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Have you ever wondered what is it about the melodies in music which causes us to recall entire events or experiences? What I mean is what causes us to hear a Jackson Five song or Tupac recording and suddenly we are like teenagers or small children again even to the point of remembering what we were wearing, the people we were around, even the smell of the environment we were in. This must be what the Ancient Seers meant by music soothing the savage beast as they realized that music and the… Continue

I am writing this post because it seems as if the original purpose of music; which was to inspire, guide and tell the story of a people, tribe or land seems to have died. Whether it was the great Dynasties of sub-Saharan Africa, the great Chinese empire or the lands of India music was composed and written in such a way that each was unique yet still maintained a sense of naturalness which transcended time in such a way that those rythyms stil survive til this day.



today however many… Continue