Hello Everyone,
My roommate and I were just talking about how music effects people's lives, outlook on the world and feelings. My roommate felt as though people should not allow a song or a certain music artist to effect their feelings and how they go about certain things in their day, however I feel that music influences people's mind that listen to it constantly throughout the day.
Typically for teens, if they are going through hard times with a girlfriend or boyfriend, they tend to listen to more love generated songs that are a guide to helping them figure out what to do about their certain situations. I felt as if this was a great my to work out a problem like that because that song may convey the same feelings you have, however my roommate thought it was a good idea to listen to a more uplifting song that causes happiness or just get out with friends and family so that you firget out the entire situation.
Futhermore, I think music causes some people to do outrageous things, such as roadrage and pointless fights. For example, a Hip-Hop artist named Ludacris has a song entitiled, "Move Get Out My Way." A person inside a car on a highway will hear this and they would want to go faster and act as if the road was theirs. I feel as though this is true because music and generate all types of feelings, depending on the certain circumstance. In contrast, my roommate feels that people do what they want and music has no affect on them, and if it does have an effect, then theres a problem.
Journalism 150 Tell me how music effects you, and if it does, why do you allow it to?
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Kiyah, great question! If I am happy or excited, I want to listen to something up beat. If I am sad, I would want something with a slower beat. For me, the music I listen to changes based on how I feel. There are also times when I will have "neutral" feelings. If I hear a piece of music, for the 3 or 4 minutes that it is playing, the beat or tone of the song can depict my mood. I can't really help the fact that it effects me. I think that music is very powerful and I think it is neat when one lets it "wash" over one's self and just gets lost in the tone of a song.
ReplyDeleteMusic has had a profound affect on my life. While I don't think it has necessarily encouraged me to do things I would not normally do, it definately amplifies my mood, like Brooke said.
ReplyDeleteOften, I relate specific memories with pieces of music, which can bring strong emotions whenever I hear the song. For instance, I remember my middle school friends whenever I hear "Funky Town" because we danced to that a lot. When I hear any Eagles song I always think of my Dad playing guitar on the patio. I like that music can randomly cause you to remember special moments you would not normally think about, which is a really awesome thing.
I have to admit, sometimes I DO listen to my ipod to decide how I'm feeling.
ReplyDeleteIt usually calms me. Not that I have a tenancy toward outbursts of emotions, but it causes me to distract myself, somehow, despite that I like to study with it on.