowering. And just like style, it gives a mouth to mouth to your personality, thus bringing it to life. A good investment in music is a good investment of your time because a well relaxed brain will always produce for you.

Just as leaders spend their leisure time catching up on a good book, you can spend yours listening to good music in as mush as you're feeding on the right content. Music is the vehicle that transports you instantly from the valley of depression to the city of creation. It's a weapon that forces the enemies of fatigue and boredom to be dispelled quickly and instantly from our lives. It's like a current in the ocean of life moving us towards the palace of our dreams. When everything around is dying, music lives, so lets carefully rebuild the atmosphere of our expectation, hope and enthusiasm. Music is life, don't stop the music.

Kay Magnate