Please don’t stop the music

Hello to all of you on this wet and windy October day…..Today’s words of wisdom are welcome whatever the weather, and they hail (forgive the pun) from a wonderful woman whose name is Diane Seaborne. Great name eh? Diane sings….a lot…and she encourages others to sing, by singing she witnesses a change in people that brings them to a more harmonious (sorry no pun intended here either) space within themselves. I know because I have sang with Diane and watched this transformation first hand. Today Diane is sharing with you why she does this, enjoy her words of wisdom and if you would like to share yours just drop me an email at grays100@gmail.com or tweet me @grays100

Dee

Please don’t stop the music 

Music creates a place where you can truly be yourself.  I have loved music since I can’t remember when.  My Mum tells the story of a five year old me that would sing ‘Don’t cry for me Argentina’ word and pitch perfectly.  The surrounding audience of family and friends, were amazed that someone so small could remember all those words and sing so well without accompaniment (there was no karaoke in the 70’s you know!).  For me it was easy and completely natural. Lyrics and melody connected to me in the same way that movement connects to the dancer and colours speak to the artist.  I felt the music through my body and I loved the way it made me feel.  It was as simple as that. 
Since then I have used music to accompany me through the joyous times, the sad times, the tragic times and the frankly ridiculous times.  Each phrase of melody and every line of verse and chorus invited me to feel. That invitation provided a door into or out of the emotions I was experiencing. Those emotions caused me to break, to rejoice, to heal, to cry and to create.  I use music every day to step into a space that allows me to know myself better and to relish in wonderful life I have.

Here are just some of the songs that make up my soundtrack.  What are yours?

Wham Rap – Wham

The Chauffeur – Duran Duran

Out of Space – The Prodigy

You oughta know – Alanis Morrisette

Purple Rain - Prince

Who do you think you are - Spice Girls

Something in the way she moves – The Beatles

Sunshine on a Rainy Day – Zoe

You do something to me- Paul Weller

No Day but Today – Idina Menzel

One Day like this – Elbow

Changing – Sigma and Paloma Faith 

Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons. You will find it is to the soul what a water bath is to the body. ~Oliver Wendell Holmes