How to choose music

Each person has specific musical preferences, it goes without saying. Someone listens to hard rock, someone to heavy metal, someone to pop music, and someone does prefer classical pieces.

All these people are connected by one thing – the need to find suitable music selections. Sometimes it takes a long time. Therefore, in order to save it a little, we have developed several effective methods.

Method 1

Searching for the best album of the past year should start from the Grammy site, choosing the category “best album”. If you are interested in a certain genre, then you can go ahead and see the list of nominees in the direction of music you are interested in.

Method 2

You can find the best album of a particular year using Google. To do this, enter the phrase Best Albums and the year you are interested in in the search bar. This method is relevant both for finding fresh tracks and for very old ones. It is also suitable for finding the best songs of a particular genre. It is only necessary to slightly change the search query, prescribing the desired style (pop, rock, metal, etc.) in it.

Method 3

An excellent option for finding music is all kinds of recommendation services, including Yandex. Music and iTunes.

Method 4

Of course, it’s impossible not to mention radio as one of the most effective methods of finding good music.

Method 5

This method will be useful for fans of old music. The Rock Music Timeline site, despite the name, has collected a lot of tracks from completely different genres. They are divided by decades and years, which greatly simplifies the search.

Method 6

The Radiooooo website allows you to plunge into the world of music not only from different years but also from different countries. This website is a great option for finding old songs. On this site, you can even find those tracks that were popular in Egypt back in 1960. 

The thing that interests many people is how music affects us. Let’s try to figure it out.

We are sensitive to the rhythm from birth

Scientists wondered at what age we begin to hear music – not as a set of separate sounds, but as a melody. To do this, they conducted an experiment: they measured how the brain of newborns reacts to melodies, including using fragments with a broken rhythm. It turned out that children react to this “breakdown” – this was evident from the changes in brain activity. The study was small, but it suggests that we have the ability to understand the rhythm of a melody from birth. In addition, in the womb, the fetus can hear different rhythms – for example, the mother’s heartbeat. Also, babies can distinguish between the duration and pitch of sounds, which also helps to perceive melodies.

Music can enhance creativity

So, we hear music from early childhood. But does it influence our thinking? There was a study in which developers were involved, who are actually highly creative people. For several weeks they either listened to music while working or worked in silence. Five weeks later, it turned out that working accompanied by music, people were more productive and came up with more creative solutions.

Other scientists have found that cheerful music is more likely to help us to be creative – that is, the one with more major and solemn notes. In addition, the same mechanism can play a role here as in the Mozart effect: an increase in mood stimulates creativity.

Music reduces stress levels

There is a scientific explanation for the habit of listening to music as a distraction: it can actually reduce stress and regulate mood. One of the possible reasons for this process is that songs increase self-esteem and self-confidence.

There is another explanation – a biological one. Listening to music has been shown to reduce the level of cortisol, a hormone released when experiencing difficult and stressful situations (no matter if we are talking about classical music or pop songs). Listening to music can also help lower blood pressure, heart rate, and relaxation. This fact, for example, is used to reduce the anxiety of patients before surgery.

Music helps you exercise

Many people listen to music while playing sports – and rightly so. It enhances endurance and performance during exercise. One of the reasons music is effective is that it distracts us from fatigue. By the way, podcasts and audiobooks perform the same function, but they are less helpful in facilitating workouts – so it’s not just about distracting attention. 

Top songs for outdoor events

You already know how to find music to suit your taste. But what is the ideal music for outdoor events people like so much? We have prepared a list of songs the majority of people will definitely like. Let’s have a look:

• Summer Nights – Grease;
• Cruel Summer – Bananarama;
• Summertime Sadness – Lana Del Rey;
• Soak Up The Sun – Sheryl Crow;
• Summer Nights – Lil Rob;
• Steal My Sunshine – Len;
• Teenage Dream – Katy Perry;
• Sunshine – Lil ‘Flip;
• Corona And Lime – Shwayze;
• Summertime – Vybz Kartel.

Let your outdoor parties be maximally enjoyable!