Happier- Ed Sheeran

Walking down 29th and Park
I saw you in another’s arms
Only a month we’ve been apart
You look happier

Sheeran sings out these words slowly, leaving time after each phrase to really sink into the listener. He breaths out each word as if they are painful to even think…

Unwell- Matchbox Twenty

Unwell by matchbox twenty has been touching the hearts of many since it came out in 2002. It’s about embracing mental illness and reminding people that an illness does not make up the person. Many people related to this song. So much so that the comments section was filled with things…

Beat of My Heart

Steve Pickens, a pastor’s son who spent the first 12 years of his life in Dodge City Kansas, had never heard Rock music until his family moved closer to Kansas City. “I had no idea what rock and roll was because my parents didn’t listen to it” he said. He was introduced into this new world by Rusty…

#1 -Changing The Dial

During my freshman year of high school my junior brother, Isaiah, would drive me and our neighbor, who happened to be my boyfriend at the time, to and from school every day. Sitting in his car, my seat vibrating from the blaring speakers, I would try to not think too much about the words…

Whatever It Is- Zac Brown Band

“She’s got eyes that cut you like a knife and lips that taste like sweet red wine…she’s got a gentle way that puts me at ease and when she walks in the room I can hardly breathe.”

#2 -A Story in a Song

I don’t like history. I don’t like politics. I’ve never seen a broad way show. But I’ve lived and loved the story of founding father Alexander Hamilton countless times through Lin Manuel Miranda’s musical soundtrack. With 46 songs, the Hamilton (original cast recording) is 2 hours and 23…

Finding Home in Harmony

Pavlov’s Dogs is a common known scientific study done by Ivan Pavlov, a Russian physiologist, in the 1890s. He was studying salivation by putting a tube in his dogs’ mouths and measuring the amount of saliva when food was placed in front of the canines. He discovered that the dogs would…

Music Therapy

Music is typically considered entertainment. We listen to it when we’re bored, when we’re in the shower, or on long car rides. Most don’t realize, however, that music can be so much more.

Effect Music has on the Brain

The Blurred Line Separating Memory and Melody

I Go Back by Kenny Chesney is a roughly 4 minute song entirely devoted to the concept of music triggering emotions and memories. After he sings “every time I hear that song I go back” Chesney goes on to list and describe many different places and…

Introduction

Whether it should or not, what genre of music someone listens to is a typically treated as a defining factor in who that person is. However, no matter the genre, all music has value. From passion, to anger, to despair, songs have the power to bring out strong emotion in people. This publication will…