Music makes life better

[Analogous]

• Music is a tool that can ease negative emotions and enhance positive emotions.
• Music can help people cope with stress or distract them from a bad mood.
• Many people use music to trigger their memory and remind themselves of important past events.

“Music is used across cultures and ages as a powerful mood regulator. We regularly use music to soothe our souls and comfort our pain. The emotional power of music is one of the main motivations why people devote so much time, energy, and money to it. People use music to achieve various goals, such as feeling more energized, maintaining focus on tasks, and reducing boredom. For example, we rely on music to help us power through workouts and tackle tasks we’d rather ignore, and we manipulate our moods with melodies.”

How Listening to Music Affects Your Mood

Music can be seen as a coping resource that leads to a feeling of empowerment and provides possibilities for emotion regulation.

www.psychologytoday.com

Consider how it feels listening to these two songs (if possible listen to these from a better source and on your HiFi rather than your screen speakers)