How music makes me feel...And why it helps.

So last night i was sitting up in my room because for some reason my brain told me i wasn't going to go to sleep until 4am, i mean i was fine with this until i realised that i have college on monday which incidentally is tomorrow. Anyway that's besides the point i was sitting in my room listening to music and reading some blogs on here, and i started thinking how music can change the way you feel in a instant.   

Like i said in my previous post listening to music is one of my best ways of coping when my depression hits (so not the right wording but meh) and i started to think why this was so here are my theories. (just would like to clarify in no way are these related to science so don't expect much on that side of things)

Numero uno:
So one of the main things that comes into it for me is the lyrics of the song, if the lyrics make me feel then i automatically have something to relate to. Not only that but i am not ashamed to admit that there are quite a few song that make me cry, and this can be for various reasons, because they have a specific link to part of my life or they just pull on my heart strings, but it is the lyrics more than not that do this to me. Although there are also songs that just make you want to get up and dance and give you the rare feeling of happiness or inspiration. Empowering songs you know?

Numero dos:
The general melody of a song also effects the way my emotions respond to it. I particularly get a strange un-explainable feeling when a song has a strong element of a piano in it, i don't know whether its just the sound of a piano or if its the joy and emotion that i personally feel when i play the piano so i relate that to the music. Anyway yeah so for me, and probably most people, if a song has a slow rhythm or the rhythm slowly builds then it has a particular effect on my emotions. 

I also quite enjoy what i would call an angry song, basically a song that has a harsh drum beat matched with crazy guitar solo's and shouty lyrics, as my mother would call it rubbish but's that's generally just when someone angers me and it most likely due to one of the little f**kers at my college. (this isn't a rant i swear)

Anyway what i'm basically trying to say here is that for me music isn't just a song but when i listen to certain songs or genres of music they really effect the way i feel to the point where i can literally feel every beat in my chest. (that probably sounds really weird, but its the truth) For me that's one of the reasons why i love it.

So i have decided i'm going to shove an inspiration/funny/uplifting thing in your face at the end of everyone of these :)