Posi music: History and Key Facts

Posi music (in American English, pronounced POZ-ee) is a colloquial phrase that some modern listeners some have applied retroactively to music and songs in this genre that have been around since the at least the 1940s,. It is not widely adopted or accepted. Short for positive music, posi music is categorized by its intention to have a positive uplifting effect on the listener. Musicians who write and perform posi music profess a desire for their music to unite and inspire their audience and make them feel better.

An example is "Accentuate The Positive" written by Johnny Mercer and made famous by Bing Crosby. The song defined the concept that there is polarity between being positive or being negative, specifically noting there is also no neutral as in "no more Mister In-Between".

This concept has been expanded by groups promoting the education of posi music, such as the Positive Music Association, emPower Music and Arts, and the Positive Music Imperative. This concept of Positive Music and Negative music has also been identified in the book A New Earth, by Eckhart Tolle

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