Music is such a beautiful thing
Whenever I make art, or I'm chatting with people, or I'm playing games, or I'm doing basically anything, I'm always listening to music, which... Might sound like I have a problem, and I thought so too, but while trying to figure out why I listen to music so often, I landed on more answers to other things, and I don't feel like they're related, but while I'm figuring why I listen to music so much, I thought I might share what I found so far.
Music can take on many forms, it's a very flexible medium with what you can do, and while music theory can and is useful for this, it isn't a required thing, which allows for anyone with enough motivation and a tiny bit of imagination to make any tune they wish to become true. Don't have an instrument? Try a DAW! Music is a very open medium in the sense that there's quite the amount of free options nowadays, so don't feel discouraged from it, if you want to do music, do it, there's plenty of resources and options at your disposal.
Even I tried it for a while! If a-noobi like I can do it, why not you too?
These things make Music such an Incredible Thing for me, as I haven't seen so many free resources and options in a medium before, and I say this as an artist, just by searching on google or youtube already shows up lots of results to get started with your journey, which is a big upside compared to when I tried out Pixel Art for the first time, and the resources were far more scarce.
Music can also allow you to express your feelings, may it be you who's composing the song or just a listener, it allows both sides to connect in such a unique way through the power of sound.
There's relaxing songs in the form of Lo-Fi, songs to get all inside you out in the form of Metal, the million ways that songs with singers included can alter the feeling of a song, not to mention that there's songs that break the norm and even try new things in pre-defined genres (Taking the Metal example, I've seen from melancholic to happy songs on it which is just wild, to see the range that people can adapt to within a genre), which is very useful if you don't like specific genres, as no one is left out to express their own feelings.
Music is such an Interesting Thing, because while yes, there are other mediums that allow you to feel represented with your feelings, I feel like no medium can do it in both such a strong and unique way like Music does, as it's an audio-only medium. Sure, some music videos or scenes might complement it, but for the most part what gives it all the emotion is the actual song.
Music also allows for people to connect with each other, it's a voice that allows for everyone to be a part of something, may it be something joyful such as simply sharing songs for each other to listen to, to being something it ties everyone with the same passion together, like in Protests and in Sport matches (here everyone screams certain songs when their football team is playing, and that makes me so happy).
There's a strong sense of connection whenever music is involved, and I think that's what makes Music such a Beautiful Thing, because it's a medium that unifies us all in one way or another.
... You know, after reading all of this, I can get why I listen to music so often (hell I'm doing it right now while writing this), music is a strong motivation to people, it allows everyone to connect with each other in different ways, and the cost for doing it yourself is basically none. It's a great thing...
... But, if you stop and think about it, Music is in danger, and needs your support.
Now, that might sound stupid at first glance, but streaming platforms pay very minuscule amounts of money to artists for every time their songs is played, with some (such as Spotify) not even paying artists at all if their music reproductions don't pass a certain amount, which applies to a vast majority of their platforms. If every artist focused exclusively on the earnings from streaming, only the top artists would be able to justify doing this for a living, and that makes me so sad for a medium I find such a strong passion for.
So, is there something that can be done to fix that? Yeah! Support your favorite and underrated artists, buy their songs on Bandcamp, join their Patreon, buy their merch if they do that, or even just do a word of mouth with them (that one is free!). Basically anything that would help them a long way counts.
If you can't afford doing that every single time though (like I), I recommend having a platform to listen to songs (and maybe discover new artists) AND doing one of the things I mentioned above every so often, when you can. I'm slowly building up my Bandcamp that way! Every thing helps.
Now, if you excuse me I'll go listen to this song I found about being silly, I think I'll relate to it!
-AnubiArts, maybe is a bit too passionate about music.