Melissa Adcock
Kaplan University
HU300 – 21
Music has played a significant role in my life from the time I was born. First, my name came from a very popular singer/song writer Melissa Manchester that my mother really loved. I remember growing up she used to sign and dance to her music one of her favorite song was “Shine like you should”.my mom still listens to her music today. I remember always listening to older music that seemed to have a lot of sole growing up such as Air Supply, Michael Jackson, Lionel Richie and even Marvin Gaye. I have always listen to music when I am happy and just want to groove or even when I am feeling sad and need to listen to a song that I can relate to for feelings …show more content…
He goes on to say that the different type of music a person listens to can change their emotions in ways of crying, and even anger (Holt, M., 2007). When I am feeling down, lonely, blue or even just disappointed I tend to listen to mellow R&B music something that I know will relate to my feelings at that time. A perfect example would be when I have to spend more then a day away from my significant other due to our schedules and I am missing him terribly I tend to listen to a song that he told me is how he feels about m by artist Anthony Hamilton called “Her Heart”. When I listen to the song I know that everything will be okay and without having my love there I can still remember how he feels about me and that he does not want to be away from me anymore then I want to be away from him and I feel a little less lonely. I also use some music to try and calm me down such as a great artist his songs always change my mood his name is Calvin Richardson, he is a young R&B singer with an old soul in his music and it always picks my mood up when I am a little stressed or even upset. I just seem to be taking away by the music and forget about the world at that