Music

Music has been around us for a long time, several thousands of years as some anthropologic discoveries have revealed. Apparently, music is something all humans have had in common during a big part of our existence. People living in very different parts of the globe share the same attraction for music, different kinds of music, of course, but music anyway.
There is an important number of studies that show how music has important effects on our brain and the way it stimulates the mind. Different styles of music affect our body and mind very differently. While classical music can help us to relax and reach in a calm mood, others like rock or techno, for example, can get us excited or put us in the mood to perform physical activities.
Although music has been at our side during so much time, it is easy to understand that its importance has not always been the same. Music has acquired a lot of importance during the last centuries, where musicians have received recognition and influence in different societies and periods of our history.
During the last few decades, music has become a huge industry with revenue reaching billions of dollars per year. Even though it has suffered a lot of changes lately due to the advances in technology and the way people consume music, the songs keep playing louder than ever. This is in part because of the fact that new mobile technologies allow people to listen to music everywhere at any time, and offer them tons of music of all styles and regions of the world.
In fact, this industry keeps generating new stars, some of them are one-hit-wonder while others have a long time successful career. In recent years, thanks to social media, musicians, and singers have more opportunities to let the public know them and to have the chance to become a new star in the music industry's constellation. Furthermore, to produce a hit it is not necessary to have the support of a big record company, and a big studio available during a few days or weeks. Nowadays, you can get the job done at your own home if you have a few thousand dollars to buy some basic equipment. We could say that music is becoming much more democratic these days.