Why We Need Music

It took me about four times to read through the article Why We Need Music but I think I finally got the main points. Basically the article is saying the music should be an important part of everyday life for what I have broken down into 3 main reasons. It is essential not to cut the arts and deprive people from it because it impacts every person in one way or another. I believe the arts are a great way of expression and connection and agree it cannot be disregarded. The following reasons are why we need music.

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           1.“It’s how we explain ourselves to others and future generations”

When you think of the 1980’s, what artists come to mind? Madonna, Michael Jackson, Prince, Van Halen and the list goes on and on. The songs that were made in the 80s became a trademark for that era. Without music we wouldn’t be able to know or feel the things happening in this generation.  Songs made in the 80s become the epitome of the 80s. Kind of like a theme song to your favorite show. When it plays, you know your show is on. When a song plays, it brings you back to the time it was made, even if you weren’t alive for it. It’s a way of communication and relations to others without having to experience it firsthand. It’s a way of expression everyone is familiar with and it makes you able to connect with those around you and show people of other future generations where you came from without having to explain it verbally  

      2. Music is a way of expression

Music allows one to put into sound what they cannot say in words. It helps them express their feelings through sound and also can be used through songs. Ironically, you cannot “translate music into words”.  The music you create instrumentally evokes feelings and responses from others by taking what you feel and expressing it.  The cool thing about music is that everybody interprets it in a different way. If a song makes you feel sad it could make another person feel lonely or angry. It’s always absorbed differently from different people. It’s even hard to write on paper how music helps to express one’s self. I think it is a way to express emit and feel emotions that are hard to put into words and that is what is so special about music.

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      3. All people can think musically, even in the simplest of ways.

The truth about music is everyone likes it. Everybody feels a connection to at least one type of music once in their life. It starts off as a baby, listening to lullabies and nursery rhymes to help you sleep and learn and eventually you get a sense of what you like. There are so many genres of music this day and age that there is a kind for everybody. There is jazz, classical, pop, rap, hip hop, etc. the thing with music is you don’t have to have a talent for making it in order to enjoy it. You just have to be able to say “hey I like the sound of this” and feel a connection toward it

What this article is saying is that music impacts everybody in one way or another. It affects you and those around you and also tells a lot about who you are and where you came from to many generations to come. It is a way to express yourself and your emotions in a way that words cannot by making you feel different ways through different types and experience feelings you can only get from listening to music. Music is also a basic connection everyone can make. If you go to someone and ask what their favorite type is I can bet you on everything I own that no one will reply that they hate music. Music is an important part of daily life that everyone experiences and can relate to. It’s not just music it’s more a way of life and expression.

 

To listen to many different genres of music: 

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