My Guilty Pleasure
Donna Johnson
Ms. April Campbell
English 111
February 17th 2013
My guilty pleasure I become so alive whenever my little ears catch a catchy beat to their liking. My feet start to mimic the beat, my shoulders start to do a happy dance that most outsiders looking in would think I am having a mini seizure. I close my eyes, slightly tilt my head back and just embrace the wave of music. I am in a blissful state of mind where I have not a care in the world. Then it hits me, my three brief minutes of ecstasy are over with so suddenly and back to reality I must go. If you are guessing music as my guilty pleasure you are absolutely right. Whenever I want to escape the craziness of the world, music is where I turn to as my outlet of sanity. There are many genres of music that range from alternative rock to zydeco. The versatility music has been able to have over many years has been something that still amazes me. When we date history of music, we can go as far back as 500 b.c. ancient Greece. A group called the Pythagoras one day decided to experiment with some acoustics to see how math related to the tone from plucking the strings. They were fascinated by what they heard and bought it to the church for everyone to hear. The Gregorian chant, which consisted of a very scared Latin text was sung by monks without instruments, was used to enhance there church services. Towards the end of the middle ages, music began to get so popular it started to move outside the churches. We go into the renaissance, baroque, classical, romantically, and twentieth century. These different eras of music have helped shape present music into what it is today. In think I have been a music lover ever since I bee in my mother’s womb. I’d remember my grandmother and mother reflecting on hilarious stories of how when I was a toddler, everyone would gather around to see me fill with excitement and dance to the latest new edition record. I personally love up beat music that is
Ms. April Campbell
English 111
February 17th 2013
My guilty pleasure I become so alive whenever my little ears catch a catchy beat to their liking. My feet start to mimic the beat, my shoulders start to do a happy dance that most outsiders looking in would think I am having a mini seizure. I close my eyes, slightly tilt my head back and just embrace the wave of music. I am in a blissful state of mind where I have not a care in the world. Then it hits me, my three brief minutes of ecstasy are over with so suddenly and back to reality I must go. If you are guessing music as my guilty pleasure you are absolutely right. Whenever I want to escape the craziness of the world, music is where I turn to as my outlet of sanity. There are many genres of music that range from alternative rock to zydeco. The versatility music has been able to have over many years has been something that still amazes me. When we date history of music, we can go as far back as 500 b.c. ancient Greece. A group called the Pythagoras one day decided to experiment with some acoustics to see how math related to the tone from plucking the strings. They were fascinated by what they heard and bought it to the church for everyone to hear. The Gregorian chant, which consisted of a very scared Latin text was sung by monks without instruments, was used to enhance there church services. Towards the end of the middle ages, music began to get so popular it started to move outside the churches. We go into the renaissance, baroque, classical, romantically, and twentieth century. These different eras of music have helped shape present music into what it is today. In think I have been a music lover ever since I bee in my mother’s womb. I’d remember my grandmother and mother reflecting on hilarious stories of how when I was a toddler, everyone would gather around to see me fill with excitement and dance to the latest new edition record. I personally love up beat music that is