Soul of Music

After having a stressful day, I would go straight to the most comfortable place in the house that is no other than my bed. I would switch on my iPod and listen to my favorite songs. And just like magic, as the music plays, my mood changes and everything just simply eases out in me.

Unquestionably there is something in music that changes mood and feelings, that clears up blurred minds and sooths burden hearts. Its various rhythms are deeply appreciated, depending on what mood they are in. Music may come in fast or slow. Jazz rhythm suits one who is bored to death. When feeling sad and out, one listens to the blues and gets soothed with its flowing and gentle tones. Loves songs are simply adorable when one is deeply in love. Rock or hip-hops enliven and energize especially the young ones. Undoubtedly, each rhythm gives a mood depending in ones atmosphere or feeling.

Indeed, music has a soul that lifts a man’s spirit to heights where the hustle and bustles of life disappear into oblivion leaving a feeling of relieved and healed as trance grows as the songs gently penetrated his heart and mind.

It gives pleasure, pain, enjoyment, sorrow, melancholy, zest, inspiration, sentimentality and so on. It evokes various moods in the soul of man. Name it and a song can evoke it.

This reminds me of a story entitled “the sailor’s song”. A group of sailors sang this song before they boarded their ship. In the middle of their voyage, they encountered a fierce storm. Knowing that there is no way they could save their lives, they sang “the sailors’ song”. It gave them the bravery to face the last moment of their lives together with dignity. With this, they used music in a sense to express their feelings. This also reminds me again of another story of an old lady, who’s alone in her house long abandoned by her husband. She would still listen to their favorite songs. Is this may be to ease her hurts or to express her missing him?

Now these stories make us wonder why man in the midst of his sorrow, fear or being in situations where there is no hope, they still have the courage and inspiration to sing or listen to songs. Perhaps, it is because music gives them comfort, solace, hope and most of all the spirit to face life.

There are people though, who love music to the core. They feel, breathe, and savour the rhythm and words with ardour and deep appreciation. In other words, they just live in them. Music is their life.  For me, they are the ones who perfectly feel the soul of music. Singers and musicians, they have my deep respect and admiration. Together they make the soul of music tangible.

Soul of Music Indeed!!!