An International Language

Music is an international language, spoken in many different ways and by many different people. It can make you cry, laugh and provoke memories and feelings. Just think about it, by making the music you can express yourself and give yourself happiness and when doing this you providing thousands of people with the same happiness and making them feel thousands of different emotions.

By simply expressing your feeling about something can make someone else find something inside them or about themselves and maybe even help them with a problem. Music has the power to do this. I think music is one of the most beautiful things is life. Lets look at jazz and blues music. If you have ever listened to it, its like you can feel it. I don't know how to explain it but its like it crawls inside you and just triggers all kinds of emotions. It paints a story or makes you think of things that you usually don't find yourself thinking about. That is the great thing about music, music can help you find yourself. For me music is a huge part of my life, I wake up to music, fall asleep to music and listen to it during many different activities throughout the day. This shows that it can set so many different moods. It can make you fall asleep, give you energy or just keep you occupied. Also when watching a movies the music in the background brings such feeling and sets a mood to a movie.

What would a scary movie be without scary and eerie sounds in the background. Music also can strengthen feelings and moods. When you are sad and you listen to sad music it usually makes you even unhappy, but when you are in a good mood, upbeat music can strengthen that feeling. In some of my experiences when listening to techo music, it sometimes can get inside me and just make me want to scream. Anyway tell me how music makes you feel? What music do you like?

Dana Harrison <stu13-319@isb.ac.th>
International School Bangkok, Thailand