Animals & Us
The Okapi's Gift: How Music Bridges Species
Assadian Loris @plumesofficial
A musician discovers that singing to animals shifts how he sees them, and how the world sees animals.
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Animals & Us
Assadian Loris @plumesofficial
A musician discovers that singing to animals shifts how he sees them, and how the world sees animals.
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Assadian Loris has been singing to animals for two years, but music came first. He was writing songs at four, drumming by seven, and somewhere along the way he noticed something: cows respond to melody. After reading that they love music, he tried it on his grandmother's farm nearby and felt hooked. What started as curiosity became a practice. He discovered that when he sings, animals come closer. A parrot danced along with him. A giraffe in the south of France overcame its shyness and cried while he played, her tears running down as he held the moment. An okapi, a rare and endangered animal, stayed beside him for over forty minutes despite being warned it would never approach a human at all.
He doesn't change his setlist for different species. Instead, he focuses on creating a soothing melodic sound and calls what he does singing love songs to the animals. The intent and energy behind the performance matter as much as the notes. He researches every facility before he goes because ensuring the animals are treated well matters more than capturing content. At one farm he visits regularly, the cows covered him in licks. He later learned this meant they had adopted him as one of their own.
Two years of performing for animals changed him. He became vegan after meeting the cows and now sees them as sensitive living beings, not as he saw them before. He has learned that animals feel emotions humans feel, and their capacity for love and protection mirrors what we experience. He does not force his views on others. Instead, he posts videos that highlight how wonderful animals are and lets people draw their own conclusions. People have written to him saying his videos made them vegan too. His mission now is to fight for animal rights and protection.
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