My First Concert at Madison Square Garden

Music is a great form of art that can be used to heal the soul.  From personal experience, music has helped me release stress that I have been experiencing in life.  I began to notice this after I attended my first concert at Madison Square Garden.  An artist named The Weekend was performing at the garden and one of my great friends invited me to the show.  From that day on, my life was changed.  Before the event, I was stressed out, nothing was going as planned and I did not have a solution to the problem.  Everything changed when I saw the lights and hear heard the sound of the music blaring from the stage.  What made it even better was the dancing that was going on by the artists background dancers.  I began to feel my mood improve and I began to have clearer thoughts on how to solve the situation that I was going through.  The music allowed me to heal my soul and gave me the ability to see my situation from a different perspective.

From that day on, music has had a profound effect on my life, both emotionally and physically.  Fast upbeat music makes me feel more alert and gives me the ability to concentrate better.  It makes me feel more optimistic and positive about life.  Slower types of music tend to quiet my mind and relax my muscles, making me feel soothed while releasing the stress of the day.  This has proven to be a relaxation and stress management tool.  Considering all of the positive effects that I have mentioned, music has improved my health drastically.  This is because it reduces my stress levels and increases my confidence. 

“While music has long been recognized as an effective form of therapy to provide an outlet for emotions, the motion of using song, sound frequencies and rhythm to treat physical ailments is a relatively domain.” Says psychologist Daniel J. Levitin, PHD, who studies the neuroscience of music at McGill University in Montreal.  Therefore, music can be utilized to release stress, which will boost our social life and have a positive impact on our health.

Novotney, Amy. “Music as a Medicine.” www.apa.org, Nov 2013. http://www.apa.org/monitor/2013/11/music.aspx