The Power Of Music
“I know many people, myself included, who would not have survived without music. I almost died, and music helped me survive. It is incredibly powerful and we must be careful that it is not misused. “
(Stefan Koelsh)
This article was inspired by a Portuguese fado ; As I listened to it, I felt my soul being filled in a powerful way, so I thought I had to write an article about music. .. the one that fills so many moments in our life, the one that adorns so many special occasions … because how many memories come associated with a melody or a song?
Music, like perfumes, have the power to take us back in time, to live with nostalgia the first time we fell in love, to remember our mother doing chores listening to those songs or our old friends, dancing with laughter. in that old bar that no longer exists.
And the thing is that music is capable of making us nostalgic, happy, sad, melancholic …. it has the power to evoke emotions.
Music has so much power that when I listen to fado I imagine myself in Portugal walking its streets, having a good time chatting with friends, with whom I share experiences and confidences, and I feel a kind of melancholy and happiness that I cannot explain with words, just feel with the heart.
Music and brain
Stefan Koelsh is a musician, sociologist, neurobiologist, doctor of neuroscience and professor of music psychology at the Free University of Berlin , and has focused all his studies on understanding the effect and power of music on our brain.
According to the doctor, through MRI we can see how music profoundly modifies our brain.
But what are Stefan’s most interesting conclusions about music and our brain? We summarize it in a few tips:
– Sad music can make us depressed. Even if they play us music that we don’t like at all, it has the power to bring out the worst in us, in addition to being used to torture and manipulate people.
One of his students went to Africa to do research. He went to visit people who had never listened to music and played them sad, happy music, to arouse fear and their faces clearly reflected all the emotions that the different melodies evoked.
– Music and language share the same network, especially in children, the brain does not distinguish between music and language. That is why it is very important that both children and babies listen to music. With music, children learn language processes and listening skills faster and have fewer dyslexia problems.
– People who have depression and sing and play together, get better. Although on this point, the professor clarifies that they still do not have scientific conclusions.
-Music helps people with Parkinson’s and autoimmune diseases.
-Music can accelerate the heart, cause palpitations, dilate the pupils, alter digestion, make the hands sweat … and all the organs, hormones and the immune system react to music.
-According to various research, music has regenerative effects at the biological level.
I have always believed so much in the power of music, now I don’t even tell you. I leave you a list of songs, to awaken your endorphins, your alpha waves and everything it takes to make you happier.
Jamiroquai- Insanity https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JkIs37a2JE
Enya-Caribbean blue https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1L8uRApYeQ
Amy Winhouse-Valerie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OICEc_f88iE
Tracy Chapman- Give me one reason https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DjTDC9RQlg
Compay 2-Chan Chan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2dFLlaEaIU
Terence Trent D´Arby-Dance little sister https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcUmIRw0N5w
Terence Trent D´Arby- Sign your name https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxQsTEAiB0o
As obviously everyone has their tastes … What songs do you like?
