There is a huge difference between noise and sound; a huge difference between hearing and listening, and they all depend on the person and the situation. Taylor Swift’s latest song could be an amazing sound to one person, yet simple racket and noise to another. You may be hearing your teacher talk in class, but not really actively listening and absorbing the information because you’re too busy on buzzfeed.com with the laptop infront of you (this may or may not be from personal experience).

It will be difficult to find someone who can confidently say that they can go days without listening to music. Even though you may not be intentionally listening to music from your phone, you will still experience different sorts of music and sound, either it be in the background, as you pass a store or in a television advert! I cannot go an hour without listening to music (unless ofcourse I’m watching a movie or a tv show, but then again, I’m always looking out for the soundtrack in these). When you’re on the train, walking down the street or just at home, you listen to the sound of music, in order to block out the noise of the outside world.

I may be moving more to the music side of this post that was actually supposed to be on sound but I think it is very interesting what music can do to a person, psychologically. Watching a lot of medical shows myself, I have read into the fact that many surgeons listen to music whilst in the operating theatre, for the main reason that it reduces anxiety and stress, therefore improving their overall performance throughout the procedure.

So if anyone’s feeling a little bit stressed or want to block out the noise of an annoying neighbour, here are some songs obviously related to this discussion: