Larose, Marc
Assignment#3
9 december 2015
Professor Ellis Jason
Eng 1101 D380
Where words fail music speaks It’s freedom
It seems that people feel compelled to give their opinion of new inventions and technology. However, many of those opinions are inaccurate or ill-informed. For example, the great philosopher Socrates believed that writing was evil, because it enables you to record information outside of your brain. I have been encouraged all my life to keep a journal to write things down so that I do not forget them. Likewise, many people believe that the Internet is bad because it is believed that the Internet causes us to lose connection with those around us. The truth is it all comes down to how and why you use it. The way I use the Interned is to listen to digital music. Three great things about listening to music is that it changes my mood, helps me pay attention, and helps me learn. I argue that digital music and it is ease of access online improves listeners emotional state. This improved emotional state can produce other improvement in attention and learning by keeping you motivated.
As teenagers we often feel like nobody understands us or hears what we have to say. We are being treated like a child but yet are expected to act like an adult. Therefore, we rely on art to be the voice of the voiceless. Art is anything that is done with love. Some art can be hooked on a wall and others we listen to. It can be the drawing of a five year old, a twenty year old in a dance competition, or a song you can relate to. I listen to every kind of music but I mainly prefer rap music because I feel like the artists understand me. I feel like we share something in common. It’s like the author know my pain, and what I am going to through without even knowing me personally.
Music is like a drug that produces a physiological affect of a changed mood while listening to it .In two separate interviews I had, one with my best friend Samuel Harris ,who is 19 majoring in Theater art and law and my mother Marie Jean who is a 40 years old a certified nurse assistant, Samuel and Marie Jean said that music changes their despite the fact that they have different tastes in music. Samuel mostly listens to R&B while Marie listens to gospel music. Sam listens to music to make time fly by while Marie listens to music to go to sleep faster. They both agree that music disconnects you from the world by putting you in a world of your own. I agree with them, because I also listen to music which is mostly rap. I listen to music when I am doing homework, chores, or to get from place to place. When I to go to the gym, I hate to do cardio but when I put my headphones on and listen to music, I suddenly get motivated and it fells like I did so much in so little time. What I am trying to say is if you don’t like doing something, put some music on and your mood will be positive and you will be motivated.
Skanland, Marie Strand reports that listening to music on MP3 player helps regulate your mood and emotion. Regulate means that to control the rate or speed so that it operates properly meaning if it helps regulate mood and emotions it will always maintain them in a positive state. By regulating people moods and emotion, music relieve them from stress which make them function better because as we know not everyone can perform under stress. Many athletes have said music has helps them calm down before a big game. They make listening to music part of their routine.
In addition to the previous article a newspaper raised the question ” Which came first, language or music?”. The article was basically talking about how different type of music brings out different type of emotions. It also says based on a experiment that was done in Japan and Europe more people were moved to tears than any other art, like novels , painting or Poetry. Music put you on a relaxed mood when a mother first bond with her child is when the baby is crying and she pick him up started singing to him and rock the baby comfortly no words need it. she calmed the kid down with no word, only lyrics. That action should tell you the impact of music in our brain.
An argument take placed when two parties believed that they are right especially in a topic as controversial as this one. A newspaper repots that “Music a Menace” it talked about how most drivers were distracted while driving changing the station on the radio or putting the Cd in . Most drivers admitted that they taking their eyes off the road to plug in the aux cord. In an Interview of over 25000 people up to 71% admitted that they were distracted by their music player. I do not agree with this article like the other 19% because that does make music a menace. Drivers are easily distracted by a large crowd on the sidewalk, or a police car in front of a house. There are too many factors to blame it on music. I am saying that from my own experience because I am a driver myself and before I drive off I put my phone on shuffle mode. If I want to change the song for some reason , I wait until I am under a red light.What I am saying is do not blame being distracted on music because by pointing one finger towards music, you don’t realize three other finger are being pointed back to you. It means that you are your biggest distraction.
Bob Marley a famous Jamaican songwriter ,singer ,Guitarist and activist said in one of his song called “Trenchtown Rock”,“ one good thing about Music is when It hits you, you feel no pain”. This mean that music as an incredible impact on us. It is there for us during rough times and it helps us look toward better days ahead. Trenchtown is a poor town in Kingston, Jamaica where Marley grew up. That was hit by a hurricane and destroyed many homes. They settled by a dump site, Marley explain how music was the only escape from this unpleansant life. It is song like that that makes you appreciate the art of music more each day.
To conclude, Music is the best thing that happens to humans because we can never get enough of it and there’s no side effects. It avoid arkawards car rides, also letting us know we know alone and it can also be use as a milestone. For example, play the moments , pause the memories , stop the pain and rewind the happiness. It will help you focus on the positive things in life and not the negative one by rewinding the happiness and stopping the pain. People will always judge what they cannot understand and not in a positive matter. It was no different for music , They do no understand the affect music has on our brain and emotion.Therefore, it must be evil.
Work cited
Harris M. samuel. Personal Interview. 19 november 2015.
jean Marie.Personal interview.19 november 1025
Newspaper. Which came first, language or music?. 7 december 2015
Newspaper.”Music a menace”. 7 december 2015
Skanlan Marie Strand.”Everyday music listening and affect regulation: The role of MP3 players”. 2 December 2015
