Digress about music

Have you thought your life would be without music? I think my life wouldn't be the same, when I wake up, turn on my radio and the music gives me the energy to start the day, during the work day I hear music in different moments, while study, eat, do chores or take a nap; even sometimes I like listen music for sleep, when I can´t sleep or my neighbours have a party. 

Is not easy for me to say what kind of music I like, because my likes are really varied, since songs of Disney's movies until heavy metal. I am not a fanatic of a band or singer, I have artists and songs favourites, one of my favourite bands are "Los Bunkers", a Chilean rock band. I like the majorities of their songs, my favourites are Nada nuevo bajo el sol and Canción para mañana. I would have liked to attend one of his concerts but now is not possible, because nowadays the band is splitted.  And exist songs that I prefer for specific moments, for example when I do chores I like listen heartrending songs in Spanish like Mon Laferte's songs or Jesse&Joy's songs, and I sing with all my might. When I study, like me listen instrumental music by VSC (vitamin string quartet). And when I travel with my parents listen songs of 80's and 90's, glam rock and latin pop rock.

I really like the sound of transverse flute, I would like learn play it someday or other instrument. My boyfriend always try to teach me to play guitar or bass, but that´s not mine; he have a death metal band and his songs are amazing for me but I prefer and I love when he plays his guitar or piano for me, is really romantic. 

In short, I can not live without music.

Music in the brain

Perhaps one of the most common things people do is listen to music, everyone has their preferences to choose a musical genre and the time to listen to one or another song, to accompany rainy afternoon, dinner with someone special or disconnect from reality . The music manages to complement our days and become our soundtracks like in the movies.

Have you thought about why you prefer some songs over others? Why sometimes the music you produce feelings? What happens in your brain when sound waves enter you for your ears?

Music is used to regulate mood and arousal in everyday life and to promote physical and psychological health and well-being in clinical settings. However, scientific inquiry into the neurochemical effects of music is still in its infancy.

The music is considered among the elements that cause more pleasure in life, this occurs by the release of dopamine, a neurohormone released by the hypothalamus and is related to pleasure, similar to what occurred with food, sex and drugs effect. This neurohormone produced stimuli dependent limbic system of the brain that manage physiological responses to emotional stimuli, particularly the nucleus accumbens. The brain related to emotions music of our memories, in less than a second.

It is amazing how our brain works all the time, and reacts with everything we do, music is just one example of thousands.

Holidays

Alhué, view from the hill

When I think in holidays, I imaginate me in the land, in the my grandmother's house, in the pool with my cousins, going to the hill to hang out with friends. 

I had gone to different places for holidays, with my family or friends, however I really love to go to Alhué  (where my father's family live), sometimes with my parents take mini holidays in the weekends and go to this   village. In the year 2010, was the "27 F", the earthquake destroyed my grandmother's house,  then my father decided save money and build a new house, this house is bigger than the old house, and I got a room just for me. 

Other times when I go to the Alhue village, I host in the my aunt's house, and pass all day with my cousin, he and I have the same age and he's like a brother for me. 

Last summer, in February, I was in my aunt's house for a week, and this week was the "alhuina" in the village, in this celebration for the town's aniversary, the municipality organise a musical festival. This year, I went to see the show of Los Jaivas and Villa Cariño, with my friends sang the songs, danced and we had a great night. 

This weekend I am going to go to Alhue for a mini-holidays.

Los Jaivas

Villa Cariño