10 Reasons Why I Love Music

I decided to create this list not based off of being a musician myself but a lover of music and the arts in general. Here are 10 reasons why I love the art of music.

10. The beauty of orchestration.

A really well-written and orchestrated piece of music can ignite the emotional, physical, and spiritual realm of its listener. It can revive the art of listening to more than just music but life all around us. I appreciate  especially the arrangement of a piece because it makes me appreciate the composer themselves, and how they connect so many different elements to create a unified composition.

9. Takes up silence. 

Silence is golden indeed. I don’t have anything against silence. It’s a beautiful thing in moderation. But space is meant to be shared. I believe music collaborates with silence. Silence makes you appreciate music

8. Collaboration of the arts. 

Music is just one of the many arts out there. There are the visual arts, fashion, literature, dance, theatre and many more. Music works with the other arts and brings out the best in each other. 

7. Artistic support. 

I am a firm believer in supporting the arts as well as the artist. When we consuming music, we are supporting the producers and musicians who put themselves out there in a risky industry. Of course the art of support has become a very fascinating debate dealing with money, politics, and law. However showing financial, physical, and emotional support is extremely important and keeps the artist and their work very much alive.

6. Engages emotion.

Happy songs elevate happiness. Sad songs empathize with us. Funny songs lighten up our darkest days. Love songs offer hope to the lonely and understanding to the united. Inspirational songs keep us motivated in times of turbulence and struggle. Music engages our emotions and elevates them to their fullest potential.

5. Ignites imagination. 

Music inspires people to think beyond what is happening in the real world. It broadens our horizons. It ignites our creativity. It introduces is to the impossible, the unimaginable, the unthinkable. It rescues us from the mundane and routine into a space of solitude and wonder. It can also cause us to reach within ourselves and express ourselves in ways we never thought we could. 

4. Self-expression.

 You can tell a lot about a person by the kind of music they regularly listen to and the kind that catches their ear. Diverse tastes in music reflect an open-minded personality. Relaxed and classic music exudes a person who appreciates life in the most simplistic ways. Energetic and vivacious music go along with a vivacious and adventurous person. Music helps to solidify us in our identity and allows us to access unique and expressive freedoms within ourselves.

3. Empathy of experience. 

Music, with or without words, tells a story. It offers information and experience in an artistic context. It offers understanding into our worlds and our experiences. Music can express what we’ve gone through and allows us to connect to others based on life experiences through song and lyric.

2. Creates a memory. 

The first time we heard our favorite song/artist. The first concert/event we attended. A song about a loved one, a lost one, a dream, a reality, a sad time, a happy time. Music creates nostalgia. It reminds us of events in our lives, reignites our subconscious, and connects our pasts with our present.

1. Music is universal. 

In a world full of hundreds of different and distinct ethnicities, cultures, and languages, music is one thing that connects them all. It is a language in its own that everyone can understand. Sure there are many different kinds of music. But all music consists of some form of orchestration and arrangement. All music is a form of creative expression that provokes emotion and experience. They create memories for the artist and the audience. No matter how much the world changes, music's influence on the world remains at the forefront of cultural expression. That's how it always has been and how it always will be.

~L~