Monday, May 27, 2013
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Sunday, May 26, 2013
Thursday, May 23, 2013
Music Will Always Be There For Us
Music, no matter the genre, can be an escape from our troubles, or just an enjoyable activity that could be used for therapy. Music has the power to help people relax, to enjoy life and to beat depression. Music should be used for therapy and not taken away from the people who really need it to overcome their discontent with life. Taking away music from society destroys a part of the listener’s well-being. Music is constantly used in our everyday lives, and those who do not think it is valuable have not experienced how music can make you feel.
Music is an escape to another world. Music is fun and enjoyable, or even realistic and exactly what you need in certain moments. Music is honest and says the truth in the moment. In life, everything will not be perfect. The world will feel as if tons on our shoulders, and then fall and crumple at our feet. We cannot control the events that happen to us, but we can control the songs that can comfort us in those moments of need. Others cannot say what we need to hear, but songs can with little to no effort. The same way others are not always able to be there for you when you need them and music can be.
People say that there is no proof to show if music causes depression or if people with depression use the music to cope (Primack 1). This being because if the music was a definite factor as a cause for depression there would be proof. People do not run to music to be sad. They go to music to feel more than the current moment. They want to exist beyond the world where the music completely understands them. If we constantly went on in the world with just silence yelling in our minds, we would not be able to endure as many situations that we do. All of our emotions would be trapped inside or minds, but with music that is where all of those emotions are released. Listening to our favorite music is even healthy for our cardiovascular system. Music helps to reduce stress and increase blood vessel flow (Menehan 2). Sometimes music might help through tears, other times through dancing and occasionally through a good nice long needed laugh. The multiple types of genres of music help to find what every person needs individually. Everyone needs to embrace music in their own way.
Music in its own way is a therapy. Before surgery, classical music is commonly played for patients to relieve anxiety (Menehan 2). Everyone gets anxious, upset and angered on occasion, but music can be used to lessen or even diminish those emotions in that moment. No one needs to have the ability to play a musical instrument to relax with music. Music when used in short term segments can mediate depression and migraines that people occasionally might receive. People going through chemotherapy have been played music to help with the treatment. Music was not created to hurt us, but to help us (Bodner 1).
With Rock music, it helps teenagers to express what emotions they are feeling; give them a security in a time of need. As well as security, music helps teens to explore their own minds and understand their thoughts or actions. When teenagers are confused or lost in their own actions, the music helps to take them away for a moment and clarify their desires or needs. The Rock music helps the teenagers relax when trying to overcome their internal battles. Since the music relates to them it comforts them (Tervo 79).
Rap and Hip Hop music are typically frowned upon for their sometimes inappropriate language and connection with violence and drug abuse. Not only are there many profanities but the music also, just like many other genres, speaks of life and stressful situations that come with it. Many teens and adults go to Rap and Hip Hop when they are down because they can relate to it. Rappers and singers tend to rap or sing about moments in their lives, or events that they went through. People who have been through common situations, and enjoy the rhythm of the song, enjoy the music. Hip Hop music as well is very beneficial in keeping children engaged in their education is some schools. Teachers have found a way to mix music and education so that its fun, and educational to their students. When it comes to our memories, many people have tons of song lyrics floating around in their brains. When education is tied into those lyrics, the music can help the students be well prepared when it comes to taking a test. The children listening to music barely recognize the fact that they are learning (Koebler 11). Hip Hop and Rap are very beneficial to education as well as an understanding of your personal life situations. Sometimes just someone understanding you makes you feel a little less alone in such a big world.
Country music is another one of those huge genres connected to depression. With its soul and rhythm when speaking on matters such as loss, or regret, it can be quite obvious why the connection would arise. All the country music fans go to their favorite singers’ concert to feel the music with in them. Not to hear that listening to their favorite music will cause them to get depressed. Especially with teens or adults who already have depression. The music describes the people who listen to it and who they want to become. In the article “Country Music is the top genre for depression and suicide rates” out of the 30 participants that they surveyed, 26 of the participants said that music helps them with their depression. If over 5/6th of the people surveyed said that the music was more beneficial then it seems that if they did not listen to the music there would be higher suicide rates.
