www.Go To The Mountain - Musings of a Potential Guru

Music is life!  They often depict angels playing harps making heavenly music, so God created music and all around the world, every country makes music. In the movies, you would not have seen a movie where there are no movie theme song or other music and songs in it so that throughout your years, whenever they play a certain song or a piece of music, you get easily transported to the era when you first watched that movie. Even each TV series has its own signature tune. A few friends and I were so hooked on music and songs in our youth, we religiously follow the Billboard Top 100 or the American Top 40. In another group, we even wanted to form our own band! But they just don't make songs like they used to any more. Sigh. I was brought up on songs and music because my dad loved to fiddle with his hi-fi systems and I got to enjoy it. B and W speakers that later evolved and switched to Bose . He would in a few years changed or upgraded a turntable, a tuner, a cassette deck...

My heart, which is so full to overflowing, has often been solaced and refreshed by music when sick and weary. - Martin Luther. Have you known anyone who hated music? Songs? Regardless of where you are from, music resonates in the human heart, in your culture, in your life. Music pervades all areas and facets of life. It is found in your home, at the cinemas, in pubs, restaurants, on your devices, TV, radio, in sports etc. You play music or listen to songs when you are happy or sad. Music can change your mood, inspires, sets your adrenalin flowing or just simply lets you appreciate. Gets you excited, makes you calm or when you fall in love or...lust. Music is an universal language. It transcends borders and across cultures. It has history, heritage, influences. It is also borrowed and mixed into other cultures. The genres of music and songs are endless. Music is artistic by nature and genres can quite easily overlap...