Music

Author: Jason D. Barrett

What is the big deal with music? Do you know that over 50 million people searched Overture for the term "music" during the month of November, 2005? What's all the fuss about? Is it true that music moves the soul? Is it true that a song can take us back to a specific time or memory in our lives?



Music is something that has been interwoven in all of our lives from the time we were first born to now. We even know songs that were released before we were born. This probably reveals information about my age, but I was not around when the Beatles were popular, when Elvis was making all the women hot, and when Patsy Cline was belting out her tunes. That is the great thing about music; a great song will be around for a long time. If you are anything like me, you can't wait to hear all the great songs and artists that have yet to come. I have to tip my hat to the songwriters because I don't know how they do it. Kudos to you all.

I mentioned something a second ago about tunes and that gets me thinking; now we go to iTunes to buy music for our iPods. Go figure. We have made the transition from records to 8-tracks to tapes to CDs and now everything is purely digital. Have you ever heard of a MP3? We can fit thousands of songs on one tiny little memory chip. We can even listen to satellite radio anywhere on the globe so we are never away from our favorite music. What's next? It will sure be interesting to watch and find out.



Thanks for playing along with my pondering of music and its popularity. Have fun with your iPods, keep your radios on, and enjoy the tunes.