The Power of Music

First of all I will admit that I am deeply in love with music. Perhaps even more than some musicians, despite lacking any talent for it. As you can imagine this breaks my heart, but I found my way to be a part of it. As a matter of fact I wrote part of the lyrics for the unfinished musical "outremer" which went 3rd in an international competition (This under the pen name of Maria Lorca).

I am not writing this to show off, but to prove something to people that might feel like myself a  love for music, but show no talent for it. Music will always find a way into your life, if you let it. 

To me music is one of the most amazing things on earth. Without words it can move you through the complete range of emotions and back. It is the perfect art as it is literally born out of nothing and can be everything. It connects people through generations, time and language barriers. How else can you explain that the music from Mozart or Beethoven is still present more than 200 years later? No matter if it is in greeting cards, lifts or concerts. It is there, we know it and it moves us.

Music is everywhere. What would the best movie be without its proper score? What would be "Shark", "Indiana Jones" or "Star Wars" without their classic theme? Just stop a second and try to remember the name of the actors in the movie and then try to remember the central melodies. Let's me guess: No clue about the actors (Maybe except of Harrison Ford) but the music was there in an instant?

Most of your know Mussorgsky's "pictures at an Exhibition", but does anybody remember the pictures? The music was just written to underline the exhibition yet it is what endured.

While most things these days become outdated within a decade, music is always there. Although new forms appear the old forms still exist and are still appreciated. It is more than that, they are carefully cherished. How else can you explain that 15 yearolds still know who people like Jimi Hendrix, Gary Moore, The Doors and Queen are, although they are supposed to be the music of the "previous" generation?

Because Music endures, moves us and unites us more than anything else. This is the power of music!