Tanisha Madhukar - Blog #3 - The Song Heard Around the World
Imagine you are on stage — flashing lights, a roaring crowd watching your every step. Your band begins to play the first song of the set, one that has been heard around the world. As the first notes start to play you bring the microphone up to your mouth and take a deep breath — until you realize something. The audience, united, begins singing the lyrics back to you. Taking out your earpiece you immerse yourself into the moment fully thinking — “I made it.”
On the surface music is described as words and sounds meshed together to make art, but if you can go deeper you will see that music can be more than that. It has the ability to evoke feelings that sometimes words can not even describe. It is a tool that can be used to impact the masses and bring together those you would have never expected.
A study done by Harvard in 2021 proved how music is not only tied to the soul but to the heart as well. The study concluded that music had the ability to provide "cardiovascular benefits” by easing the brain of stress and anxiety. This led to physical benefits such as improved “blood vessel function” and less blood pressure fluctuation after physical exertion.
Music is art and art is directly tied to one’s identity whether they intend to or not. Every song, every lyric, every note was crafted in such a way to ensure that the artist, the creator, would appreciate the song. That is because as an artist whatever you make is a reflection of the decisions taken while working on that piece. It is the reason why people say you can never separate the art from the artist, it’s a reflection of who they are and what they chose to put out into the world.
Music has the power to alter people’s emotions and communicate hidden messages. From the dawn of time people have used different forms to provide themselves entertainment, stimulation, and a sense of belonging. To live in a world without music is to live in the absence of passion.
Link To Harvard Study - https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/tuning-in-how-music-may-affect-your-heart
I really like how you described this – using personal pronouns and having the reader imagine themselves being the singer in the first paragraph, as well as using vivid imagery to almost have it come to life. This blog had such a captivating tone, especially the last line of the first paragraph, being "I made it". Whenever I look back at concert videos and see the singer just smile while the crowd is singing the lyrics, I always think that they are feeling this way, and how indescribable that feeling must be – to see all of their hard work paying off, where people are enjoying what they produced. I love how relatable your blog is as well, as almost everybody, including myself, listens to music daily, whether I am doing homework or on the way to school, and it is enlightening to think that it goes so much deeper than thinking "I love the beat of this song".
ReplyDeleteHi Tanisha! This blog was really interesting. After reading this blog, I am really wondering about your perspective on how “music is tied to the soul”. Clearly, with how you described music through a captivating vivid image, music to you is extremely important. I particularly like how you incorporated the “deep breath” to emphasize the nervousness that the performers would feel and how they would notice the audience “singing the lyrics”, enabling them to feel confident about their performance. There is a lot of emotion in your writing and I really like the subtle logic through the cause and effect phrases that I mentioned. I also would love to learn more about the study from Harvard and its implications beyond how music can provide cardiovascular effects. Now for the moment of truth, what particular music do you like that led you to feel so fondly about songs?
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