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The influence music has on people

Jonathan Esparza

University of El Paso

3/15/2017

Professor Drapes
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Abstracts
The purpose of this paper is to understand the meaning of the influence of music towards people.

Of course, some music (or genres) introduce certain outcomes towards a person and some done.

So there is a double aspect to it. Music does of course bring many things into play to which it is

greatly over viewed or simple it is not viewed completely. The questions towards this essay are

How does music appreciation help people?


What are the areas that music affects people?
Why do people think music may not be as important in school?
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Introduction

The most influential thing in this world, is music. Many people claim that music is just

noise with no actual meaning, that its just nonsense people listen to, and serves no real value.

These people have a point, but they just havent heard the right song. Music can be compared to

a multi-tool kit-in the sense that, music can be used in various ways. From calming someone

down to getting people happy and relaxed. They even offer classes for, music appreciation, so

you can understand the music you listen to. They analyze songs and see just how they affect you

and make you feel. Although, even with those classes, some people still feel that music is not a

necessary class in the public education system.

How does music appreciation help people?

Music appreciation, is the act of analyzing, combing through, and studying music.

Although many people feel like a music appreciation class, or anything remotely related to it, is a

piece of cake, its actually a very hard thing to do. The reason being, you have to actually take

the time to hear the song multiple times before writing your response. No song will ever be

understood in just one playing, every song is different and every genre is a whole different story.

One song could make you feel like youre broken and in need of acceptance, but another song

would make you feel like the world owes you something. No two songs are alike, and theres a

huge reason for that, every artist thinks differently, and if two have the same idea, they can

portray it in two different ways. Music appreciation is something that only a few people will
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understand and take something away from it, other people will do the bare minimum of the work

and not learn a single thing. The reason we need to appreciate music and understand it is

because, it could be used to persuade a group of people to believe what you believe, and let them

see how you feel about a subject. Maybe appreciating music isnt a huge thing and is to be

expected of someone, but it isnt a bad thing to be able to do. It wont necessarily be used in the

real world unless, you yourself will be pursuing a career in the music industry. There's a good

and bad to it, the good being, you could become a more open person and understand people's

views and emotions based on what they listen to. The bad, no one really needs to understand

music for them to prosper in the world. Yan Dominic Searcy said Many rappers grew up amid

violence, police harassment, poverty, drugs and promiscuity. Rappers will tell you they rap about

what they know. If the community wants to change rap lyrics, the community must change

reality. (Searcy, 2008)

What are the areas that music affects people?

Adding to the fact that music can have multiple meanings and can be very deep at times,

it can also affect a person greatly. Music has a very unique way of reaching out to people and

making them feel a certain way. In the metal community a lot of people are very reckless and

heavy hitting, and in another community it could be very different. Communities being the

people who follow the genre, and attend those types of concerts or raves. Considering the fact

that there are multiple genres, there are also multiple communities that follow each one, and each

community has a different vibe and different type of rules. Such as in the Metal community,
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everyone is reckless and the more mayhem the better, but then you observe the people who

follow the Electro Dance Music community and you see signs of P.L.U.R meaning Peace, Love,

Unity, and Respect, so its completely opposite from the Metal community. Music affects people

by way of rhythm, lyrics, tempo, and how it is executed. Rhythm being how it is, if its an easy

melody, that has a 4/4 beat to it, it will be a simple song not necessarily enraging people but,

relaxing them. Then you go into a song with a more intense rhythm, and it changes from a 4/4

tempo, to a 8/16 tempo, meaning everything is faster, and it gets the heart racing. Thereafter, you

see the rhythm, and how it is, you see the tempo and if its a simple slow song, or if its a fast

paced song with multiple instruments, and a voice over on it. Mentioning the voice, after rhythm

is probably the most essential thing in any song, is the lyrics. now, the lyrics vary in such a huge

way from genre to genre. You could have a Heavy Metal person singing about death and very

dark things, but then you look at a rap artist and hes talking about his reality and what he lives

through day to day. It could be him rapping about drugs and people getting shot, or it could be

him rapping about a theme of money, cars, and women. So even though he is a rapper, he can

talk about different things, and that is where sub-genres come in. So lyrics could vary and can

persuade people to see things the way the singer or the rapper does. Not only can a singer or

lyricist do this, but also Disc Jockeys, can create feelings and make people move to a beat in a

certain way. We have progressed far enough as people, and have become so much more open

that, we dont even need words to create feeling, all we need is a 4 to the floor beat and a

kickdrum. Now we stem away from the lyrics and tempos and the technicalities of it, and go to

the execution of a song, actually no, not even the song execution, but the way the words and

beats are executed and shown. If a word or beat is executed poorly, then it ruins the momentum
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of the song, and it ruins the climax, in a way its anticlimactic, in the sense that, the action is

executed poorly, why should I look forward to the rest? Dont get me wrong lyrics, tempo, and

all the other stuff is necessary but, with a poor execution it is worth nothing. Everything else just

loses its

spark, and it

no longer

becomes

an

emotionally Source: Music Therapy | This Creative Practice can Protect and Boost Brain
Function - Research Links Music to Increased Immunity, Better Mood. (2015,
driven song, August 01). Retrieved March 23, 2017, from
https://consciousconsumernetwork.tv/music-therapy-this-creative-practice-can-
or even a good protect-and-boost-brain-function-research-links-music-to-increased-immunity-

song at that. All these things and more are what affect a person, its what makes a person skip to

work, or dread it. Music is so effective to the person that, just by playing a song someone can

recall memories, and being in a different time of their life, and feeling different emotions.

