The Importance of Music

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Music surrounds us.

For many people in this day and age, life is too hectic, too stressy and just too busy for us to simply take a deep breath, settle down and take a good look at our lives. And if we did do that, the men would quickly start to think about things like money cars women and things to do with women, and the women would quickly start to think about things like that new brand of make up, what to make for dinner, and why their husbands snore so damn loud at night.

And so here in the Western world we often fail to notice the significance of a seemingly small thing like music.

In contrast, for gypsies in certain rainforests in West Africa, the music scene is incredibly important. They play all day- to them it's just like talking. I It is their sole form of entertainment (with the exception of dancing to their music).

But believe it or not, things are not as drastically different here as they may seem. Let me paint you a quick scenario:

You are slowly aroused from your hungover slumber by a familiar tune by Rebecca Black, and the first thought that pops into your head is “for God's sake it's not even Friday anymore”. After trying to get back to sleep for about half an hour, you slowly realise that the blasted tune is stuck in your head and sleep is unachievable, so you stumble out of bed take a shower to wash off all the sweat and dry sick from yesterday night and put on your clothes.

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You hear the Nokia ringtone from your mobile and you immediately remember that your late for your hot date

So you dash into the elevator, where you are met by some soothing jazz. You reach the bottom floor and sprint into your car.

As you accelerate rapidly towards the cinema, dodging blind old men and small kids on pink bikes, the radio is set to 101 FM and it constantly blares out adverts for the latest Wonder bra and that miracle hangover cure which you could really use right now, each accompanied by a catchy jingle ...

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