The Power of Music

Bobby McFerrin Hacks Your Brain... With Music!

Although this is not a speech in the traditional idea of what a speech it, it does speak volumes about the human experience and the power of music in our society.  In this short 3 minute video, presenter Bobby McFerrin shows the power music has to connect everyone regardless of social barriers.  It is more of a performance piece than anything where he uses his voice to indicate various positions on the stage and then using his body, and the vocal accompaniment of the audience, creates a simple yet powerful musical arrangement.

There is no language more universal expected than music, In a music theory class I had a long time ago my professor told me that the way I read music is exactly the same way anyone and everyone world wide reads it, other than one or two tribes that is.  This is a concept that has really stuck with me, music although very different depending on where you are playing/listening to it, is comprised of the same notes regardless of composition.  The same way that regardless of where a person is born, what language they speak, or the color of their skin, we are all the same and we can all relate to one another.

I strongly recommend that you take 3 minute out of your day to watch and listen to an entire audience of strangers coming together to create something timeless and beautiful.  Then take a few minutes to think about your life and the people around you, and think what it would be like if you could connect that much with a stranger.

-Nic