Human Elements
There is an increasing mutual exchange as the synthetic and the human-made equally invades what we once thought of as natural. In electronic music, the human element that people input in their work is crucial to say the least. People provide the unpredictable pieces in their work to make it stand out from the rest. Most robotic or technologic generated music often is in the form of a pattern. Without human interface, electronic music, for the most part, is predictable. When electronic music is played without the human element, a sense of something that is missing usually occurs. Today, technological advances allow electronics to replace most of the human interactions. Now technology can mimic the sounds of non-electronic instruments. Instruments such as the flute, violin, and guitar are just some of these mimicked sounds that could be replaced. In this “genre” the human body is often held as a relatable tool. The audience notices the human element and realizes that they can create such works as well. Electronic music to some may feel that it is missing the human component in the normalized concept of seeing the artist. However, when developing the art itself, electronic music, whether it be in live performances, editing the material, or commercializing the music for use, the human element is still very prominent. The human component is implicated in music directly or indirectly.
The idea of any “live music” is hard to define, but there stubbornly remains much
Throughout the many years of time, music has been associated with the lives of humans. Ranging from the oldest recorded music in 1888, The Lost Chord, to Motherese, or the way that mothers “sing” to their babies to communicate to them, to our modern music of radio stations blaring our favourite song while we drive from place to place. Music has found its place within human lives, intertwining its existence with ours. Incredibly enough, humans have found a way to harness music with our very hands and create elegant melodies from tools. Beginning with instruments that look like a guitar, instruments that look like a flute and instruments that look like a drum, we began making controlled music with rhythms and harmonies. As years passed and civilization began to grow, musicians came to be. These ancient musicians played music for others on the instruments that they would make and performed for many.
For as long as mankind has walked on this earth, music has been an important part of our culture and lifestyles. Each walk of life beats to a different drum. Different cultures use music for many aspects of their lives; for religious purposes, for celebrations, for comfort, for sorrow, for relaxation, for sports, for dances, for energy, for learning, for sleeping, and for sexual experiences. Everyone uses music for something. Music connects with people and reaches them in ways that words simply cannot. Music is a representation of what feelings sound like. It expresses emotion and brings that characteristic out from within us; it tells us a story. Every generation has its’ own sound and different music styles have emerged and become
To understand why music is a product of human intention and perception, we start by defining or understanding the nature of music. Music is defined as the sounds or combination of vocals and instruments in a way that it produces a form of beauty, expression, or harmony of emotions. Arguably, people compose or make music through many ways (Resnicow, Joel E., 20-29). While some people might compose music without incorporating instruments, others use instruments to produce beats that match with their sounds. However, to argue that the
Susan Fast’s research largely revolves around the famous English rock band, Led Zeppelin, and their psychological and emotional impact on their fans. Through ethnographic research and semiotic analysis done at several of their concerts, Fast was able to identify how the band creates such an impactful relationship with their fans. Within her article ‘The Wanton Song: The Riff and the Body’, the scholar mentions the work of Richard Leppert who argues for the importance of watching how music is made. “How the performers look and gesture, how they are costumed, how they interact with their instruments and with one another, how they regard the audience, how other listeners heed the performers” all combines to create the agency that is human sight, and that these experiences may mediate gaps between the celestial nature of musical sounds and the physical requirement needed to make them (Fast, p.145,
Music is something we hear everyday whether it be from our phones,in our cars,or background music wherever we go. Over the years there have been numerous types of music that have different beats,sounds,and different emotions. Such types of music is hip hop and rap,alternative music,and rock and roll music. Music has a long time line and every single sound and type of music is intertwined within each other and influenced by each other. For these reasons music not only defines a type of sound but also recreates lifestyles and defines entire generations. The power of music can be seen from all different types of music.
