Note from the editor: This is a featured guest piece written by
Brandon Shaw. He is a junior majoring in Political Science and
Complex Systems. He is also the author of newly released book
“Twenty Five Hours A Day.” For centuries, music has been a
release for everyone from preschool kids on their time outs
seeking to evade the high pitched screams of their ‘less
precious’ neighbors in the nap room next door to teenagers
seeking refuge to midlife-crisis-drawn adults seeking to relive
their wilder youth. The cathartic experience undergone when
listening to music is a result of often hours of hard work of
rehearsal, practice, human effort at coming together – whether
in the studio or during rehearsal, sound checks, and the
eventual live performance. But the overarching feeling that
causes intrinsic harmony, that allows us to truly connect to the
music and feel it in our souls is the fact that we can see
ourselves singing the words in the shower, we can envision
ourselves onstage with the musicians, (instrumental