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For the love of music

You know that moment when you're just sitting in a car or bus, lost in your thoughts and suddenly an old song you used to love comes on. In that moment, every other thing fades into the background of your mind, it's like it's just you and the music. What makes that moment more special is when there's someone else with you who can feel exactly what you feel, it could be a friend, a sibling or even a random stranger. Just knowing that there's someone else who can relate to the music is enough to bring a smile to your face. I'm sure that all of us, at one point or the other in our lives have experienced this unexplainable feeling of ecstasy and nostalgia that music brings.

When I was in secondary school, my music teacher said, "music is a combination of sounds that is pleasant to the ear", I don't think so. I think music is more than just an ordinary combination of pleasant sounds, I think music is magic. I believe music is joy, I believe music is memory.

It is magic in the way a song comes on and you listen to the lyrics and it feels like the singer is talking directly to you, like the song was made just for you. It is joy in the way you're at a party and the beat moves you to dance, not minding who is around you. It is memory in the way a favorite song of yours brings back memories of childhood, a long lost friend or a former lover.
Music is art, music is expression.
Simply put, music is a gift.

Comments

  1. Anonymous5 March 2020 at 21:59

    Music is a gift... beautiful!

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  2. Unknown5 March 2020 at 22:05

    Music is lifeđź–¤

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  3. pikachu @the sad poet5 March 2020 at 22:09

    Music, especially one that speaks to your soul, is bliss, hope , everything.
    And when there is domeoss else to share it with you, it's just epic

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  4. Unknown5 March 2020 at 22:39

    well painted, may. music is magic.

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  5. Unknown6 March 2020 at 00:08

    Music is a spiritual thing

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  6. Unknown6 March 2020 at 00:23

    A beautiful gift indeed

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  7. The Zoe6 March 2020 at 07:44

    Music is art. Reading isn't complete without songs me. Nice one May

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  8. thePepper ��️ blog.com��️6 March 2020 at 08:45

    Music is indeed art, May.
    And art itself is life.
    So music is life.

    Beautiful piece May.

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  9. Unknown6 March 2020 at 14:46

    May ❤️
    Beautiful piece as usual

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  10. Anonymous6 March 2020 at 18:21

    I'm wow-ed again, keep it up, ma'am.

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  11. Clint8 March 2020 at 14:51

    This is nice.

    Songs generate such powerful emotions that it's the one thing people with severe forms of brain damage almost never forget.

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  12. Vincent⚛️Noel16 April 2020 at 18:38

    Yeah ..... Music if fun

    I even read with it

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