Juxtaposed with ‘music space-time,’ Seeger suggests we do have control over this form of ‘space-time’ creating beginnings and ends. Therefore, ethnomusicologists can take part in multiple ‘music space-times’ allowing themselves to become engulfed in the supremacy of music as an alternate universe and place of being, which cognitive and sound studies have confirmed multiple times. This ‘transcendence’ can be experienced as a creator and receiver of music, but can also be enhanced dramatically when control is placed over what occurs (musically) in ‘music space time’ where humans typically have no control creating unadulterated reactionary moments to music stimuli birthed by the one that created the soundtrack of the ‘music space-time.’ It becomes a more personal and deeply intimate experience that can be achieved through being immersed in the palatability of music
People listen to music for a variety of reasons. Some listen to music to relax in which it serves as a sort of escape from everyday life, some because they are a fan and follow a certain artist, and others because they can relate the lyrics to their own personal experiences. Whichever the case may be, music has and continues to serve an important role in people’s lives.
Having patients listen to music that they like is a key relation to the environment that the dentist is trying to create, despite the uncomfortable work that is going on with the patient. No one should have sit through a painful procedure while listening to some awful music that they cannot stand. This experience would affect the patient’s perception of the dentist that is not a good way to proceed business and could even deny health related work because of this experience. In a regular situation, the uncontrolled stimuli (US) which is the procedure results in the uncontrolled response (UR)which in this case is trying to bare the pain and feelings that are going on as a result of the uncontrolled stimuli. In including music into the works of this situation which is considered to be the controlled stimuli (CS) it is put into place to directly affect the controlled response which is barring the pain of the procedure a little more pleasant. This situation is a good example of simultaneous conditioning which is when the controlled stimuli being the good music and the uncontrolled stimuli which is the procedure being done on the patient happening at the same time.
The relationship between music and society is an exceptionally powerful and crucial one. In some cases, this relationship is viewed as one that is harmonious and beneficial to large communities of people. However, that exact relationship could also be scrutinized as one that is extremely discordant to other communities. Green Day happens to fall precisely in the middle of that musical spectrum, depending on who is asked. Regardless of opinion, songs are much more than just music and are essentially retained as pieces of history. These songs help showcase the trends, behaviors, and even struggles of different time periods. With that being said, one may ask “What all did the musical group Green Day contribute to society?”.
Music, along with Communication, is something that can be studied in various different ways. They are similar concepts in that people use music to communicate with their peers, elders, and anyone willing to listen. Researching how music effects the way we communicate is an interesting phenomenon. It can be researched through the use of qualitative and quantitative research. Both are an effective means of research and provide numerous different methods to gain knowledge and information regarding the topic.
Impact on the EDM audience over the radio and the Internet in reference to the youth
Music has been apart of society for thousands of years and an outlet for people's stress and other problems they may be facing. It helps the brain function and understand conditions better by breaking it down and trying to comprehend it. Music has made and is still making an impact on the lives of people all around the world. Because of its impact on peoples lives neuroscientist wanted to get to the source and have been looking at the brain to determine the exact effects of music and they can now answer the question, what effects does music have on the brain? Listening to music can send pleasure to your mind, decide your emotions, lower stress, and improve learning.
Art has undoubtedly become a decisive aspect of our culture; embedded in the way we learn and grow on a daily basis. Art forms such as music, television and dance dominate our society as an outlet of freedom of speech for humanity. The evolution of music has rapidly exceeded its original classifications, developing new genres with greater appeal to an audience, hence its influence on society has expedited. In recent times, lyrics (specifically rap lyrics) have been introduced into the court room as a form of documented confessional evidence, evidently challenging law’s authoritative nature. This essay will closely follow the genre of rap and its relationship with law, through cases based in the United States of America (USA). In addition, the trial of Simon Bikindi in Rwanda and Smith v The Queen will be used to form an acute analysis on the influencing factors of relevance, identity, freedom of speech and current constitutional law.
The world that we live in is constantly changing. There are numerous inventions and new
Media takes all forms of shapes, from video games to music it influences people daily because we are always surrounded by it. Music especially impacts individuals because in a lot of ways it can say what we want to say in times when we as individuals cannot say it. In those times we lean on music to help us understand the hardship we are going through, or as a mechanism to face our feelings or to block them out. Interpersonal violence which is defined as an individual using power over another in the form of violence whether that be emotional, physical, or sexual. With the many forms of interpersonal violence it’s apparent that it has been expressed in the form of music for quite a while, and sometimes not always in a preventative way. By