The Power of Music

Music is one of the most powerful ways of conversion in all of the world. Everyone can listen and everyone can affected by it. Whether the music is religious or hateful, it can influence us greatly and it can make us feel things that we didn't know we could feel. There is something in all of our hearts that triggers at the sound of music. However, all of us are triggered by different types of music. Some teenagers may want to feel rebellious, so they shut others out of their world and subject themselves to music which they can relate to. At an opera, one would find lots of adult whose hearts beat faster at every note sung, yet would find no younger people who would cringe at such sounds. Nonetheless, the "emo" kids are just as influenced by listening to their hard rock as the old geezers are to the arias.

For me, I am changed by the perfect and realistic conjunction of lyrics, tune, and voice. The lyrics have to be changing themselves, either poetically or more straight forward. The tune has to be beautiful for me, because I am not changed by something that sounds ugly in the first place. Also, the singers who perform the music must also be inspiring themselves. They must be the music and they must feel the music. Besides that, the singers must be talented with their voices as well as their vocal presence. For some artists, you can tell how the singer is feeling at that moment just by the way that singer sounds.

Although there are many examples of this perfect conjunction, perhaps the most powerful is the song "The Prayer," sung by Andrea Boccelli and Celine Dion. While singing, each has a strong, confident presence. Also, the way they sing the words makes them sink into the hearts of the listeners. It's like falling into a cloud when listening to this song.



I'm sorry that the video is not of the best quality, but I hope that you can still understand how each of the singers but their souls into what they were singing. Andrea Boccelli himself is a blind man, yet he could see the words he was singing. This is a true masterpiece in my opinion, and the video doesn't give it justice. Although you may believe that this song is not a true masterpiece, I hope you do understand that music plays a powerful role in everyone's lives, despite the genre.