INSPIRATIONAL MUSINGS 28 Never Deny Yourself The Joy Good Music Brings

— Victor Hugousic is such a wonderful thing, it brings so much joy to billions of people across the world, it evokes interesting memories, and it is a powerful way of pa.s.sing a

message across to its intended audience.

Popular musicians all over the world have enjoyed the fame, money and power that come with music. Music has served as a means of control over the ages. Politicians, business leaders, dictators, corporations have used music to reach out to followers and customers alike. Elections have been won with the influence of music. Sales of corporate organizations have improved with the influence of music.

What I find most intriguing about music is how it works on one's mood. Music can help bring you out of a foul mood, it can also make you reflect deeply on matters that require your mental input, music is a tool to express love, it grants comfort, and it lifts up one's spirit even when one is sorrowful. How would the world have been without music? The world would have been such a boring place to live in without music. How would celebrations be taking place without songs? What about places of wors.h.i.+p, how would we dance and rejoice without music? It is better left to be imagined than wished for in the first place.

The interesting thing is no one can tell exactly the beginning of music, the beginning of it remains shrouded in mystery, although it is believed that it might have been around for 55,000 years, a lot of researchers suggest that its origin precedes the primitive age, but archaeologists a.s.sume that it has its origin in Africa. This might not be too far-fetched when you think about such musical instruments like the talking drum and the merry nature of Africans, how they dance to music and the role music played during the slave trade and the apartheid regime of South Africa.

Africans just love to sing and also dance to the music of their choice. Can you blame us? When you listen to the melody of Apala and African heavy metal or that of afrobeat or afro hip-hop or juju music, then you will agree that African music is perfect, and to thinkthatdespitetheinventionofmanymusicalinstruments, the talking drum and sekere (our own musical instruments) continue to add an in describable flavour to music till date.

Music as a Source of Inspiration Music has always been a motivator for me always, I listen to music all the time, at home, in my office, in my car, and I just can't do without it. Many times music also serves as a means of escape from the pressures of life for me. Once you are around me, you will notice songs of different genres. I have since noticed that music can serve as an inspiration especially when you listen to the type of music that lifts your spirit. It also helps productivity at work place, why so is because it lifts your spirit and in the process it makes you show more interest in the work you do, and ultimately improves your concentration levels. Once you concentrate on the work at hand in good spirits, then you can solve problems and generate fresh ideas.

Music has inspired many people to achieve great things in the past. Thierry Henry, voted as the best foreign football player to have ever graced the English Premier League was asked what his secret was when going to play in the big games against t.i.tle rivals, he said he listens to rap music before going into such games, according to him he drew inspiration from those songs to go out there and do what he knew well how to do. It isn't limited to Thierry Henry alone, many sportsmen draw strength and inspiration from different genre of music before going out there to face the crowd and perform to optimum levels.

Some manufacturing companies have also used music to get the best out of factory workers, and in most cases their productivity levels increased. Words can't describe the things music can achieve in this world. The length at which music has inspired many people to do great things in different spheres of life can't be over-emphasized. Many university and secondary school students listen to music all the time when reading for tests and examinations, and many continue to improve their performance in school knowingly o run knowingly through the incentive music provides.

Music is Big Business

Music has since a.s.sumed a new dimension in recent years, it has become a multi-billion-dollar industry, and corporate organizations continue to use music and musicians to project their brands, in the process millions of jobs have been created—dancers, music engineers, music video directors, makeup artists, tailors, artist managers etc. continue to get paid from the fat proceeds of record sales. Record companies now have robust bank balances, record label CEOs continue to make millions of dollars as they consistently come up with new ideas to keep fans enamoured of the different kinds of songs their labels produce every now and then.
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Somehow, music is at the centre of everything these days — the promoters of fas.h.i.+on, entertainment, movies, tourism and sports use music as a pivot to reach out to their patrons and customers. This further shows the big business music has become in recent years.

Since its metamorphosis, the Nigerian music industry continues to break new grounds too and it doesn't appear like it will slow down anytime soon. Gone are the days Nigerian musical artists were struggling for recognition, they are doing so well these days, they have even taken the gains here onto the international stage.

Musicas an Instrument of Peace

I will never forget the song "We are the world." A song released in 1985 to help ease the effects of the famine that ravaged the nation of Ethiopia between 1983 and 1985. There was are mix of the song in 2010 to help the survivors and victims of the earthquake that claimed several lives in Haiti. Millions of dollars were raised on bothoccasionstointerveneandreducethesufferingofthousands of people. That's how powerful music is. Music continues to live on, it also continues to bring happiness to homes and lives, it continues to be a source of entertainment, it continues to provide hope, it continues to spice up celebrations across the world. Music serves as a vehicle to express love and affection.

I want you to discover the strength that can be drawn from music going forward if you haven't known it yet, choose the kind of songs you listen to, find the ones with meaningful messages

that can lift your spirit, the ones that can touch your heart in special ways, and make sure you enjoy them every step of the way.