It has the ability to unite complete strangers anywhere in the world.
Whether or not you are in a concert hall, at a festival, or in a subway station, music can transcend cultural and societal barriers like a needle through fabric.
But rarely do you get a band that is compiled solely of brass instruments and drums, making music that sounds good enough to be on the main stage at a big-time music festival.
Music and dance are so integral to human culture that it comes as no surprise that the source of its pleasure originates deep within us.
According to Scientific American, “Music is known to stimulate pleasure and reward areas like the orbitofrontal cortex, located directly behind one’s eyes, as well as a midbrain region called the ventral striatum. In particular, the amount of activation in these areas matches up with how much we enjoy the tunes. In addition, music activates the cerebellum, at the base of the brain, which is involved in the coordination and timing of movement.”
So the next time that you hear great music, don’t be afraid to move around to it.
Whether or not you are in a space that normally lends itself to dancing, you’d be denying your body and brain the pleasure that it desires if you didn’t.