Just the other day I felt so tired with music. I wanted absolutely nothing to do with it. I know you probably think that I’m nuts … but trust me after the week I had you wouldn’t even have a speck of judgment towards me

Turning up 24/7 all week with hip hop, rap, pop and trance music, to mention a few, blowing up in your ears can get to you trust me. The way music had began to irritate me was so frightening, I mean music is my life and if I don’t listen to it, its as equivalent to me as not living … in other words dying and no-one wants to die at all!

So I sat down with myself and thought (not THOT) and slowly began to analyze this problem I had and see what exactly annoyed me about the music i was listening to. This forced me to break down my music into sections and components. I gave myself homework can you imagine, i had to do my research properly. What’s in music I asked? Is it the lyrics, the beats, the rhythm, the instruments? I could go deeper and deeper into this (mind the pun) but I mean you get the point. I know what I did not want to hear, the vocals for starters. I most definitely did not want any head bopping beats and a combination of instruments was far too complex of a sound for me. This realisation finally made me know what I wanted to hear …“Purity”. I wanted something homologous. That’s when I remembered my encounter at Wonderpark shopping mall.

I was out shopping with my moms and we got very and I mean extremely hungry so we decided to go get something to chow. There he was, a Native American man playing the flute in the middle of the food court. I swear by all the saints the minute we heard him play we forgot about our near death hunger sensation .He drew crowds nearer and nearer with every clean breath into his flute, producing a magical sound that tickled my heart and made me feel peaceful. I finally had figured it out, I was not sick of music per se, I just needed a break from all the loud stuff. That was the sort of music my ears were bleeding to hear, the sound of a spiritual flute.

Sometimes all we need is to cleanse our ears with pure music and wash away the “noisy stuff”. But I mean man cannot live on bread alone right … he needs his fair dose of wine and cheese, the same way music also needs to be enjoyed with a balance. Yes do turn up and I mean turn the volume UP and shake your booty … but don’t forget to kick back, relax and take it easy from time to time.

Peace, Love & Good Music | Queenie