Music plays such a huge role in my life. I listen to music no matter what type of a mood I'm, it can really start the party or calm me down. Whenever I am in a stressful mood I love locking myself in my bedroom and tuning out the world with my endless amounts of music. I go into my own little headset and let go of whatever it was that had a pull on my emotions. I feel that music is full of memories for everyone, it could be the song to your first kiss, your first dance, your breakup song, your girls night out song, your go to song when your down and so on. Lyrics to different songs can inspire people to do great things with their life. For instance Katy Perry has a song called "Firework" my favorite lyrics in this song are "You don't have to feel like a wasted space, your original, can not be replaced", this sends out such a positive message that everyone is so unique and special in their own right and were all here to fallow our own paths in life leaving our own original footprints. As an aspiring actress and as a woman in general, the entertainment field is very aggressive and competitive, it is very easy to loose yourself trying to be someone else, and when I first heard this song it just hit me emotionally and touched my heart. Music is a very positive uplifting ageless attribute to our society. I think music is a very powerful because it emotionally connects and bonds people in the world. Art is always evolving and expressing the evolution on man. If you want to know how people felt in different eras you can always look to the art. Music is a time machine, it transcends time, it warps time. My mom could be sitting here having a conversation with me and then hear a Beatles song in the background and all of a sudden she could have a flash back of the 50's and being a little girl again. I also think that music can have no lyrics at all and just the instrumental sounds can have a pulling effect on ones emotions. I know that certain songs I hear pull me back into memories of being a kid and going through my parents divorce all over again and the effects it had on me just by a song alone. Music is a communication of getting a point across or perhaps it gives a person a voice that wants to be heard. Looking at music ahead I can really appreciate what it stands for. I know that music is a constant evolution of time periods and eras. I love the idea of how bold different artists will be in the future as far as singing about their times and how they feel about the world around them. I love all different kinds of music and I can appreciate that different views socially and rhythmically of expressing the world we live in today as well as yesterday.
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ReplyDeleteWow, I like all of descriptions and examples you gave on what music means to you. History would never be easy to understand without all of the music that goes with it. Music does soothe the soul, without it I don’t know where I would be. It does provide understanding and comfort because of the different views expressed in music. Life would not be as good without it.
I also love the lyric you posted. It is positive and upbeat. I have never heard that, thank you.
Bridgette, I really love what you said about the positive influence music can have and how uplifting it can be. I too, was pleasantly surprised at Katy Perry's song "firework". It's rare to find such awesome messages in today's pop music. I also love what you said about knowing how people were feeling in different eras by looking at their music, for example all the lyrics about war and peace during the Vietnam War. Music is so universal and can contain such powerful messages and I think your blog really captured that. I can relate when you talk about your parents’ divorce and how music helped you through that. My parents are still together but I was told at 9 years old that my brother wasn’t my real brother. He was my hero, I followed him around everywhere and now he was moving to the other side of the country and I thought it was all my fault. It was a hard and confusing time in my life and the only thing that helped me through it was music. Music can truly be life-changing if you let it! Thanks for sharing about your experiences with music! Keep up the good work!
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