For several times, I strongly believe that the power of music most of the time have always been limited to the singing aspect or probably the fact that it has so much of lyrics. Music is beyond the lyrics, I have seen it able to transform someone's behaviours around whether positively or negatively. For many years, music has been a sustaining factor in the humanity world because it carries so much power to influence our thoughts, to influence our emotions and generally our characters.
Take for example in a country like Nigeria, I am so sure and certain because it is something that I have seen . Music beyond been a tool for entertainment in our society, it has also helped to preverse my cultural heritage. That's absolutely the truth. There are some genre of music quite popular in Nigeria society which have been around for decades and are still relevant because they help to preserve the cultural heritage of our society. We have examples like Afrobeat, we have highlife, we have hip-hop and many more.
One of the ways that I have come to discover that music usually use to affect behaviours is through our mood. If you are a good listener of music, you will discover that there are some genre of music that will lift your music to be excited, there are some kinds of music that will regulate it to be solemn and sober. There are some music you will dance to and there are some music you might not be able to dance to probably because of their beat so all you can just do is to meditate on the flow of the music.
There was a time in the Nigeria society that a popular song was released by Naira Marley. That song actually created a wave in the society. I have seen music foster the gathering of people in the society in unity and oneness. I have seen music passed across strong message of unity and love to people and I have seen music unite people of different ethics and tribes. Of course I will not also talk about the positive music we have and not touch the negative ones.
There are actually some negative behaviours that we have began to experience in our society which actually I strongly believe should not be so. But due to people that passed the behaviours through their music. Yes there are actually some music that have successfully encourage drinking, smoking and other form of negative habits.
And that is why it is high time our society collectively pay close attention to the type of songs or music that is accepted. We should be able to filter them out through the lyrics of their songs. We should always accept music that foster unity, development and generally positive habits and disregard every form of music thY will foster negatively in our lives and in the society. In years to come, I am so sure music will impact more lives positively
Music is a very good tool whenever I'm exhausted and I need to relax my mind