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Music calms the savage beast, it once was said. A day without music would be one less fun thing to have in our lives. Just as we have rhythm in dancing, we also apply music to our work. Music being played at a reasonable level of volume can make the work day go by much faster and with harmony.

If you work in a office environment, music can calm your nerves and relieve the stress of being bottled up in a cubical for eight hours. Music on elevators and in Doctors offices have the calming effect to a person that is nervous and fighting anxiety about their situation.

Factories where many things are moving around you and over you can be played in moderation and giving respect to the hazardous work environment. In many ways, music is our friend in the work place. Respect for others and how you play your music at work can be beneficial to you, but may be distracting to others.

If we were not able to play radio music in the work place, we would find other avenues to add music anyway. We would sing and whistle or hum to a tune we could just not get out of our heads. I think it distracts our minds positively, when we have repetitious jobs that require we do the same things over and over.

Music makes us happy, makes us forget the mundane work we do during the day. This leads us back to the reasons why a happy employee, is a productive employee. Music is like that morning cup of coffee or espresso. You just do not function until you have had that first cup.

Music calms us on the way to our jobs, while we are at our jobs and relieves the stresses of the day, on the way home. There are worse things in the work place that distract us, music is not one of them.

The lack of music is the distraction and the people who do not have access to music are the culprits. Concentration without a outlet for distracting the mind can lead to arguments and disruptions to others.

Music is the human way to keep the mental stimuli active and our minds sharp. The brain is the greatest multitasker in the world. It can do many things at once and cope with a job at the same time.

Just thinking about work with out music, makes me remember the song, "Bye, Bye American Pie" and the verse "The day the music died". I think most people feel the same way. A day at work with out music, is like a day without sunshine.

People in prison have music, why should hard working people not have the same opportunity and be productive at the same time?

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