Pop music is one of the most commonly listen to music with its fun, up-beat sound that keeps listeners coming back for more. So why would it be connected to depression? With the other genres, they spoke of struggles in life and regrets that anyone could see where society had gotten the idea that those genres caused depression, but Pop music is more about feeling happy and free. When teens and adults listen to pop music they want to dance and smile. Would this not be more beneficial for people who are sad and are looking for some sort of happiness (Mckee 1)? In the article, “Could Pop Music Be Linked to Depression?”. Alan Mozez researched on pop music in American culture and how teens who listen to it have shown signs of depression. Mozez interview Brian Primack on the matter, and learned that there is no proof to show that music is a cause for depression. He learned that a lot of teens who listen to heavy amounts of music have a higher chance of having depression, but not that listening to heavy amounts of music caused depression. Other researchers even said that music might lessen teenagers’ chances of becoming depressed (Mozez 1). Assumptions fueled without proper research can be the difference between helping teens and adults with depression, or making the depression worse. Listening to pop music creates a need to dance not be depressed.
Music defines who we are as human beings. The type of music we listen to can say a lot about us, how we over come life, and where we might fit in. Common interests in music brings us together to feel free and understand others ideas and feelings. Every genre in music can be beneficial to all of their listeners in one way or another. Artists’ songs help their fans to relax, to be content and to feel the emotions that they might try to keep buried which can be invigorating. Music expresses who we are as individuals, and tries to save us from the power of depression caused by our everyday lives.
Annotated Bibliography
1.) In the article “Healing Rhythms”, by Peter Kater, Sharon Myrah, Zacciah Blackburn and Steven Halpern, they talk about how music helps people receiving messages to relax. All four of these writers work for Round Table, a magazine on massages. They learned that researchers had studied participants who listened to music while receiving a massage had an increase in blood vessel flow which is beneficial to the body. They have written it to show that people who get messages should listen to calm music to put them at ease and to make them happy.
Kater, PeterMyrah, SharonHalpern, StevenBlackburn, ZacciahMenehan, Karen. "Healing Rhythms." Massage Magazine 155 (2009): 36-37. Alt HealthWatch. Web. 15 Mar. 2013.
http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=4&sid=7de1cf5b-e7fa-431c-8ab8-325a9193e3b8%40sessionmgr115&hid=124&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=awh&AN=37595983
2.) In the article, “Study Are Music-loving Teens More Likely to Get Depressed”, by Amie Ninh, she interviews Brian Primack on his belief on whether music causes depression or not. Brian Primack informs her that teens who listen to a lot of music are most likely depressed, but he then says there is no proof if music causes depression or if depressed teens use music as an escape. He did a study of 106 teenagers and music was the only one to show a change in emotions. The article shows to people connecting music to depression that there is not a enough information to prove that it actuall causes depression even though it can effect mood.
Ninh, Amie. "Study: Are Music-Loving Teens More Likely to Be Depressed? | TIME.com." Time. Time, 12 Apr. 2011. Web. 08 Feb. 2013.
Rhetorical Precis
Rebecca Groom Johnson, the writer of “What’s New in Pedagogy Research”, in the magazine the American Music teacher had interviewed Karl Bruhn on Recreational Music Making for her article “Take Two Music Lessons and Call Me in the Morning” was unsure of whether Recreational Music Making was beneficial or not. Karl Bruhn had made the claim that RMM reduces how much stress affects an individual.
While Bruhn was looking over the statistics of population growth he had noticed that the elder generation, over 50, would double over the course of the years while children 15 and below would only go up 6%. He believed that this would be tied with economic changes messing with the children's mentalities whilst they age. Johnson was quite shocked at these statistics and had wanted to further her knowledge by asking Bruhn about stress in the workforce. Bruhn had informed her that out of the 19 million Americans depressed, 70% were currently in the workforce. She questioned how Recreational Music Making helped reduce stress. Bruhn himself had done research on Dr. Barry Bittman who did research on Human Genome, the information on the building and well-being of a human which helped find the genetic marker relating to stress. Bruhn had found from a group of drummers that the instrument had increases the effectiveness their fighting cells had on attacking the cancer cells and keeping them out.
