How Does Music Affect Our Identity

Creating ourselves with Music Personal identity is something that everyone might still be trying to figure out. We create our identities by incorporating our interest, our beliefs, and our culture. Music makes a big contribution to our personal identity. Sandra Ivanovic wrote about the different ways that music influences who we are in her article for the University of East Sarajevo, the article entitled: “Influence of music on spiritual development of peoples.” In the article, it is said that music is important to ones identity because we are able to relate to different emotions and feelings that are being expressed in the music. Ivanovic mentions in her article that music has been influencing individuals’ personalities since ancient times. In the ancient times, the Chinese people did believe that music was an influence on their society and individual personalities. They also believed that music was able to influence their government. The ancient Romans believed that music was a way to express their feelings …show more content…
“The spiritual function of art is associated with aesthetic, spiritual culture as the totality of spiritual values.” (Ivanovic 95). Music influences someone’s personal identity by giving them a chance to express how they feel. There are many different songs with very different feelings and topics. Whether it’s a song about being happy or a song about heartbreak, people are able to relate and make a personal connection with that song. “They felt that music expresses moods and feelings through sounds, and influences the formation of the best qualities in a man and the formation of a personality in the most direct way.” (Ivanovic 95-96). Someone may be having one of the best days of their life and most likely what they will be listening to will be up-beat, cheerful music. That music influences who they are, how they express themselves, and how they see