Can music contribute to anything worth? Famous music composer‚ Ludwig van Beethoven once rightly quoted “Music is a higher revelation than philosophy”. Indeed‚ music has higher magnitude than just being a mere form of entertainment- it plays a significant role in our society be it politics or religion or even academics. So important is music’s value that it has been recorded throughout history of mankind in numerous ancient writings including the sacred Hindu scripture‚ Veda. Thus it
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Explain how music can be seen as related to gender. For many years discussions of sexuality were informed by a distinction between ‘sex’ and ‘gender’. The sex of a person was judged to be ‘biologically determined’ and their gender to be ‘culturally and socially constructed’ (Abercrombie‚ Hill and Turner‚ 1988: 103). Gender roles are frequently based around the ideas that women are expected to be more passive and emotional and men more assertive and rational. “The first type of essentialism that
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Music has been around for centuries. Governments have also been around for centuries. People probably would not expect that the two would ever be linked together. But after the 1985 PMRC hearings‚ the term “government” would forever be linked to its influence on music and the sale of music in stores. Now some people might not know what the PMRC is or what their impact was on music. According to the article “PMRC Events”‚ The PMRC or Parents Music Resource Center was formed in 1985 by Tipper Gore
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rap music‚ some define it as poetry in the form of music. Even though rap music is thought of as a form of art‚ it is highly debated as a controversial social issue. Author Sid Kirchheimer from " Does rap put teens at risk" makes a claim that rap music is a detriment to our youth. He believes that negative behaviors is the outcome of people watching and listening to rap music. Author Curtis Aron from "Rap Music: Is It As Bad As Some People Think?" Thinks otherwise and claims that rap music is
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Ever since music first was combined with movies it created a truly emotional and scene setting experience. Music describes 4 key roles in movies‚ it sets time and place or convey characters or ideas or creates a mood or atmosphere or expresses the emotions of the character or a combination of these ideas. A movie that uses all 4 roles is Jurassic Park. A huge advancement in scientific technology has allowed the creation of dinosaurs. When a billionaire creates a park on an island and inhabits
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Watching the movie 12 years a slave was very difficult for me. We all know of slavery and how terrible it was‚ however in this movie it shows the brutality of it. Before watching the film‚ I wasn’t aware of how slavery was. I had imagines and ideas of what I had been taught but nothing like the film portrayed. Slave owners often took their anger out on their slaves. Think about this. If you were having a bad day would you just go beat someone until their fleece was showing? One of the three things
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How Music Affects Society COM/150 July 4‚ 2013 If you have not noticed already‚ music has an impact on society. Music is one of the greatest forms of expression. It has caused society to evolve uniquely through many centuries. It has shown to reflect ones culture‚ beliefs‚ religion and sexuality. Nowadays‚ there are many different types of music‚ which are separated into categories‚ called genres. Genres of music can vary drastically‚ from classical‚ to hip/hop‚ to death metal‚
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to be a way to stick it to the Man. It was called rock ’n roll‚ but guess what‚ oh no‚ the Man ruined that‚ too‚ with a little thing called MTV! So don’t waste your time trying to make anything cool or pure or awesome ’cause the Man is just gonna call you a fat washed up loser and crush your soul. (The School of Rock‚ 2003) Jack Black stated this quote in the movie School of Rock. MTV started out in 1981 only to play music videos on television. This idea helped record companies sell millions of records
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What would the world be like if there was no music in it? Would we still be able to link our dearest memories to something as simple‚ meaningful and beautiful as a song? Music is how societies communicate and bond since the earliest of times. It is a valuable way of self-expression that is deeply admired. Music is essentially the art of transforming a series or a sequence of sounds and tunes into a harmonious pattern that is pleasing to the ear as it intensely engages the sense of hearing. The ways
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