Gaston Music is human behavior Music has a unique and powerful influence. It helps to change behavior, Sometimes by itself, but most oftenthe persuasion of the RMT is involved. Music is the essence of humaness, not only because man creates it,but he creates his relationship to it. Man's larger brain size and society set him apart from the rest of the animals inhabiting the earth. Gaston believed that music came into being because of man's interdependence and his need for expression and communication.
Music provides multi-sensory stimulation.
The great potential of man's nervous system take him beyond bare animal adaptation to the aesthetic. The aesthetic experience may be one of the best devices to help him adjust to his environment. We are never satisfied with just the sounds of nature. As our aesthetic sensitivity develops we must elaborate and make more complex sensory and motor behavior. The universal need for aesthetic experience is not ephemeral.