No Music allowed? Welcome to Taliban's Afghanistan

No Music allowed? Are you fluffing serious!

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Today I will be thinking the unthinkable!

This is an article written for the #novemberinleo writing prompt series and in particular the Day 18 prompt ....

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#novemberinleo Day 18!!! A world without music? What is your take?

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Are there positives?

Before we got down to the real nittygritty and all the negatives with not having music, let's look at some theoretical positives....

After all I believe in being positive!

I can think of two...

1 - Less noise pollution
The world might be a quieter place without constant music playing in public spaces and from personal devices. Have you ever sat next to some fluffer on a train or bus and they have some shitty music (to your ears anyway) blaring away!

2 - Increased focus
Without music as a distraction, people might be able to concentrate better on tasks. But in the case of Afghanistan I think it just brings resentment, not increased focus.

My drawbacks if there is no music!

As you might know we are entering winter and that means less and less daylight which means more and more levels of depression for me.

Now throw in the banning of music and I will pull my hair out big time!

• Expressing my moods
  For me music is a langauge, a language of emotion. Just think about it...
  Different music for different moods. For me happiness is through music, but if you are annoyed, if you are upset you choose the music to suit your moods...

• Cutting my creativity and productivity
  Throughout my career I had a reputation as an out of the box thinker, and was often the reason I got sent to some far flung place to troubleshoot a project or operation. One of my tools was having music playing in the background. It focuses my mind.

• Problems with my memory recall
  Are you like me and associate music and certain songs with events and experiences that happen throughout your life.
  My memory is fluffing awesome for things I want to remember. But for many things I have no memory until I recollect a song and then bam back comes the memory!

• Being a miserable bastard
  Can you imagine living in a society where they burn your musical instruments?
  Well that is the reality in Afghanistan now that the Taliban are back in control.
  Talk about boring. No earworms though no feet tapping, no singing out loud when you hear a tune you like!

Uff no thank you, I need my music!

General problems in society with no music...

Of course it would not just be me that would be a miserable bastard, there would be problems in society as a whole.

• The obvious ... No music industry.
  Bam no jobs for musicians, producers, DJs, instrument makers and everyone else involved in the music ecosystem.

• Culture impact
  I have worked all over and one of the things I live when going somewhere is seeing their customs and traditions.
  Take Scotland for instance, we have bagpipes and kilts. I know I know many people would happily band the pipes but that is identity it is culture.
  Get rid of music and you seriously cut culture!

• No musicals no screenscores, the impact on films and other industries!
  Are you like me and you find music adds to a film or series you are watching? It is an art matching the right music to action etc!
  But it is not just films, what about advertising and even fashion? Walking down the catwalk to nothing!

Lastly ... Just imagine going to festivals with no music, parties with no music weddings with no music football matches with no music!

No, no thanks and no I won't be visiting a Taliban country!

Thanks for visiting and I hope you enjoyed my response to the prompt.

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This article is an entry for this month's Inleo writing initiative #novemberinleo

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Today's prompt is **Day 18 | A world without music? **
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