Posi music

Posi Music (pronounced pah-zee) has been around since the 1940s, though only recently has a definitive label been applied to music in this genre. Short for Positive Music, Posi Music is categorized by its intention to have a positive 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. One of the earliest 100% Positive Songs was "Accentuate The Positive" written by Johnny Mercer and made famous by Bing Crosby. That same song also defined the concept that there is indeed polarity between being Positive or being Negative, specifically noting there is also no Neutral as in "no more Mr. 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 called A New Earth, by Eckhart Tolle

Early Posi Music certainly had some roots in traditional folk music, in the genre labeled protest music. While much of protest music would not fit into the simple definition of Posi Music, a subjective opinion could easily include songs like "We Shall Overcome" by Pete Seeger or "If I Had A Hammer" performed by Peter Paul & Mary.

Deeper roots were nourished by New Thought musicians and Posi Music finally emerged as a fully defined concept when pioneers of the Posi Music genre, Karl Anthony, Shanti Norman, Charley Thweatt and Leroy White created music that was not focused on theology, but instead on more inclusive themes. Unlike gospel and contemporary worship music, Posi Music's lyrics are less specifically spiritual. By focusing on the human spirit and world community, Posi Music embraces musicians from any religion. As the genre has evolved, it has been adopted by artists following many different spiritual paths ranging from New Thought, Agapism, Judaism, Christian Science and Catholicism to Buddhism, Pantheism and Seicho-no-Ie.

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