The importance of music.
It's funny how certain things can trigger a feeling of happiness, from a favorite smell, a work of art and for many, music.
In the Lovin' Spoonful's song Do You Believe In Magic, there's a line "the magic's in the music and the music's in me", simple but true. Music is magic or certainly magical as all forms of art can be from a floral arrangement, painting or sculpting or even preparing a meal. Something special is triggered in our souls that brings delight from the simplest smell, taste or touch.
For me it's always been the music. I'm sure it was ingrained, my dad was a musician and he gave me an appreciation of a lot of types of music, but primarily big band, jazz and rhythm and blues.
I've always thought that if I had been smarter, more industrious or rich I might have gone to college and studied music therapy, but I knew that wasn't going to happen so I got into radio as a small way of providing some happiness for the listeners. Do I miss being on air? The answer would be sometimes, mostly because I miss the contact with my friends. Working with Musicartlife gives me the opportunity to still bring some of my favorite tunes to everyone on line and that is fine for right now. On line radio is in flux currently due to some legislation on royalties.
So, I guess the thing is that to be happy we need to find the artistic part of ourselves and work on getting to the point in our lives where we are able to pursue them. Good luck.
