Feed Your System: Music

Feed it! :) Just like you should balance your diet with many different types of foods with varying nutrients and flavors, you should balance your diet of music. I can really rock out to some Miles Davis or some Mozart.

Check out your local music scene. At many local shows, you will hear more than one local act and sometimes someone from out of town. The wonderful thing about going out to see live music is knowing that you are supporting the local economy. Artists need to eat, too, and they don't get paid unless you show up. Also, most music venues are owned and employed by people who live and spend their money within the community. Take a listen to your local music station, too. Here in Pittsburgh, 91.3FM WYEP plays a wide variety of music from some well-known artists and also some random artists that apparently everyone who knows music knows about except for me. If you like what you hear, then make a small donation. Free speech isn't free people.

One thing that I love about music is that it brings people together across barriers of ethnicity, economic status, or age. It makes everybody move and keeps the energy flowin'! Whatever you decide to listen to today, and for whatever purpose... cleaning, dancing, celebrating, thinking, laughing, reading, relaxing...there is music that will take you through it! It is so great that we have technology today where we can buy single tracks online, stream classical music from your computer, or hold amazing amounts of music on your iPod. Just be mindful of what you are listening to and know that you can always change it up and listen to whatever feels good, sounds good, and helps you grow as an appreciator of the art of organized sound.