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The Power of Music
If you want to do something good for your brain, turn on your music player and sing along to a few songs. Better yet, sing and dance at the same time. Music stimulates many areas of the brain, including those responsible for memory, movement and mood, according to a new report from the AARP-founded Global Council on Brain Health (GCBH).
I've always loved music. My parents have home videos of me as a wee baby, and I'm intently listening to the music playing and ignoring everything else going on. I've been singing since I can remember, and I took piano lessons for a time and played the flute for 6 years. I also recently learned that my great-grandmother was an opera singer! My grandma on my mom's side was a piano teacher. Music is in my genes! Music has also helped me process my feelings, and is always there to soothe my soul when I'm going through a rough patch. I even met my partner at a music festival!
Do you listen to music to boost your mood? How has music helped you? Share your story today!
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Music has fed my soul since I was a little girl. My dad was a jazz musician and my mother was a piano teacher Of all the songs I listened to, two stand out as my go-to Happy Music, i.e. Chuck Mangione's "Feels So Good" and One of my go-to "Happy Music" songs!
and Chicago's "Beginnings." Another one of my go-to "Happy Music" songs!
ENJOY! 😀🎵🎶💖
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I grew up with music, listening to music on the radio, on the phonograph with 75s, 45s, and 33s, and always singing. My dad always played the music from his era - Big Band, Country, the Rat Pack. etc. During my school years, I was in band - started with the recorder, glockenspiel (marching bells), and eventually staying with the trumpet/cornet - from 4th grade until my senior year. In my first year of junior college, I was in a jazz band for a semester. For a couple of years, I accompanied the piano/organ at my church. Music is my go-to whenever I need to escape - clear my head, think through an issue, decompress, or just plain chill. It is the backbone of my foundation as I can listen to most any type of music - concert, spiritual, jazz, reggae, country, a little of opera ... The only three genre of music I usually stay away are rap, hip-hop, and heavy metal. One of my favorite memories is getting up every morning at 0500 to listen to Duke Yannacomb and Country Music doing my homework for many years in the Keys. My favorite of all though is, and will always be, Elvis.
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This song is from an animated film called "SING!" There is a lot of great music in this movie, but I find this one song always elevates my mood, puts me in a happy place, and even makes me wanna move even while sitting down. So here goes.....
"Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing" sung by Tori Kelly
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Originally recorded by Stevie Wonder. Tori Kelly did it justice!
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I don't know if this qualifies as a song. It is my favorite march and is very stirring and I think John Philip Sousa's finest -"Semper Fidelis".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgABUZ4i9co
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I've played John Phillip Sousa music from grade school throughout college. Parades, concerts, you name it!
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I've always enjoyed musicals and one of the greatest musical events in recent times was the film The Greatest Showman. Several great songs and musical numbers came out of this movie and these three truly demonstrate "the power of music" to encourage and uplift the spirit. Enjoy!
This Is Me sung by Keala Settle
Never Enough -- performed by Rebecca Ferguson (as sung by Loren Allred)
From Now On with Hugh Jackman
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