My Early Days of Music
Since I was young I have always enjoyed listening to music and the enjoyment and relaxation good music gives me. This could be because I was brought up with music around me since I was 5 or 6 years old. I would often listen to music at my parents’ house, at my cousins or my aunts and uncles usually with the volume turned up very loud on quality speakers. Sometimes if we stayed late at my relatives house while they were listening to music I would fall asleep to that music somewhere in their house.
Listening to albums in my bedroom on my plastic record player that my parents gave me as a present growing up also allowed me to spend many hours listening to music. After getting a job as soon as I was old enough I was then able to afford a better stereo system which enhanced my musical experiences listening to musicians perform their music with better sound quality. Also, enjoying music on my portable transistor battery powered AM/FM radio was a nice convenience in those days.
Growing up when visiting friends at their homes there was always music involved as we sat around and talked while listening to music in the background. I would try to have quality audio systems in my vehicles growing up to allow me to enjoy my music while traveling.
My Early Days of Working
In one of my early jobs I worked at Gemco department store in many departments including the automotive department. This job allowed me to continue my music enjoyment. After the store would close for the day we would turn up the best quality car stereo we had as loud as we could and played it through the best equalizer and speakers. This allowed the side of the store I worked in to enjoy the music while we all worked after hours.
How Music Can Reduce Stress and Possibly Heal
Like most people I am extremely busy with my professional career and my personal life and taking a break to listen to music dissolves the stress from my body. I can actually feel the stress leaving my body instantly as I am listening to music. When I am listening my eyes open wider and my perpetual darkness (black) from my blindness turns to a light shade of gray. My smile grows with joy as well. This occurs when I am listening to recorded or live music. When I am able to experience live music this stress reduction is amplified. However these days I do not get the chance to listen to live music much due to the traveling obstacles I have and my busy work schedule. Even though experiencing live music does not happen often I am grateful I was able to attend a few excellent free concerts with my wife that were relatively close to where we live. I was also happy to attend a concert with one of my friends. Attending live concerts while completely blind is as joyful as when when I could see, although it is nice to see the performers on stage. At one of the free concerts I attended the female singer from the band came out and was walking around the crowd with a wireless microphone and was directly in front of me singing to me. Since her voice was coming from the amplifiers on the stage in another location from where she was, I had no idea she was directly in front of me singing to me until after she went back to join the band on stage and my wife told me about her singing in front of me. When we got home from the concert that evening I felt bad and looked up the singer on the Internet. I then sent her a message to explain why I had no reaction to her standing directly in front of me singing to me since I am completely blind and I could not see her.
Fortunately, before I went completely blind and lost my eyesight I was able to drive and had more time so I was able to attend many live concerts by well-known bands at numerous venues in the Bay Area. To ensure I can take advantage of the positive effects of music in our home I have a few sources of music available so I can listen to music wherever I might be.
Music could even possibly have healing properties. For example, when I was in the hospital for seven months occasionally musicians would come in and play musical instruments for the patients or sing to us which I always enjoyed. I longed with joy for the next chance to listen to their relaxing and healing music.
How Music Could possibly Help A Person’s Professional Career
I enjoy listening to a broad range of music, especially on the weekends and before starting work each weekday.
When I have time before critical meetings at my place of employment I listen to music to refocus and drain some stress from my body so I can be more focused in the meetings. Depending on the type of energy I am looking for when going into a meeting, I would adjust my music style. For instance, if I need high energy, I would listen to loud high energy music. If I want to be more relaxed, I would listen to music with lower level energy at a lower volume level.
If you have not already tried listening to music to reduce stress and add to your enjoyment I highly recommend it.
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