Review Of David M. Greenberg Et Al Divided People And Their Musical Choices

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Every day millions of Americans turn on their radios, IPods, or some other device which allows them to listen to their favorite musicians and have no idea that there is a union standing guard to ensure the rights of those very musicians. The average American may think their favorite musicians are rolling “dough” and not realize that for the past hundred and fourteen years the American Federation of Musicians, aka AFM, has worked to improve the professional lives of musicians across North America. (American Federation of Musicians, 2010) AFM attracts its members with a mission to unite professional musicians which states, “We can live and work in dignity; Our work will be fulfilling and compensated fairly; We will have a meaningful voice

Band, a group of introverted geeks who blow instruments, hit things, and depending in where and when it is, getting hit by things is also an option. Occasionally, band kids can be bullied or made fun of for being introverted, geeks, and unathletic. The band room is a safe haven for band kids, but outside of the band room, it’s hell. Many people think that the Musical Lives by Gary Soto is a story about mean bullies making fun of kids, but it really is about how you don’t always have to fight back to win and the people you hang out with will define what people think about you.

Scholars and artists commonly describe music as a reflection of the human condition. The period in history from the mid-1930s onward marked a tragic phase in twentieth century music and this reflection: the total politicizing of the art by totalitarianism means. Dictators, including Joseph Stalin of the Soviet Union, were manipulating popular culture to take control of their people. Stalin supported the idea of a “Soviet modernism,” a school of art that would embody the power of the new proletarian state. He monitored every recording made in the country, writing judgments of “good,” “so-so,” and “bad” on their sleeves. Stalin believed music to be the engineer of the human souls, and hoped to use this as a way to influence his people that Soviet life was improving. Fearing a phone call from the dictator or being arrested in the night, Soviet composers such as Dmitri Shostakovich wrote music with chained hands in an effort to please their leader. A study of Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5 and Symphony No. 7 will reveal the influence of communism in the Soviet Union on his music as well as his dynamic relationship with Joseph Stalin.

When the Pope comes to your city, it is not just your ordinary day. Earlier in the summer after three incredibly demanding auditions, I was asked to join the High School Papal Choir. The day I got the email that I was chosen for the Pope’s choir was one of the most exciting days of my life, I knew that this was a once in a lifetime experience, that I was not going to pass up. After spending what seemed like weeks on end practicing in St. Patrick's Cathedral, the day had finally arrived. September 27 2015 was the day the Pope was going to say mass in Philadelphia. I remember on that day waking up three hours before I had to leave to travel to location that was only release hours before hand. After going through three security checkpoints,

4. Does your mood determine the kind of music you listen too? Give me an example.

The sight of so many people of different backgrounds, interest and looks in one place contributing to the environment, makes this location all the better to learn about the diverse cultural music backgrounds. The stores in the general location include Frog and Firkins, Scented Leaf House and Lunge, Baskin-Robbins, Gentle Bens and many more stores that has different musical setting and many dissimilar people walking through their doors. As said before the music tends to fit the personality of the person but is not always the case. An example, my friend Serena has the personality of a wise, gentle person and would anyone. Her taste in music is more along the lines of softer music that gives her energy like Hello by Adele. On the other hand, my friend Alex has almost the same personality as Serena but a little more selfish at times enjoys hard core rap as his everyday music. So going along with thatI asked around at couple place to learn about how music influences personality and internal motions; one person was sitting at store that had a music that was playing Indian music, it seemed like he was enjoying it so I asked for the reason. I learned that his personality was self reserved and curious. His taste was not Indian music it self but the fact that they are playing it rather loudly and how they are not shamed for this different type of music. He told me that it is incredible how the new age moved on and that he can enjoyed culture difference in a lot of areas, it sparked the curiosity in his inner self. He was 24 with a major of Computer Science along with a minor in Math, the music loosely matched his

People very often describe a stereotype of certain groups of people pertaining to the music they listen to. For example, many people view hip-hop lovers as people who wear backwards hats and gold chains, or heavy-metal lovers as people who grow their hair long and wear gothic clothing. These groups of people do come together because of their common interest in music, but this common interest does not just come from nowhere. According a study conducted by professor Adrian North of Heriot-Watt University, ones taste in a genre of music is due to their personality. This means that what kind of music a person listens to says something about their personality. For example, professor North found that dance fans are creative and not gentle, while rap fans have high

In the article, Predicting Music Appreciation with Past Emotional Responses to Music (2001) by Robert H. Woody and Kimberly J. Burns, describes the reason why many young people may not have a connection or gravitation towards “classical” music. Many young people simply jumble up “classical” music into such broad category because they do not understand the many different complex components to classical music. They assume that all music without lyrics is considered to be classical music. This makes it more difficult for young individuals to comprehend classical music because they are so accustomed to simply hearing music with lyrics in it, but never fully paying attention to the other components that make up the entirety of the piece. In order to prove the hypothesis that young people did not have an emotional connection with classical music, they preformed a case study to get a clearer conclusion.

Over the past years, numerous researchers have shown interest in musical preferences and how they relate to personality traits as well (Cattell & Anderson, 1953; Dollinger, 1993). However, because of changes in music and its lyrical content over time, music itself has become an issue of interest and concern. Music and lyrical content have become gradually more explicit with references to drugs, sex, and violence. The anti-social themes overall have lead many adults, mostly parents of young children and teens, to rally against it, especially heavy metal and rap. The anti-social themes have also lead the study of music’s impact on emotion and behavior.

After collecting, analyzing, and interpreting, the aim now is to come up with a conclusion as to what definitely shapes a human being’s musical preference? If no relationship can be found, is this all just sporadic information with no evidence of direct relationship? Let’s find out.

Punk music appreciation and continue influence can be contributed to the musical style of expression and raw emotions. Music that expresses emotions that are no atypical for example, happy or cheerful but instead, sadness and despair may attribute to punk music influence. Artist like soul singer Adele, has made successful career of musical ballads of love lose and heartbreak. Her songs connect to greater audiences because of the raw emotions that are parallel to punk music. Her latest album 25 that is less than a month old from the release date contribute a large percentage of overall record sales Globally. Therefore, what does emotional music genre mean? Music can be examining in a multi lay musical expression. The care lay can be expression that involves intrinsic and sounds that enable listens to perceive emotions that are more complex. This expression can conceptualize expression in music to explain vocal and musical expression of emotions. In addition, can these emotional presents attribute to the development of the musical sound that can attribute to live percussion compared to electric musical sounds?

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart had a short but meaningful life and left his mark on the musical world forever. Mozart was a musical prodigy all of his life starting to learn the keyboard at age three with his sister at the age of seven. By the age of six Mozart could play multiple instruments for the public. Mozart’s talents in music reach further than playing instruments; he once listened to a piece played only a single time in concert and wrote the entire score from memory with only a few minor errors. With all of this talent crammed into just one person, one would think that he would be payed quite a lot of money, and live in the lap of luxury, but would be sadly wrong.

It affects the brain, in return effecting physical appearance and emotion which have a key role in personality development. As Veronica Gonzalez states, a Social Psychology Major, Honors Student, and Research Assistant, “Music is a display of personality identity for individuals: it is a topic of speech upon meeting someone new, a way of communicating experiences, and a manner of expressing culture” (1). Different music genres have been key in figuring out the various outcomes of personality, thus being the several influential factors upon personality. There are numerous ways that genres of music influence, what they influence, and the outcomes of those influences on personality, all the way into specific gender influences. Due to these impacts, it is proven that different genres of music can influence and have specific outcomes on personalities of individuals. The significant relationship between music and personality allow everyone, everywhere, to have an understanding of how substantial music impacts lives, and most essentially,

In Macedonian hills, the music of Orpheus was said to possess certain magical qualities, having powers strong enough to alter the very behavior of people and animals. Among its abilities, the notes of Orpheus' lyre were said to calm the guard-dog of Hades (1), to cause the evil Furies to cry, and to tame the deadly voices of the Sirens (2). Was this power simply a divine and magical gift with no other explanation, or can we explain more specifically the connections between music and behavior?