How does Music affect us?

Music is a beautiful thing, isn't it?

The way a melody just flows through your veins as you close your eyes

The way a certain beat or movement can invoke different kinds of feelings inside you

If you are lucky it can send shivers down your body or give you goosebumps

But why does music have that much of an impact on us?

Why does it have the power to join together different types of people

Or change our perspective of things

There is a Japanese saying that a human has three different faces

The one you show to others

The one you show to your friends and family

The one that you show to no one

That last one is your truest form according to the saying

Music is like that in a way

With different genres and emotions

Ranging from

Soul or sad music

EDM or happy music

Classical or debt music

The way a human brain works

Is that we choose the type of music with our hearts

If you are sad

You play slow temple music with sad lyrics

If you want to be happy

You play an upbeat song with repetitive or powerful lyrics

But if you try to listen to music

Not in your current mood

Then you get a strange feeling inside

A feeling of uncertainty

With your mind racing with thousands of thoughts

Trying to figure out life

If you play happy music while you are sad

Then unexpectedly you might become sadder

If you play sad music while you feel normal

Then you get a wave of heightening emotions through your veins

Causing you to get irritated easily

Our brains are a powerful thing

With different thoughts and emotions as you grow older

It's no wonder; we evolve

Our taste of music changes

But we might not notice until we pause

And let the music take control of our body

While we forget all of our troubles in life

Music is a beautiful thing isn't it

Listen closely

And you may find what you are looking for