As with vocal and instrumental music, the vibration is filtered through the vocal chords or physical instruments. The quality and vibration is influenced by the skill and consciousness of the personality of the musician. The intention, mood, and lyrics can provide a platform of influence to the listener’s heart. The mood of love and forgiveness can be one of many emotions experienced. There is an art to this. Especially when the musician knows the metaphysical aspects of sound and how it affects the body. Even without this knowledge it can be done. The intention is VERY important.

Conveying positive values through music to the world is a choice that every artist makes. In pop culture we find many artists make art for art’s sake or to just express themselves and where they are: but the guarantee of positive values conveyed in their music depends on the artist’s personal development and understanding of life. You cannot give what you do not have; and I always teach and share that “the personal development of the artist is just as important as the artistic development.” Music can affect the mood of the listener— from feeling peaceful, excited, inspired, or feelings of conjugal love. It can be a very powerful influence on human consciousness and culture. The way we act and treat each other can shift with a song.

I am an artist and musician who writes music with the intention of inspiring different moods and results such as: freedom, change, love, forgiveness, and gentle character to name a few. “Iwapele,” a song I wrote on my most recent EP “Rebirthed Above Ground,” conveys a message of the importance of being kind based upon one of many values of the West African Yoruba people of Nigeria’s cultural system.