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    Music has the power to unite people across differences and motivate social change. It allows humans to connect through shared emotions and stories. Musicians like Michael Jackson and Youssou N'Dour have used their music to raise awareness for important causes and motivate humanitarian efforts. Historically, music has given people hope in oppressive circumstances, like the slaves who sang in cotton fields, and inspired social movements, such as Estonia's "Singing Revolution" for independence. Whether through professional performances or everyday voices and bodies, music has the ability to spread positive messages and influence social issues when used to promote peace, justice and human rights.

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    Music has the power to unite people across differences and motivate social change. It allows humans to connect through shared emotions and stories. Musicians like Michael Jackson and Youssou N'Dour have used their music to raise awareness for important causes and motivate humanitarian efforts. Historically, music has given people hope in oppressive circumstances, like the slaves who sang in cotton fields, and inspired social movements, such as Estonia's "Singing Revolution" for independence. Whether through professional performances or everyday voices and bodies, music has the ability to spread positive messages and influence social issues when used to promote peace, justice and human rights.

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    The Power of Music

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    THE POWER OF MUSIC

    Human from different region, class, race, culture have always dream to live in peace and harmony yet
    conflicts and misunderstanding emerges one way or the other. Local, states, national and international
    organizations strive to achieve world peace and harmony. The big question is – Is it really achievable?
    Can we all really live in harmony!!

    Concise Oxford Dictionary defined music as “the art of combining vocal or instrumental sounds or both
    to produce beauty of form, harmony and expression of emotion”. The snap of a finger in rhythm, clapping
    of hands, beat boxing etc are all music. Music is an art often performed in ensembles. It provides
    opportunities for people to see humanity in one another, helping them to break down barriers and find
    common ground

    Every culture all over the world has its own form of music that is enjoyed by all ages. Although each
    culture is different, music unifies all races and has been used throughout history. It is a mechanism for
    humans to connect with one another. It encourages us to share parts of ourselves through the sounds that
    are strung together or the singer’s prose. When telling our stories or channeling who we are with music,
    an awareness can develop and a bond can be solidified. Music has the power to change and move us. The
    perfect combination of rhythm, lyrics and instrument can build strong emotions and motivates to unite
    and divide or oppress and move masses.

    Music has been used for

    Charity- Musicians like Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie wrote a hit dong “We are the world” and
    recorded it to benefit famine refill in Africa which was remade in 2010 for the benefit of people affected
    by Haiti earth quake. Musicians form different race, class, style raise their voices, move their hands for
    one cause. These musicians are not always sure what the reaction will be they step up to fight or inspire a
    cause they believed in.

    Creating awareness- Youssou N’Dour is a musical peacemaker in his native Senegal and lends his words
    and music to critical campaigns, such as malaria prevention programmes. Oliver Mtukudzi’s music has
    created awareness and dialogue around HIV and AIDS in his home country Zimbabwe. -Sigauque Project
    leader and trumpet player Daniel Walter. “Our music talks about HIV, women’s rights, recovering from a
    disaster and much more. It’s not just great music, we’re saying something.” When music is used to create
    awareness it is less hurtful

    Letting out emotions- In Benin, UNICEF goodwill ambassador Angélique Kidjo keeps a strong note of
    social concern in her lyrics—singing about hunger, homelessness, AIDS and injustice. And some up-and-
    coming musicians are also lending their voices to protests against crime, human rights violations,
    xenophobia and much more.

    Motivate - Towards the end of the 1980s, while their country was still under the control of the Soviet
    Union, Estonians in 1980s voiced their desire for independence from Soviet Union in the best way they
    knew how: by singing. On August 20, 1991 by their “singing revolution,” Estonia gained its
    independence without any military action.
    Instill hope and peace- In 1912 April 14-15 when the Titanic was sinking, the musical band continued to
    play their instrument amit the chaos, I believe, to calm people and give them a sense of peace.

    Slaves sing songs when they work in cotton fields to express emotions and give them hope and peace
    inspite of their circumstances.

    These few historical events and musicians highlight the great power that music have –to create oppression
    and bring freedom, to motivate, and even to give hope and peace. Since music is a universal language,
    sending our messages about our thought through music could reach to everyone. We can do our bit where
    ever we are, do we ned to be singers? Musicians? No we do not, our voices, our hands and our body can
    make usic for the good or bad. I am npt saying this becaue I am a musici do I sing? Awkewardly yess, do
    I dance? Weirdly yes , but do I hasitate to do it? Not if it is for the good cause. Now it’s up to us to
    decide what to do with our voices and the music in us. Only time will tell how our moment in history will
    be remembered and what our soundtrack will be.

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