Welcome to the PMA

The Positive Music Association (PMA) is about enlightening the world through music. We’re about awakening people to their own brilliance and potential. We’re the musical expression of the shift that’s happening on the planet now.

The PMA is a professional trade organization dedicated to expanding and promoting the emerging new genre of Positive music, also known as Posi, and supporting the individuals who participate in our industry.

Posi is music you can use. It has a positive effect on the listener. The benefits of listening to positive music include physical and emotional healing, increased motivation, a sense of connection and unity among others and the natural world, facilitating the process of experiencing grief, sadness, anger or apathy, and an increased sense of well being and joy. Common settings for listening to this music include workshops and retreats, dance and fitness centers, hospitals and hospices, schools, counseling and coaching programs, spiritual communities, and at home.

There is a huge, untapped market of people hungry for this kind of music. Think of Posi as the music version of Oprah, the multi-billion dollar Self-Help Industry (with authors like Wayne Dyer, Deepak Chopra, Marianne Williamson), the more than 50 million people in the U.S. alone who make up the Lifestyles Of Health And Sustainability (LOHAS) Market, and the Environmental and New Thought Movements.

The PMA is about seeing music not only as entertainment but as a means of creating positive change in the world. People drawn to Posi often are interested in subjects like personal development and empowerment, social transformation and peace, and in creating healthy and sustainable environments, relationships and communities. We encourage artistic integrity and social responsibility.

One of our goals is to establish Posi as a new music category. This categorization makes it easy for people to discover and listen to healthy, positive music. Imagine going to iTunes and finding the best Posi music all in one place.

The PMA provides the largest collection of Posi artists and music in the world, and provides resources and networking opportunities for members to grow and market their music. Through Posi Radio, members get a chance to have their music heard online. See news clippings about Posi and the PMA here.

This site includes a list of PMA members and links to their websites, Posi Radio, member spotlight, music resources, links to other positive media, songs by subject, and positive music events.

What is Posi music?

Posi is positive, conscious music that inspires conscious relationships, health, work, and living. Posi music is distinct from what some might consider positive music because it implies taking action or changing one's life for the better. It is uniting, inclusive, universal and uplifting in nature. It is mainly lyric based. Popular songs that would be categorized as Posi include Natasha Bedingfield’s "Unwritten," John Mayer’s "Daughters," or the Beatles’ "Let It Be."

Posi is not: love songs, because they do not necessarily inspire action or change; religious since they are not inclusive of all human beings, just those who prescribe to that particular religion; simply happy, feel-good songs unless they inspire appreciation or action; or anti-songs (e.g. anti-war, anti-drug) unless they focus on solutions.

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