Robert Elliot’s Our World Our Music gives an elaborate answer to the question what is music? Elliot focuses on the history of music and the social changes that were the catalyst for all these unique sounds we hear today. He defines music as “the universal language (1)” continuously implying how impactful and connecting music has been throughout time. The first instrument was discovered in 41,000 B.C and it resembled the flute (1). Although the instruments that make the musical sounds are important, one must fully understand form and structure because they are the two key elements of music.…
Do we ask the question “how does music affect me?” or perhaps it’s better to ask “how do I allow music to impact me?”. To understand the true impact, we must first grasp how we listen to music. We can turn towards "How We Listen" by Aaron Copland which showcases three planes of listening for reference.…
He has a really deep feeling for the subject he is discussing. For example, he says, “We gotta start makin’ changes.” He says this in a very serious way. While he is rapping he goes on with saying that he wants to be able to have the opportunity to get a good job even if he’s colored. He signifies this by saying, “I’m tired of being poor and even worse…
Music represents the culture and identity because music always part of culture. Through the music people can identify them different from others. Songs, singers, and genres are also important to construct the music. Through the music singers are expressed shared values, experiences, and emotion that define group’s identity and solidarity. For instance, rap music and hip-hop represents its structure of culture and personalities.…
For centuries, people have listened to music all around the world through different instruments. Music is composed of different genres. There is pop, rock, indie, alternative, and so much more. Each genre is different in each time period. Pop music from the 1950’s will be remarkably different from pop music today.…
The way music affects our everyday lives can be almost incomprehensible at times, but remember music is much more than dots on a page. It’s notes and rhythms written into a piece of work. Each one containing some kind of emotion that reaches a certain depth of our hearts and…
Music plays a major role in influencing children and teenagers. If a teenager listens to a rapper or rappers who raps about nothing but guns, drugs, and money, that person listening to that artist and that kind of music will be influenced to get involved with violent acts such as using guns, and selling or using drugs. Rappers today that most of the young generation listens to are Chief Keef, and 21 Savage who promote lots of violence and firearm usage in their music which plays a major role in influencing the young generation to follow that kind of music. If we emphasize about the dangers about listening to too much of violent music, that will help reduce gang violence and influence young ones not to listen to too much violent…
Two years after his release, he committed suicide- he couldn’t take it anymore. A young boy’s life was stolen from him because of a broken criminal justice system that doesn’t favor black lives. Also, in a column in the Washington Informer, Malveaux says…
Rap music disrespect and affects our women because it gives women a bad image on how they see their self. The music videos make them seem like sex objects. All you ever see are girls in bikinis. Young men look up to rappers, influences how they talk to girls. Women also put themselves out there…
Parents, teachers and other activists believe that rap music encourages deviant behavior…
Morrison states, “Marketing messages of hate and violence to children sends the signal that violence is widespread and normal, that it is acceptable to abuse women, and that there is glamour in lawlessness” (Morrison). Teens are listening to music that sends the messages that it is okay for men to beat their wives and girlfriends because they are above the law. This has had an extremely negative effect in the black community. As stated by McWhorter, “Rap music is harmful to the black community because it links to racism, violence, and misogyny ” (McWhorter). In “Rap Music and Rap Audiences,” it states that “many scholars note that some rap lyrics attempt to objectify, devalue, or subjugate African American women through insults and name calling” (Dixon).…
In regard, rap artists are sending out a negative message to youth. Among the many youth and negative lyrics in rap music, rap artists remain an influence on youth education. Many youth are starting to come up without a decent education, because youth are dropping out of school to pursue a rap careers (Toms, 2006, p2). Youth want to become rap artist, so they can live a thug lifestyle, in order to have the lavish women, expensive cars, and money. Communities, generation and legacies are suffering because of the negative visualizations that producers and record companies are promoting to rap artist, along with BET and MTV broadcasting their videos (Toms, 2006,…
Children require a lot of care and attention to help grow and develop. Not just physically but mentally too. Some parents may teach their children the ABCs or colors. But there are other aspects in the world that could affect development as well. Music has been shown to affect not only children when it comes to development, but adults as well.…
Music has been a part of people’s everyday lives for so long. It even evolved in a lot of different ways, then again, not everyone knows how much it actually affects the human mind and body. It doesn’t just make us sing along when we hear some of our favorite songs, it doesn’t just make us dance and groove, but it also has amazing scientific and medical effects. According to neuroscientist and author of This Is Your Brain on Music, Dr. Daniel J. Levitin, when people try to understand what exactly is the meaning of music and where it actually came from, people could have a better understanding on how it affects their motive, desires, memories, fears, and even communication. “Is music listening more along the lines of eating when you’re hungry, and thus satisfying an urge?…
Austin Southers Madam Bertand English 12 31 March, 2016 Rap Culture How has rap affected the music industry and life? The music genre called rap, has changed the music industry in many significant ways. Rap music has become widely popular across America, bringing out rap stars from different places across the country. The rapid growth of popularity for this genre of music could come from its original ways of using a turntables and DJs.…