Escape From Wonderland

People listen to music for a variety of reasons. Some listen to music to relax in which it serves as a sort of escape from everyday life, some because they are a fan and follow a certain artist, and others because they can relate the lyrics to their own personal experiences. Whichever the case may be, music has and continues to serve an important role in people’s lives.

For as long as mankind has walked on this earth, music has been an important part of our culture and lifestyles. Each walk of life beats to a different drum. Different cultures use music for many aspects of their lives; for religious purposes, for celebrations, for comfort, for sorrow, for relaxation, for sports, for dances, for energy, for learning, for sleeping, and for sexual experiences. Everyone uses music for something. Music connects with people and reaches them in ways that words simply cannot. Music is a representation of what feelings sound like. It expresses emotion and brings that characteristic out from within us; it tells us a story. Every generation has its’ own sound and different music styles have emerged and become

Music is a very powerful expression of emotions that come together as a whole to morph your psychological feelings into a sub-reality vision. Over the many years, history has been able to capture the moments at which music has made an impact on human lives. We can start with Manu Chao the artist that sings about left-wing messages and portrays his concerts as “collective therapy”. Or Juan Gabriel the young man that rose out of poverty to become the world’s most beloved artist/songwriter and whose music carried a resonate flamboyant style. Music is a way of communication that is used in many realms such as entertainment, tradition religion and sporting events. So far this semester, Chic 316 has influenced me to seek a more coherent relationship

What is a rave? Raving is a highly subjective experience. One person's best rave is another person's worst. Any attempt to analyze rave culture must recognize the highly personal factor of the experience. Author Daniel Martin defines a rave as “a long period of constant energetic and stylistic dancing exhibited by a large group of people in a hot, crowded facility providing continuous loud House music and an accompanying strobe lit psychedelic light show” . Since the beginning of this culture there has been much controversy on the legality of what goes on in the scene. Through the history, music, people, spirituality we are introduced to one of the newest things affecting pop culture today.

Raves have flashing lights and electronic a dance music playing to a very large group of people. With massive speakers blasting out music and people dancing all over the place, rave parties can be very hard to navigate through with lots of different things going on around you. Raves usually go on for a long time as well, with some going on for multiple days non-stop. Rave parties also lead to very irresponsible choices.

And all in all this chapter just talks why rave continues to be important in the 21st century and what social problems accompany today’s racial

So what exactly is a Rave and what sets it apart from other parties? Raves are high energy, all-night dances that feature hard pounding techno-music and flashing laser lights. Raves are found in most metropolitan areas and, increasingly, in rural areas throughout the country. The parties are held in permanent dance clubs, abandoned warehouses, open fields, or empty buildings (Tips for Parents: The Truth About Club Drugs. (2010, March 17). While this might not sound like an awful event for someone to attend, one of the biggest and most well-known problems with a Rave is what happens at them aside from the music and dancing.

In Goulding's study "Age is Just a Number" she mentions how one responder states "There's also this feeling of great freedom and exhilaration that you get from dancing. It's like nothing bad can touch you, any cares or worries that you have just disappear, you're a free spirit, your mind can take you wherever you want it to go" Both the rave culture and my religious culture of Catholicism have many similarities for example, both cultures follow the desire to have peace, love and respect for one another, in the rave culture their most popular acronym they all must follow is P.L.U.R (peace, love, unity, respect) in Judy Soojin Park's Study she mentions "As Insomniac's events aim to propagate an ethos of PLUR—Peace, Love, Unity, and Respect—reminiscent of historical rave culture, these events promise a space where anyone, regardless of race, class, gender or sexuality, is accepted."

Music is a powerful force that can bring people together from all walks of life. Listening to music creates an atmosphere of peace the surrounds one. Music fills our ears and overpowers our brain, consuming all our thought. This is one of the main reasons people crave music, an escape. In the song and video, Arabian Waltz by The Silkroad Ensemble, listeners can see the artists coming together to play and entertain. In Attaboy, the music surrounds listeners they imagine they are hearing the song being played just for them. The cover of Bob Marley’s song, One Love, projected an overwhelming sense of change needed for the world. No matter what language one speaks, music can be enjoyed by all.

For many years, Rave Culture throughout history has been portrayed in the media in a very bad light. With the media linking raves to drugs, violence and anti-social behaviour. When media and other authorities try to suppress and regulate the rave culture it is never received very well as stated treat such conflicts as forms of symbolic protest; attempts to legitimate or deni- grate cultural expression (Tepper, 2009). I was extremely shocked that when I read in the extract that as an answer to the sudden epidemic of rave culture officials selected a course of regulation that criminalized DJs and discredited the artform. To me, this is officials using the little bit of power they have to utilise a whole culture, which they would not even think

In Walter J. Freeman’s article “A Neurological Role of Music in Social Bonding,” he discusses how music contributes to a feeling of social bonding, among people of all ages and backgrounds. For example, he says, “A case is made that music together with dance have co-evolved biologically and culturally to serve as a technology of social bonding. Findings of anthropologists and psychiatrists are reviewed to show how the rhythmic behavioral activities that are induced by drum beats and music can lead to altered states of consciousness, through which mutual trust among members of societies is engendered” (Freeman 1 – 2). This is significant because it shows how the shared social music experience in the winter brings about a sense of “bonding,” as all the members of the utopia come together as one to take part in the activities. This type of group bonding can be seen across many mediums, including the shared experience revolving the sports and cooking competition in the summer. All of the utopia’s members are not only coming together as one to enjoy the entertainment, but they are also coming together as one to promote, advocate, and live out the healthy cultural practices of exercise and diet, which are directly representative of their larger social vision to live healthy lifestyles. This is one asset that brings a sense of community among our utopian society, and in turn keeps members united with shared motivations and goals. As a result, our utopia’s cultural practice of taking part in the entertainment event is expressive of the larger social vision to carry out healthy

A cultural view raves are a “safe space” for marginalized youths to gather and find a place to belong. The effects pf MDMA lead the drug to the forefront of PLUR raver culture, but it is not the only way that rave attendees form bonds with each other. Historically, dancing itself is a ritualistically rich event that “synchronize(s)” the emotional and mental states of collective members, as they are exposed to the same ‘driving stimuli’ (music)” (Kavaugh & Anderson

Introduction: (Play YouTube video from 1:38 – 1:58). What you just heard were the sounds of EDM. EDM stands for electronic dance music. Also you saw first-hand the inside of a rave called Electric Daisy Carnival (a Las Vegas event famous for ‘finding yourself under the electric sky’). What rave culture means to me is a place I can be myself and express my creativity in a judgment-free environment. Today, I am going to explain the history behind the top 3 most popular genres of EDM, and the meaning behind rave culture.

What is a Rave? It is a party which goes all night, dance music or techno music are played and are open to the public. Different types drugs and chemicals are taken by people present but are not necessary. Instead, the majority of individuals think that Rave is an anti-social event which involves a lot of drugs and due to this concept, the meaning of the Rave has been destroyed. Rave isn 't all about having drugs and dance all night. It is also a thing which makes people bond with each other. In a rave you will find complete strangers hanging out with other strangers, sharing things, hugging and uniting with other people.

Electronic dance music (EDM) festivals around the world bring hundreds of thousands of fans together for enormous multi-day parties. New York Ranger (2014) points out that ‘DJs are the new rock stars’.