Sleep Walk

The first thing I realized from the editorial that I chose what they it states the positive effects of music but didn't forget to also add the negative effects that it can cause. It starts off with "Music can move the soul. It can be a very strong influence. Some music can calm us down, some music can make us wild!" which explains what music has become, a way to completely integrate emotions and feelings into someone's brain that weren't already there. Music as much as we like or have animosity towards it, it can help, like the editorial states it has been used for therapy, medical research and even to treat things like ADD all the way to premature infants.

Reading the article it's obvious that it isn't bias since it states both sides but it does a good thing focusing on a lot of the positives that come from music, something that isn't presented occasionally. A topic brought up is how the lyrics, in studies to show the affects of music on the body and mind aren't much a factor as the actual rhythm, melodies and chords of the music that you hear and that both hemispheres of the brain process. On the other hand it also shows that music can also have some counter effects, it was shown in a study that hard music killed plants while classical and soothing music helped speed up it's growing process. What can you take away from this? Well, how about putting all speculation to the side for once and seeing how the actual music (The melodies, rhythms and sounds) affect us and not just what is verbally layed down on the song, it might be the true cause of all these "problems."

This editorial I believe, takes into thought what many people already know but let's us know some facts that we might not have previously been aware of. Like I've said many times before, it's up to you to decide what you think, that is why you have free will. I'm just providing the information and my own thoughts and with that I leave you with this...."It can be said that music is a very powerful and awesome tool, that can have positive effects, virtually life saving mentally and physically when used in the right context, but has equally destructive and detrimental potential if used negatively. "