Music

MUSIC IN TODAY’S SOCIETY Music in today’s world has changed for the good and the bad. Today’s generation is different from yesterday’s therefore the music industry has changed for just that purpose. Music today accompanies youth, teens, and also young adults. There is a whole broad spectrum of how music has changed. It has change lyrically, financially, and overall music has changed in general. Music today is powerful and has a lot more meaning than just sounds and words. Music is so powerful that it has the power to manipulate and influence individuals in a positive or negative way. There is so much meaning behind music the lyrics nowadays. Music can tell an artist life story, things they have been through, and even their opinion on certain views. Artists take music more then just a way to get money (even though the money’s nice) but a tool to vent. Look at Eminem and the controversy and debate he’s caused just by a few simple words. I guess freedom of speech really has no meaning today, at least in music. Music is powerful because it can manipulate people for the good and the bad. It can change the way a person thinks and feels. After the columbine shooting, the media started to put the blame on Marilyn Mansonand how his music has a negative affect on teenagers. Music is so powerful that it can influence individuals to an extent of obsession. The reason there are radios and CD players in cars is so consumers can listen to music and enjoy it. Most of the fashion styles and designs were started by artist. It sounds easy to put together an album try to land a record deal and sell 1 million copies but its not. The punk rock and hip-hop styles were all started by artist. No one works to try to better the world or make a difference, you work for your car, your clothes, all material things and music plays a big role in that, because it has that power to. Music is my fuel it keeps me burning. The power music has is never ending music a big part of our lives. Music is what makes the world go round. No one can get bored or tired of music because it is ever changing. Now if you ask me, that"tms power, the power to have the ability to drive someone to kill is just mind-boggling. Anyway artist feed off our need for music. Whatever sells is going to be here for a while. Look at Brittany Spears and her effect on adolescent girls. Certain types of music have certain types of effects on people. What the Ears of the Adolescent Hear Pop culture expert Michael Paretti once said that “people are influenced by the media in the way they dress, talk, relate, spend their money, define social problems, identify with prominent but insignificant personalities and in the kinds of ideological images they embrace.” But the term “media” is broad, is he talking about television, radio or movies. Media includes all these sections but music is its largest player. According to Kathleen O’Toole adolescents actively or inactively listen to music three to five hours a day. That is mare than any statistic for television, video game, computer use or Internet. What does this mean' It means that music potentially has the biggest effect on adolescents out of the sections of the media. Peter Christenson and Donald Roberts, authors of the book “It’s not only Rock and Roll” say that “Music matters to adolescents, and they cannot be understood without a serious consideration of how it fits into their lives,” meaning no adolescent can be properly interpreted or counseled without knowing how the music the adolescent listens to effects their life. Music affects every angle of teen development Goth is a music genre and the crowd is named directly after the music the listen to. " Music then categorizes adolescents into groups and cliques. Music even has an effect on discriminations of teens and feelings of aggression towards other teens. As Bob Greene points out in his essay "Adults only" censors put he words "Adult Language" on CD"tms "as if they were something to strive for," The word "adult" often connotates as the correct or the mature way to do something. Fist off, music often determines when an adolescent will go through adolescents. Marilyn Manson said himself " I am not, nor have I ever been or ever will be a devil worshipper," it"tms that his lyrics often ridicules Christianity and to some that automatically makes him a servant of Satan. Music is often used as a channel to express and enhance moods and emotional states. Adolescent fashion is often modeled after the artist and personalities that perform the music. An adolescent in a good mood listening to a happy song can have improve self esteem, outlook on life, tolerance of annoyances; an angry outraged adolescent listening to some destructive goth or heavy metal may feel the need to break something, hurt someone or even hurt him or herself. Most of these issues are seldom discussed in a high school class. Why spend five hours reading a book when the same emotional highs ad lows can be reached with a single song Concerts are another way of getting away from the world. Humans are incident learning meaning most learning is done in a medium other than school. This is because they spend a lot of time with each other, riding in cars, hanging out at home, danceing and socializing together and if they all had different music taste there would be much to argue about. A mass place filled with other patrons of the same music. One common message is that how can America be the home of free religion and still subtly shuns those who aren"tmt Christia