The Effects Of Music On Our Lives

"On those nights that I missed him most I listened to music" (Alexie 3086). Woven throughout Sherman Alexie 's work, "Because My Father Always Said He Was the Only Indian Who Saw Jimi Hendrix Play ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ at Woodstock,” is the theme of music. Its presence is a faint drumbeat of life, felt throughout the piece. It not only accompanies moments of sorrow, such as when the narrator listens to music while he is longing for his father, but encompasses every variation of emotion available to man, and because of its extraordinary influence on the characters, it takes on human qualities. Through music 's multidimensional effect on characters and its personification, Alexie highlights music’s everyday influence in life, suggesting that it is inescapable and necessary to the human experience.

Art has undoubtedly become a decisive aspect of our culture; embedded in the way we learn and grow on a daily basis. Art forms such as music, television and dance dominate our society as an outlet of freedom of speech for humanity. The evolution of music has rapidly exceeded its original classifications, developing new genres with greater appeal to an audience, hence its influence on society has expedited. In recent times, lyrics (specifically rap lyrics) have been introduced into the court room as a form of documented confessional evidence, evidently challenging law’s authoritative nature. This essay will closely follow the genre of rap and its relationship with law, through cases based in the United States of America (USA). In addition, the trial of Simon Bikindi in Rwanda and Smith v The Queen will be used to form an acute analysis on the influencing factors of relevance, identity, freedom of speech and current constitutional law.

Bono once said, “Music can change the world because it can change people”. Music has changed me into the person I am today. I believe that music heals my life problems. I remember running around in the Blockbuster video store my parents owned, always drawn to the music section. Although my parents weren’t heavily influenced by music, I branched out and discovered a whole new world. I found myself getting my first MP3 player at age 7. Although The Jonas Brothers and High School Musical were less influential in my life, it did expose my mind to music.

In life, music affects everything many people look at all the different stories of teenagers committing violent acts and have begun to wonder can violent songs make teens violent? With all of the violent acts that music glorifies as of recently many psychologists and parents alike have begon to wonder why certaint types of music cause their children and teenagers to become so violent. Because of the questions that violent songs raise and why teenagers have started to gravitaite towards violent songs more than ever before. Some factors that could be reasons as to why violent songs have such a powerful effect on teenagers could be that: teenagers learn violence from ther surroundings, teenages can have a history of violence, and violent songs give teens a place to vent their frustrations at,

Music is important to everybody, we all have that one song that makes us happy or sad just from listening to one line in the song, but what if the song made you violent. Lyrics in music could be the reason for violent tendencies in people’s behavior. There have been studies shown that lyrics in some music promote violence and crimes started because of musical influence. Through all genres of music, if closely inspected, the lyrics show a hint of violence.

For years, music artists have been blamed for violent acts that people have associated with their songs. These genres are the most attacked because of the

Other deterrents such as the title of the article are present, "Music's Deadly influence", this creates a negative and fearsome light for the issue before the consumer has even read it. The issue does not halt at music according to the article, which makes the article broaden its scope. It implicates the media in a very negative connotation, stating that "visual media" is in the mix of this "deadly influence", and creates a "cause-and-effect relationship between media violence and real-life violence" . This factor contributes to the encompassing nature that the article brings to the "problem" in the CWA's article.

Music has impacted my life in many ways. Through music I have learned that you can do and have whatever you want as long as you put the work and effort to try. As a little kid, I have never been competitive, until I came in contact with the trumpet. When I join my middle school band I learned how to be the best at something and started to learned how to be competitive as I started moving up in high school and going to competitions. Wanting that made me put so much dedication to it. Countless of hours have been on practicing the same things over and over again, giving myself no limits on what to practice. Music basically has showed me how much effort you have to put in, so I can get closer and closer to achieve my goal. As a result, I joined

In defence of music and music industry Rosen says, “It’s true that the most controversial lyrics in popular music reflect the violence and despair in an artist’s imagination or in society. But they reflect it—they don’t create it” (82). Therefore, music does not cause violence. In fact, it gives chance to parents to understand their children through lyrics of music, and provide children with proper guidance, if they are going on wrong path. Moreover, “Recording company executives constantly make choices not to put out certain songs or albums because they don’t meet the test of artistic credibility or they believe something is sensationalist but empty of meaning. But for record companies to deny opportunity to an artist with a difficult

In life, music affects everything many people look at all the different stories of teenagers committing violent acts and have begun to wonder can violent songs make teens violent? With all the violent acts that music glorifies as of recently many psychologists and parents alike have begun to wonder why certain types of music cause their children and teenagers to become so violent. Because of the questions that violent songs raise and why teenagers have started to gravitate towards violent songs more than ever before. Some factors that could be reasons as to why violent songs have such a powerful effect on teenagers could be that: teenagers learn violence from their surroundings, teenagers can have a history of violence, and violent songs give teens a place to vent their frustrations at,

Music has impacted my life in both Band and Choir. One day in fourth grade, my old band teacher, Mr. Morong, introduced me to music. He brought out all these shiny, new instruments that I could in time musically prosper with. One instrument caught my eyes and my ears, the clarinet. It looked so beautiful, and I loved how you can play such wonderful melodies in a variety of ranges. I begged my parents to let me play and they soon gave in. I practiced hard every day. It was tough at first. When I first got my clarinet I couldn't even make a sound, and I started crying. By now, I have played solo’s in my school’s concerts, auditioned for IMEA, Solo and Ensemble and more. I think learning how to play an instrument and make music with it, taught

Although some may suggest music can only serve for entertainment, music imposes a direct impact on the ideals and actions of today’s culture. In the past, the music of a culture greatly impacts the people and speaks what the people felt afraid to express. Different types of music reach different areas of the human brain, thus affecting the way people act in various ways. Music possesses such a deep impact on human brains it affects the way we act and process different situations we go through. Although music can serve entertainment purposes it affects our brains and actions deeply.

Did you ever take the time to listen to a song and remember something or someone that changed your life? I have done this many times. It helps me to know myself and sometimes others better. This was possible because of all the people in my life who introduced me to a wonderful world of music: My parents, Ms.Huggins and Josh. They have impacted my life more than I thought they would.

     Hamerlinck supports his article with random songs that have to do with violence and love, in hopes of proving that music has an impact on it’s listeners. Lonnie Johnson sang a 1920’s song called “Careless Love,” in which he promises to shoot his lover numerous times and then stand over her until she is finished dying (241). A song like Little Walter’s “Boom, Boom, Out go the Lights” has a harsh and frightening image (241). The listener may not be aware of the destructive words in the songs because of the snappy, up-beat rhythms the artists’ create. I disagree with this statement because if this is the case, how can the listeners really not know what the

Music is an extremely important factor in our lives. In today’s society, walking into a store and hearing a pop song that you know all the lyrics to is a very common occurrence. If I were on a stranded island, I would bring the album Born To Die by Lana Del Rey. Some songs or albums evoke certain types of emotions whether through the utilization of lyrics, instrumentations, or beats. These emotions can elicit different types of moods as well; and we often come by songs can put us in the mood to do different kinds of things like cooking, sleeping, studying, spending time with friends, or anything else. I don’t think that Born To Die is my absolute favorite album, but I do think that it would keep me from going insane on this stranded island.