During a practice session with my (very talented) singer-songwriter friend Bennett Grassano, he described the Holy Trinity of Music's Appeal - which is apt because his dad was a baptist Pentecostal preacher. (Wait, do they believe in the holy trinity?).

In a somewhat off-handed commment, Bennett perfectly described the potency of music by explaining how he enjoys it in so many forms - writing music, playing music, and listening to music. I see it this way - you can enjoy music intellectually, emotionally and physically. And these three come up in different ways: when you learn music; when you write new songs; when you play songs you know well; when you listen to music that you either love, vs when you are trying to "figure out" and deconstruct a song; and when you dance and / or sing.

This may be obvious to some people, but for me, seeing the whole scope of how I can - and have - interacted with music, and on what level, was a powerful reminder of music's potential. Listening to a song in order to pick apart the rhythm elements is a different kind of enjoyment than listening to a song I really love, which is an altogether different enjoyment from dancing to music, or playing music. And even playing in a drum ensemble is a different experience than playing with a guitarist.