Why do people think music is not as important as school?


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Now, many people in the public education system feel as though music is not a necessary

subject and should not be a requirement to graduate from high school, but these people do not

see the benefit of having this class even though there are huge benefits. Not only does music

connect people, it helps them relate to each other. You get someone listening to super depressing

music and you get someone else listening to the same thing, and boom, you have a connection

between two people, that will either flourish and become something beautiful, or it could just be

nothing, and that is beautiful. That is why it is needed in the school setting. In a place where

emotions run high, and the decisions become more heavy, you need something to relieve that

stress, and not every kid can do a sport, so why not let them do music? Let them use an

instrument, and grow a love-hate relationship with music. Let them become involved in a world

where you can learn an entirely new language from Beethoven, Bach, Debussy, and so many

other composers. They dont even need to learn from the classics, they could start with modern

day bands, and they can learn songs for themselves, and then maybe someday, they could

compose music their own. But the people, they think differently than musicians who see music as

beauty, they see it as just something to kill time, as a background noise that no one really knows

is there. They think its pointless to have their child in choir or in band, theyd rather have them

do some type of sport, which is terrible, because not every child goes on to be a pro player, at

least with music, you can play for people and dont need to have a huge crowd, it could be just

with friends. With sports you have to go to a field or court, with music you could sing wherever,

or you could just bring out an instrument from its case. Although, kids in schools should focus

more on their core subjects and develop a love for them, they should also have an option to love

something else.
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Conclusion

All in all, music may not be an amazing thing for everybody but, it shouldnt be

something that isnt as important as most things in this society. Yes, music doesnt necessarily

help you go up in the world, but it is better to understand it, than to not even have an idea about

it. Music is a creative source, that grows your mind. It helps you process more, concentrate, and

it gives you a new perspective. Looking at the positive attributes to appreciating music, it has so

many that they can outweigh the negatives. The negative aspect of it would be, it doesnt always

help you concentrate, sometimes it may distract you from whatever youre doing. Other times

music can be a very stressful thing to do, and not everybody will be able to handle the

breakdowns, tears, and challenges that come with wanting to do music, and understand it. Even

trying to understand the lyrics to a song or feeling the beat, isnt a common task that anyone can

do. Thats the main negative, everybody can not do it. Then again you view the public education

system and music is deemed lower than every other subject, even sports, and you see why it is so

hard to be in the choir or band. It isnt for everybody, but everybody can appreciate it.
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Bibliography

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051713#1
This article, explains how music helps people as in terms of therapy. In a another point, music
also affects people with booting moods. This article will contribute greatly on the paper well
because it back up the real influence music has.
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This article explains how music can be a bad influence on people. Though, it does bring valid
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This article will help out on this paper because it will prove that music itself does have a positive
impact on people. For example, this article explains how they did a certain experiment.
Searcy, Y. D. (2008, July 13). Blaming rap for social ills defies history, logicPopular music
doesn't create reality, it reflects it. Retrieved March 23, 2017, from
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This article brings out facts that music as for rap, has brought some people to a peak where they
into rack in criminal and violent acts.
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This website brings ten facts towards the influence on people, towards the self esteem of oneself.
This website gives 10 facts about the huge influences that it gives..
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References

Boothby, %. (2016, August 3). How Music Affects Our Moods. Retrieved March 23, 2017, from
http://www.healthline.com/health-news/mental-listening-to-music-lifts-or-reinforces-mood-
051713#1
Effects of Music: 10 Influences on the Brain. (2017, January 18). Retrieved March 23, 2017,
from http://www.spring.org.uk/2013/09/10-magical-effects-music-has-on-the-mind.php
Morin, A. (2015, November 11). Can Music Be a Bad Influence on Kids & Teens? Retrieved
March 23, 2017, from http://www.livestrong.com/article/1000832-can-music-bad-influence-kids-
teens/
Searcy, Y. D. (2008, July 13). Blaming rap for social ills defies history, logicPopular music
doesn't create reality, it reflects it. Retrieved March 23, 2017, from
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-rap_cosby_thinkjun08-story.html
Wixom, R. M. (2014, March 18). The Influence of Music. Retrieved March 23, 2017, from
https://www.lds.org/youth/article/the-influence-of-music?lang=eng
Music Therapy | This Creative Practice can Protect and Boost Brain Function - Research Links
Music to Increased Immunity, Better Mood. (2015, August 01). Retrieved March 23, 2017, from
https://consciousconsumernetwork.tv/music-therapy-this-creative-practice-can-protect-and-
boost-brain-function-research-links-music-to-increased-immunity-better-mood/

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