What You Listen To Truely Does Effect Your Mood
There is all kinds of music out there. From country, bluegrass and classical, rap, hip hop and r&b, jazz, blues, all the way through the list to rock, metal as well as the sub genres. The one thing not many people realize is what you listen to, always effects your mood.
There’s different music for different moods like upbeat music for people who are happy, angry music for people who are upset or mad at something, relaxing music for people who want to wind down after a long day, as well as music for people who are fighting depression and look for hope. I didn’t realize how music affects the mood until recently. I fell into the metal scene for a short while with such stuff like Five Finger Death Punch, KoRn, Slipknot, Metallica, as well as Kalmah and Dark Tranquility for a short time. When actually listening to it, it’s pretty shocking all the thoughts that suddenly begin to form after listening to the albums after a short time. The thoughts become dark, clouded and you don’t realize it until you actually go off and talk with someone else.
I can say though, after discovering some of the jazz and blues artists, it’s amazing how fast those dark, clouded thoughts disappear. There are people in the world as well that think only one or two genres of music are the only good ones and the rest are crap. I used to hate rap with a passion but after broading my music tastes and looking past the stuff such as Eminem, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, etc., it’s amazing what a lot of musicians and artists grow up with. I realized rap music isn’t always about drugs, sex and alcohol, and some rappers go on about life. Same with country and many other artists. I have truly broadened my music tastes over the past little while, and it seems to be for the good.
To close this, remember one thing. Anything you listen to can affect your mood at times. It could be for the best and it could also be for the worst. In the end, just be proud of who you are and if someone else doesn’t like it, then it is their opinion. That’s pretty much it for now.
End little rant.
