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Posi music

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About Posi music

Posi music is a music genre.

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Posi music 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".

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What is Posi music?

Posi music is a music genre.

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