Music is embedded in every existing culture. There are no boundaries within the music. It varies between times and places. Without any doubts, music is one of the main sources that connect people without any barriers. So what exactly is music? According to the dictionary, music is a form of art that expresses different ideas and emotions through elements of rhythm, melody, and even color. The definition may seem to be easier to categorize music; however, music can be more than just the expression of feeling and emotions that are written down on a paper through sound waves. Famous musician Billy Joel acknowledges that "I think music in itself is healing. It 's an explosive expression of humanity. It 's something we are all touched by. No matter
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It is almost compelling to take away music from anyone. It remains as one of the curiosity to discover some of the aspect of music being part human life. Music exists everywhere. There is no possible way humans can liberate music. Especially living in the 21st century, music has become part of the daily life, also used as a mass communication and sources of income in a variety of ways. It is so easy to forget that society, where people live in, are always surrounded by music, as a result people easily adapt to the surrounding noises without realizing. The phrase "Music is life", "Music is everywhere" have become the undeniable reality of today 's world. For instance, listening to the radio while going to work, music played during the commercials, at the grocery store, at the gym, and even at the shopping mall. Life without music is unimaginable; however, escaping music is an inconceivable reality. Although escaping away from merely impossible, instead of running away from life with music was escape pod for people to lessen the burden of lives. Modest Mouse insists that "Music is to the soul what words are to the mind." The society came to the point of no escaping away from music. What is it so special about music that it soothes, inspires and controls human behaviors? Music changes the behaviors and mood of how an individual act. Sometimes …show more content…
Participants who were exposed to the upbeat music were more likely to engage and help people out than the participants who were listening to the negative music (North, Tarrant, and Hargreaves,2004.) How was it possible for music to affect our human behavior to make people feel good and set the moods after hearing music? Nature neuroscientists affirm that the chemical was in the brain is released at the peak of the moment when a person 's having the enjoyment through the sound. In addition, the researchers from McGill University in Montreal also proved that the dopamine was produced in response to music. Although dopamine in the human brain is stimulated by money or food or even eating sweets, doing drugs, or being loved,in this case, brain produced a higher amount of dopamine level while listening to the music. Music psychologists, Dr. Vicky Williamson from Goldsmiths College insist that "I didn 't know why music was so important to humans but this paper shows that music is inextricably linked to deepest reward systems." The result fascinated her because the level of dopamine increased up to 9 percent higher when a group of people listened to music participants
It is almost compelling to take away music from anyone. It remains as one of the curiosity to discover some of the aspect of music being part human life. Music exists everywhere. There is no possible way humans can liberate music. Especially living in the 21st century, music has become part of the daily life, also used as a mass communication and sources of income in a variety of ways. It is so easy to forget that society, where people live in, are always surrounded by music, as a result people easily adapt to the surrounding noises without realizing. The phrase "Music is life", "Music is everywhere" have become the undeniable reality of today 's world. For instance, listening to the radio while going to work, music played during the commercials, at the grocery store, at the gym, and even at the shopping mall. Life without music is unimaginable; however, escaping music is an inconceivable reality. Although escaping away from merely impossible, instead of running away from life with music was escape pod for people to lessen the burden of lives. Modest Mouse insists that "Music is to the soul what words are to the mind." The society came to the point of no escaping away from music. What is it so special about music that it soothes, inspires and controls human behaviors? Music changes the behaviors and mood of how an individual act. Sometimes …show more content…
Participants who were exposed to the upbeat music were more likely to engage and help people out than the participants who were listening to the negative music (North, Tarrant, and Hargreaves,2004.) How was it possible for music to affect our human behavior to make people feel good and set the moods after hearing music? Nature neuroscientists affirm that the chemical was in the brain is released at the peak of the moment when a person 's having the enjoyment through the sound. In addition, the researchers from McGill University in Montreal also proved that the dopamine was produced in response to music. Although dopamine in the human brain is stimulated by money or food or even eating sweets, doing drugs, or being loved,in this case, brain produced a higher amount of dopamine level while listening to the music. Music psychologists, Dr. Vicky Williamson from Goldsmiths College insist that "I didn 't know why music was so important to humans but this paper shows that music is inextricably linked to deepest reward systems." The result fascinated her because the level of dopamine increased up to 9 percent higher when a group of people listened to music participants