Music For The Soul

A few days back, my best friend Prakriti said "There are a million songs that we could connect to right now and they're out there. We might listen to them, we might not. Songs that we can wear like sweaters because they fit us so perfectly” and it really got me thinking, does music really have that big a role in everyone’s life? Do all of us take it so seriously?

Music is an inspiration to the masses. An average teenager has a song for almost every mood. There are songs which make us happy, others that make us sad. Different genres suit different purposes. A lot us even listen to music while doing simple tasks, doing your math homework, cleaning your room. Music is not just limited to our usual rock, pop and all that jazz, music is present everywhere and in everything. The sound the ocean, the rain, nature are all just music to the ears.

It is almost cathartic, you can completely let go and lose yourself in music

For every instrument, every musical ability there might be a thousand or maybe even more players, but who out of these millions are actually able to reach out and inspire others with their music? Maybe a few hundreds and even those hundreds have to face crucial criticism and are grounded and limited to what the society likes.  Music is not only limited to what inspires the society, and we seem to have forgotten that.

Music sparks people’s positive energy and triggers the artist in them, that they have hidden away. People relate to all kinds of music, especially the ones that talk about experiences that they have also dealt with. It helps us to express. Often, we are at loss of words, uncertain of what to say, or how we feel. Music fills in that void and helps us introspect.Some musicians inspire us to such an extent that they make us believe in ourselves when in times of self doubt, and all we can listen to are their melodies, the beautiful music, like nothing else. These artists inspire us to play instruments, to sing. Every lyric, every piece of work is so right that it leaves an everlasting impact on us.
Every individual has different taste. Everyone is inspired by different music. I'm inspired by Robert Plant but if i actually go out and ask people, they might not even know who he is. The key is not to judge others and their music but to respect it and let it inspire us.