A program that was branched off the RMM program was the Clavinova Connection which was created so that the participants can feel the support of a group and accomplishment from performing. This program was for adults and for teens to overcome stress with music. Bruhn had informed Johnson that the problem with the performing was that it was a creator of stress from the idea of having to be perfect. Lastly, Rebecca Johnson asks how the RMM program differs from regular schooling. Bruhn tells her that unlike at regular schools, RMM tries to lead students to create their own goals not the teachers. By creating their own goal they are not held under the stress of fulfilling a goal of someone else.
The purpose of RMM she learns is to be fun and around people who understand you and not under the stress of competition because music is supposed to liberate you and not put you under stress. This work is significant because Johnson finds how the musical instruments are used to help with stress. The RMM is very significant and helping not only teens overcome stress but adults as well. This article helps to prove that music is in fact beneficial to stopping stress and depression; not creating it.
1. Johnson, Rebecca. "The Interview." Keyboard Companion 18.2 (2007): 34-37. Academic Search Complete. Web. 15 Mar. 2013.
http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=4&sid=7de1cf5b-e7fa-431c-8ab8-325a9193e3b8%40sessionmgr115&hid=124&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=a9h&AN=25560535
Annotated Bibliography
1.) In the article “Healing Rhythms”, by Peter Kater, Sharon Myrah, Zacciah Blackburn and Steven Halpern, they talk about how music helps people receiving messages to relax. All four of these writers work for Round Table, a magazine on massages. They learned that researchers had studied participants who listened to music while receiving a massage had an increase in blood vessel flow which is beneficial to the body. They have written it to show that people who get messages should listen to calm music to put them at ease and to make them happy.
Kater, PeterMyrah, SharonHalpern, StevenBlackburn, ZacciahMenehan, Karen. "Healing Rhythms." Massage Magazine 155 (2009): 36-37. Alt HealthWatch. Web. 15 Mar. 2013.
http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=4&sid=7de1cf5b-e7fa-431c-8ab8-325a9193e3b8%40sessionmgr115&hid=124&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=awh&AN=37595983
2.) In the article, “Study Are Music-loving Teens More Likely to Get Depressed”, by Amie Ninh, she interviews Brian Primack on his belief on whether music causes depression or not. Brian Primack informs her that teens who listen to a lot of music are most likely depressed, but he then says there is no proof if music causes depression or if depressed teens use music as an escape. He did a study of 106 teenagers and music was the only one to show a change in emotions. The article shows to people connecting music to depression that there is not a enough information to prove that it actuall causes depression even though it can effect mood.
Ninh, Amie. "Study: Are Music-Loving Teens More Likely to Be Depressed? | TIME.com." Time. Time, 12 Apr. 2011. Web. 08 Feb. 2013.
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Friday, March 8, 2013
Music is Life
Life Is
Music
The
screams filled the room like thunder,
Cutting
through so simply
They were
abrasive to the heart
as knives
were to the skin.
Her eyes
watched the sun shine oh so bright.
But the
feelings inside her were drowning in spite.
The sun
set fire to her eyes
She
couldn't feel enough to smile or even to cry.
She sat
for hours and listened to their words.
And all
they did was smirk because this is what she deserved.
She
reached in to her pocket and brought out another life
Where
people weren't deceitful and ruined those who survive.
The words
were sung with passion
as the
songs ran through her ears.
Bringing
her to another world
where
pain was too weak to sear.
She could
feel the ice cracking slowly
then
falling apart.
Her heart
had begun to warm up
because
of this beautiful art.
She could
feel a sense of freedom ripping out from the seams.
she knew
that life could not always be kind,
or give
you everything you need.
As the
dark clouds inside her had started to disperse.
She could
see the sun wasn't too bright down here on earth.
She had
enough strength to go on for just another day
and
experience this last day of life and see it in another way.
This
sickness inside her would kill her body soon.
But the
music that abides within her
had freed
her from her enticing tomb.
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