Music is a very important part of modern popular culture and society today. Students are so clung to their person music players that it is almost impossible to walk around the halls of any high school without seeing some sort or cord connecting their head to some portable electronic device. It has even gotten to the point where the phones‚ used every day for communication‚ now serve as a way to listen to music. After observing this‚ one must ask the question; what is it that everyone is listening
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Music enriches the lives of children and adults in many ways. The fine arts are proven to help children learn faster and easier. Musical training can stimulate different areas of the brain‚ such as the occipital lobes‚ which are located at the back of your head on the left side of the brain. Music can enhance a child’s sensorimotor capabilities‚ which is the function of both sensory and motor aspects working together as one. Scientists have studied the brains of children that are musicians and the
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Rich Baker November 12‚ 2012 Music Industry V.S. Pirating Music Right now pirating music is one of the most controversial issues on the web because pirating music is illegal doesn’t mean it is causing total harm to the industry. Pirating music is not displayed properly to the public. Illegal downloading is an illegal action that can result in fines and jail time if caught but it also helps promote small bands that can’t get a deal with a record company. However it does harm profits made by
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Arrrggghhhh‚ I ’m A Music Pirate How do you know you are not a thief? Downloading free music from the internet without permission from the copyright holder constitutes stealing. In the last six years record sales have dropped and illegal downloads have increased significantly. There are two different organizations that are actively participating in the solution to this problem. There are people in the music industry who stand on both sides of the fence. Some say that downloading music without permission
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Review Questions 1. What is popular music? Popular music is any music since the mid-1800s that is popular with the preferences of anyone from a teen to a mid-aged adult. 2. What theme does pop music typically use in the lyrics? Describe one pop song that uses this theme. Why is this theme such a popular one? Pop music typically uses the theme of love and relationships in the lyrics. One pop song that uses this theme is the song “Marry Me” by Jason Derulo. Some of the lyrics are “…And if I
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Positive Effects of Music Tamika Murphy Hammock University of Phoenix Positive Effects of Music There are different types of music that have positive effects on an individual’s life or lifestyle. An example of music that positively affects a person is gospel. Gospel music contains a very strong and powerful message in its words. This type of music uses personal experiences as a way to give people hope and meaning to their life. People turn these painful experiences into a testimony to help
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Psychology of Music http://pom.sagepub.com Music listening‚ coping‚ peer affiliation and depression in adolescence Dave Miranda and Michel Claes Psychology of Music 2009; 37; 215 originally published online Mar 10‚ 2009; DOI: 10.1177/0305735608097245 The online version of this article can be found at: http://pom.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/37/2/215 Published by: http://www.sagepublications.com On behalf of: Society for Education‚ Music and Psychology Research Additional services
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and recognition. Music like most forms of creative expression is an extension of the self and in turn a reflexion as it gives tangibility to our thoughts‚ emotions and ideas. Music operates on multiple layers of self-identification‚ as it can highlight ethnic‚ gender and cultural traits. Music has been a part of human identity since the dawn of man. From ritual dances of ancient tribal peoples to the war songs of ancient Greece and Rome to the more developed forms of music of the Renaissance
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I have an extreme love for Music. I first started my journey with music in elementary school‚ at that time I never knew music would come to be such a part of my daily life as I got into middle school and high school. I was first in choir all through middle school and my freshman year in high school. I became accustomed to learning how to sight read and memorizing new music within a week. Learning new music and being able to sing it along with my choir members was more than rewarding and I loved
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The Music and Culture of the Masai People Of the numerous tribes who have remained attached to their traditional lifestyles and cultures in Africa‚ the Masai are indefinitely amongst some of the most well known. The Masai occupy the lands between Kenya and Tanzania – their name for these seemingly infinite plains is the Serengeti. They have successfully maintained a pastoral and nomadic lifestyle structured around their herds of cattle; the Masai’s relationship to their cattle is unprecedented in
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