Music Informative Speech Outline
The Benefits of Music
Specific Purpose: My purpose is to inform my audience about the benefits that listening to music has on the body.
Thesis Statement: The impact that music has on life is far and wide for college students, not only benefitting overall health in different ways, but also finding new information to treat different physical and mental conditions.
INTRODUCTION:
I. Attention Getter: You’re sitting in your room, stressed out over your midterm in less than 24 hours. You’ve tried everything to make you focus; you become frustrated. What can you do to help? Easy. Put on some of your favorite music, whether it be something by A Day To Remember, or the latest hit from David Guetta. As you listen, your nerves calm, you find yourself …show more content…
Credibility Statement: As an average college student who has trouble focusing on just about everything, I have not only conducted personal music studies, but further researched the effects of music in the daily grind of students and people alike.
III. Relate Topic To Audience: I randomly polled 20 Purdue students with different majors, and 16 out of 20 said that they use music to help them focus on homework and assignments, while 1 used music during his physical therapy, to take his mind off of the pain he was undergoing.
IV. Thesis Statement: Whether used for mental focus, or physical and mental therapy, music has a place in the lives of millions of people every day.
Transition: In order to give you a further understanding of the benefits of music, first I will talk about the effects music has on mood.
BODY:
1. Music has many effects on the mood of the listener, and moods can change as the type of music does (Lanphier, 2014).
I. According to a May 2014 article by DJ Lanphier, editor of Mic, based on two studies (2008 and 2013), different genres of music can release dopamine into the bloodstream, altering one’s …show more content…
Clincher: Every time that you plug in your headphones, and play your favorite songs, take a second and think. Can you feel your mood changing? Can you feel yourself get pumped?
Works Cited
Goleman, D. (2014, May 12). Exercising the Mind to Treat Attention Deficits. Well Exercising the Mind to Treat Attention Deficits Comments. Retrieved October 2, 2014, from http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/05/12/exercising-the-mind-to-treat-attention-deficits/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0
Gupta, D. S. (2014, August 1). How listening to music helps your brain. CNN. Retrieved October 2, 2014, from http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/health/2014/08/01/cnn-orig-living-to-100-dr-sanjay-gupta-music-therapy.cnn.html
Hegde, S. (2014, March 24). Abstract. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved October 3, 2014, from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3970008/
Lanphier, D. (2014, May 23). Here 's a Surprising Look at What Music Does to Your Brain. Mic. Retrieved October 2, 2014, from http://mic.com/articles/89655/here-s-a-surprising-look-at-what-music-does-to-your-brain
Ramsay, A. (2011, November 29). Health benefits of music. Netdoctor. Retrieved October 1, 2014, from
Specific Purpose: My purpose is to inform my audience about the benefits that listening to music has on the body.
Thesis Statement: The impact that music has on life is far and wide for college students, not only benefitting overall health in different ways, but also finding new information to treat different physical and mental conditions.
INTRODUCTION:
I. Attention Getter: You’re sitting in your room, stressed out over your midterm in less than 24 hours. You’ve tried everything to make you focus; you become frustrated. What can you do to help? Easy. Put on some of your favorite music, whether it be something by A Day To Remember, or the latest hit from David Guetta. As you listen, your nerves calm, you find yourself …show more content…
Credibility Statement: As an average college student who has trouble focusing on just about everything, I have not only conducted personal music studies, but further researched the effects of music in the daily grind of students and people alike.
III. Relate Topic To Audience: I randomly polled 20 Purdue students with different majors, and 16 out of 20 said that they use music to help them focus on homework and assignments, while 1 used music during his physical therapy, to take his mind off of the pain he was undergoing.
IV. Thesis Statement: Whether used for mental focus, or physical and mental therapy, music has a place in the lives of millions of people every day.
Transition: In order to give you a further understanding of the benefits of music, first I will talk about the effects music has on mood.
BODY:
1. Music has many effects on the mood of the listener, and moods can change as the type of music does (Lanphier, 2014).
I. According to a May 2014 article by DJ Lanphier, editor of Mic, based on two studies (2008 and 2013), different genres of music can release dopamine into the bloodstream, altering one’s …show more content…
Clincher: Every time that you plug in your headphones, and play your favorite songs, take a second and think. Can you feel your mood changing? Can you feel yourself get pumped?
Works Cited
Goleman, D. (2014, May 12). Exercising the Mind to Treat Attention Deficits. Well Exercising the Mind to Treat Attention Deficits Comments. Retrieved October 2, 2014, from http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/05/12/exercising-the-mind-to-treat-attention-deficits/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0
Gupta, D. S. (2014, August 1). How listening to music helps your brain. CNN. Retrieved October 2, 2014, from http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/health/2014/08/01/cnn-orig-living-to-100-dr-sanjay-gupta-music-therapy.cnn.html
Hegde, S. (2014, March 24). Abstract. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved October 3, 2014, from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3970008/
Lanphier, D. (2014, May 23). Here 's a Surprising Look at What Music Does to Your Brain. Mic. Retrieved October 2, 2014, from http://mic.com/articles/89655/here-s-a-surprising-look-at-what-music-does-to-your-brain
Ramsay, A. (2011, November 29). Health benefits of music. Netdoctor. Retrieved October 1, 2014, from