The True Power of Music

Everyone needs medicine.  It is perhaps one of the most important topics in the country, especially considering the current health care situation that our nation is in.  The primary issue is the cost factor of receiving medical treatment, as many Americans cannot afford to pay for the ridiculous costs of going to the doctor to be diagnosed and treated.  Because of the country’s current state, many are forced to look for online remedies and self diagnose.  This resurrects older health practices used in history, many of which are spiritual remedies.  Music, in my opinion, is one of the most underappreciated and underutilized medicines in human history.  Many modern day health problems have indicators that show stress as a catalyst to whatever illness a patient has.  Life is much more busy these days, and everyone is on the hustle.  With more work and less play, stress has become an illness that is often times ignored.  I’m here to tell you, as Robert Gupta said, “Music is medicine; music is sanity.”

Gupta is absolutely correct.  Music is medicine for many reasons.  Music allows you to release emotion that is otherwise often pent up.  Think about it.  You’re having a bad day, so you put on your favorite Ramones jam and go work out.  You had a long day at work, so you get home, crack open a bottle of wine, and put on some Miles Davis.  You’re getting psyched up for the big game, so you have Rage Against the Machine cranked up in your headphones before you walk out to the field.    You’re having problems with your girlfriend, so you go get relationship advice from the latest Ne-Yo album.  Whatever it is, we all use music to release the energy from emotions felt in our day-to-day lives.  It isn’t just emotion that our body uses the music to connect with, though.  Real healing power can be seen from music, especially on the psychological level.  Gupta makes this clear when he discusses The Soloist, a film about an LA journalist and a homeless man that was trained at the Juilliard School of the Arts in New York City, and their intense connection made through the power of music.   For some people, the most sane and calm they feel in this crazy, nonstop world is when their favorite music is playing.  It all comes down to the fact that music touches people.  It is truly an inspiration to know that the products we create in what some would consider an all-fun industry have a positive impact on the people who hear it.  Music has it’s own voice, and that voice communicates with each person in a special, different way that creates a type of fusion in the body that it can’t get anywhere else.  This kind of connection is something I most certainly want as a model for the products and services offered by my own business.