Warning – Beware Of Your Playlist – My personal development space

Garbage in, garbage out is a programming term referring to what you put in to a system you get out. A computer can only work with what its given. When a computer is given bad programming an error message pops up if you’re lucky! On the other hand if you’re unlucky your computer will do something crazy, like freeze up or open random files. When humans receive bad programming we don’t crash, well not like a PC but we do exhibit curious behaviours.

How are you being programmed?

Music can have a direct impact on behaviour. To say music doesn’t effect you psychologically, is to say you are generally immune to stimuli like porn or romantic movie’s – the majority of people will be affected on some level.

Some of the effect are:

Lack of concentration
Sex on the brain
Negative mood and attitudes i.e Feeling need to give someone a good kick-in 🙁

The physiological affects of music

Questions
Have you every consider the physiological impact of the music you listen to! It’s worth thinking about it, why, because music comes with a message! Here are some Tips

Tip 1 Congruence

Be congruent in your choice of music. Is the music you listen to inline with your values?

Tip 2 proactive awareness

Awareness starts by consciously analysing the content you’re mentally consuming.

Ask your self is it really necessary to have the radio playing in the back ground constantly pumping random stuff into your subconscious.
Is the content appropriate? Be conscious of the lyrical content of your music. Music is more then just catchy beats.
How relevant is a song glorifying how many girls/ bitches some rappers had sex with after the club.
How do you think such lyrics colour men’s perception of women? Are women just sex objects? is a woman’s role just to smile look pretty and shake their ass from time to time, whenever a shiny car drives past or some guy flashes a bit of bling!

How do you think such lyrics shape the attitudes of woman/girls who have been exposed to such concepts constantly though out their lives. Distorted self image, lack of self confidence, especially if a girl/woman self identity is based on their sexual appeal. Over sexualisation of young woman particularly kids and teens, are just some of the negative affect of over sexualised music.

How are you influencing the self image of your daughter, nice, sister?
How do theses one sided sexual concepts colour the mind of our boys?
Is the content suitable for children and young people?
How are you setting a example with your music play list?

Music with sexual and violent content should come with a age rating like movie’s – Its insane to think that kids can listen to Eminem rap about having sex with under aged girls as long as they have hair between their legs – kids are listen to artists like 50 cent play Rambo on a track, raping about how many niggas he’s put away. kids are listening to a crowed of misogynistic rappers disrespecting women with every other word, is this ok, should we feed these distorted images of reality to little girls and boys.

Tip 3 Use music strategically

Their’s a time and place for various kinds of music. Got a date and you want to activate your mojo and get your swagger on! Jamie fox can help you get in the zone, but you don’t need to be feed sex songs all day every day.

Got a social event but confidence and energies low, you can up lift your ego with rock, rap or ragga music.

Want to de-stress, meditate, study or work – Jazz or Classical music like Mozart, Beethoven and brahn are ideal. Research shows music with 60 beat per minute can helps with memory retention. The 60 beat per minute range is ideal for learning and work. Faster tempos can be used to stimulate the brain for other activities like working out.

Moody lyrics

Feeling depressed, is there no light at the end of the tunnel!

Ask your self this, are lyrics such as “Life isn’t worth living”, “I’m on a long road to hell”, mentally beneficial! Don’t be hypnotised by the drums and cool guitar rifts. The beat is what we hear first, this is what gets your feet taping, and your head nodding but asks yourself, do you need theses lyrical affirmations?

Music can help you get that girl or guy

I, like 99 percent of the populous have used music to set up a Romantic atmosphere hopping to get lucky. Image how many children have been conceived as a result of listening to Barry White songs. That’s something to think about when your on a date feeling all loved up with music is playing in the background, are you feeling that person or are you feeling the effects of the music?

Music is more then partying and dancing

Socially conscious Music has the power to radically enlighten the mind. Personal, socially conscious music done what school failed to do, introduce me to relevant social, political concept and even history, That’s powerful

Socially conscious music

How much of your music is socially conscious?

Entertainment vs edutainment. The music industry have pretty much hid culturally conscious music or edutainment from the public, you need to be proactive in finding it yourself. The music industry had struck society a major blow by not taking responsibility for the effects music has upon the public and the roll socially conscious music plays in a civilised society, particularly as a means of communicating Thoughts, Idea’s philosophy and Culture.

Musician’s and emcees are not just crowd-pleasing comedian’s with slick tongues; they’re commentators, storytellers and an educator’s, but we hear little to no socially conscious music on the mainstream radio stations or on TV. Generally we here the same 12 songs all day on every station.

Why conscious music is desirable

As a society music shapes our group conscious and philosophy
Music puts us in touch with our inner beliefs and desires
Music is a part of societies mental landscape
Music is the heat beat of the nation

Has your musical taste matured with age and level of consciousness?

98 percent of mainstream music is written by Kids or Clowns
The majority of mainstream music is targeted at Kids not Adults
This is the first time in history that the social tends, fashions and values are set by Kids – Do Adults need to emulate the kids?

Summery: Music is like an affirmation, it should go hand in hand with your intentions. The best music is in line with your would vision, values and philosophy, The best music is progressive music.