The Power of Music

Music is a powerful thing. You may be thinking that you already know that, but have you ever really thought about the power this can give to people? Why do you think countries play patriotic music before sending their soldiers off to war? Because it pumps them up and gets them all ready to kill for their country. That using music to encourage nationalism. Hitler used it. Other than the fact that he was a great orator, the Nazis also used music. They knew that they could use music to sway people, to get people on their side.

Has anyone seen Brokeback Mountain? If you listen to the music, you'll see-or should I say hear-that the music is all beautiful and amazingly loving when the two cowboys are together, but once they go home and are with their wives, then the music is unhappy. Yes, music has moods. Moods it inspires in the listener. So obviously, different music can be used to inspire different moods and actions/responses.

If you don't believe me, just listen to your own music. Put something in that's loud and hard to understand. Next put something in that's quiet and almost like classical. Which one was easier to listen to, and which one was it easier to relax too. Obviously, the answer would be the second style of music.

As I have said, music can dramtically, or not as dramatically, affect people's moods. This is something that people will always use, since it gives them power. And power is something that almost no human being can pass up. So we might want to be careful about what we listen to and where. After all, what's there to loose?