Is music so powerful that it can control our emotions?

Can music really be so powerful that it can control our emotions? Believe it or not, even the most "Manly" of men will submit to the power of music in one way or another.

The soothing power of music is well-established. It has a unique link to our emotions, so can be an extremely effective stress management tool.

Listening to music can have a tremendously relaxing effect on our minds and bodies, especially slow, quiet classical music. This type of music can have a beneficial effect on our physiological functions, slowing the pulse and heart rate, lowering blood pressure, and decreasing the levels of stress hormones.

Have you ever found yourself watching a television show or movie at the theater and you cry? Maybe you got excited! Did you think it was because of what you were watching? Some of it maybe, but for the most part you are connecting what you see with the powerful messages from the music which elicits the emotions that you had such as fear, sadness or happiness.

It is visceral. It hits us like no other human language can. And its sound and impact on our lives is something to which we keep returning. We need what it provides. We need its beauty, is harmonies, its consonance and its dissonance, to bring resolution and meaning to our actions. And if music is important for us all, then musicians must be by extension.

I'm going to challenge you, if you think you are the type of person that is not effected by music then listen to your favorite song, hear a new one on the radio or watch your favorite movie then tell me how you felt. One way or another you will have feeling of some kind, listening to classical music can give you a wide variety of emotions such as happiness, anger, relaxation, and even fear.

I think that today we take take good music for granted. Today music has deteriorated to people almost talking into a mirophone, there is no more art to the music that is produced anymore. A major thing is that our lives have become a state of rushing, hurrying and not spending the much needed time to relax, enjoy good music and take down the stress levels that have overcome our lives.

To answer the question of if music is so powerful that it can control our emotions, the answer is absolutely it can! There are tons of websites out there that have been devoted to the studies of music and its powers on people and even animals.