Analysis: Modern Music, A Piece Of Junk

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Sotto, Jay Prancis S.
2015-65760
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Modern Music, a Piece of Junk
Music is generally a melody of sounds that unifies the mind and soul. The heartbeat of people changes and mimics the music they listen to. For some people music is a very big influence. They dress up and act like the music they listen to. Music is so much more than just a form of entertainment. For some people the music that they listen to represents who they are. Different people have different taste in terms of genre, but pretty much everyone has one favorite type of music. One of the best and worst things about music is that it is always changing. Some people get introduced to a certain type of music and it completely changes their life, the way they dress, act, speak and
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Today, for a song to become popular it must satisfy and be remembered by its listeners. It’s obvious that when you tune into a popular radio or television station, you’ll most likely hear one thing and one thing only- mainstream music. In a way, it s understood how it’s likeable. Most of the music we hear today are upbeat and have catchy lyrics. It is easy to remember a song or the lyrics of song if it has a great beat, but songwriters and composers today have abused the term “having a great beat,” so having focused solely on that their songs become lively yet senseless, to the point that many of the lyrics composed no longer have depth and …show more content…
Their music is repetitive, and the lyrics sometimes involve swearing and the same typical situations, like “going to a club tonight”, “let’s get this party started”, or the typical thought that every song has to be about love, falling in love, being in love, or anything that has something to do with love. It would be great for some artists to try and expand their music into more than just the topic of “love”, and try to write songs about the different issues or situations in encountered in life. These types of music are great for when you’re at a party, or you just want to hear something upbeat. But when people listen directly to their lyrics or message instead of the the repetitive manner, the lively beat they’ll soon come to realize that the song is senseless and this it is not what they wish to

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