<h1> How Music Affects You </h1>

We’ve all been there before; being in one of the lowest point in your life, or having a joyous celebration. During these moments, we tend to listen to music that is similar to our feelings. When we’re sad, we listen to slower, moving songs; when we’re happy, we choose upbeat music; when we’re angry, we may listen to darker music that reflect our level of anger. The funny thing about it is that when you’re asked to name your favorite band or performer it might be difficult to even give your top five. You may not realize it, but you prefer to listen to music that resonates how we feel at one point.

Creative Music

You might think that if you’re hard at work, loud music can get your energy pumping, enabling you to power through your to-do lists. It’s actually a bit true, because when it comes to creativity, loud music may not be the best option for you. Ever think why you feel more creative at a coffee shop or at an outdoor park rather than in your house in front of your blasting stereos? Here’s why:

This is due to the fact that moderate noise levels or ambient noises are able to get your creativity flowing. In addition, ambient noises don’t put you off track the way high levels of noise (like upbeat music) do. Moderate noise levels improve the processing difficulty in our brain, leading to higher creativity. A very good example of this is when we are stumped on a problem. Because our brain can’t process it as your brain normally does, it resorts to more creative approaches. Compared to listening to high noise levels, your creative thinking is impaired because you have to process multiple data at the same time, overwhelming your brain and simple processes might even seem more difficult.

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...from a piece of music are, without actually feeling them. This means that even though you listen to sad songs, you might enjoy it rather than get depressed. For perceived emotions, this is the emotions that we feel when listening to music. For example, when we listen to hard rock music, we feel adrenaline rushing through our veins even if there is no real threat or danger around us at that time.

There are a lot of different ways in which music affects us in our daily lives. It can affect our formative years, as it can also affect how we go about in our daily tasks. It will take science a long time before we can fully understand how we can use music to our advantage. For now, you can start reading our guide to learn on the ways on how music affects you.