Songs can be such a powerful medium of influence. They can weave such emotions that you previously thought was unlikely. You might be depressed one moment and listen to a cheerful song and depression is a thing of the past. Or you might have had a early good start and then listen to a very emotional sad song and within seconds you gripped by a strong wave of sadness sweeping you. Or you might jump around happily listening to a romantic song coz your hormones have got all spiked up and you feel loved though there's no real reason for you to feel so.
I have felt such strong feelings and so many times my moods are governed by the kind of song I'm listening or is it the other way around? Song and dance, since time immemorial have deeply ingrained in our culture. I see them as celebration of life. They constitute one of the few medium we are able to successfully establish our frame of mind and convey them to others.
Jiaur Rahman: "Tribal Dance"
So do our choice of music mirror our inner self? The change from one form of music to another in time reflect the changes within yourself? I believe its possible. There are certain genres of music I never appreciated before. But its also true that your choice is deeply influenced by people around you. If someone close to you likes a particular song you tend to give it an ear and perhaps you be prejudiced and like it too, perhaps if you were to end up being apart you might end up hating that song too?
Nachshon’s Painting
We have moved from the simple songs hummed, to music by simple instruments, to more complex modern music and yet the essential quality of music has remained same. It continues to envelop our world, enthrall us, a deep set addiction to our souls, a drug we all inject into our blood stream to escape from our daily lives.
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