FROM hatkins.blog.com
To make the whole world gone
No matter on people around you and no matter on the kinds of their characters, I mean, no matter how sweet and kind they are, there are times when you need the whole world to be gone and you need to stay all alone with your own self. Though, it is not that easy to make this world gone and it is twice difficult to make this whole world go out of your head. And it is music, the only thing that can help you get rid of these thoughts and that can help you feel like there is nothing but you and nothing but those thoughts and feelings you care about right this moment. You choose the music you love and it is music different from everything you are listening for fun. It is the special music you listen for not so often but you will never refuse it no matter on what. It is the kind of music that is hidden somewhere on your PC and you play it only in those cases when you need this world to leave you alone. You put on your headphones and you turn on this special music. It takes a couple of seconds for this world to leave you alone with this music.
Music all around the city
In case you are a city-person you know about all those drawbacks of the city. People around you are mad and ignorant and it seems like they have nothing inside, if considering the fact that eyes are mirrors of soul and eyes of those people are cold and empty. But I guess they are just people tired of that rush and fuzz and they need something to bring them back to life and I guess music is something that can bring them back. My point is that it would be great to set speakers all around the city and play music. See, music is a powerful stuff and it can improve mood of people and it can bring some special feelings into their hearts and their minds and music will take them out of that fuzz and will let them remember that there is something more important than all those duties they have, I believe people would feel better if they hear music instead of the roaring city and they need nice and funny music, I know that people like different music, though there is for sure such genre of music that is pleasant for all people and I believe it would be great and right to play this music for people on the streets.
Friday, April 10, 2009
Live without music
It is very difficult to live without music. We hear music everywhere: in the streets, at home, over the radio and on TV, in the shops, in the parks and in the concert halls.We can’t live without music, it is within us. We like to listen to music, we enjoy dancing, and we play different musical instruments. Music charges us like a battery and fills us with the energy. It reflects mood and emotions. People living all over the world listen to various types of music. Many people like folk music. There are numerous folk groups groups in our country which make the folk music popular. Although there was no jazz of Russian origin, jazz is also quite popular in Russia. Many attempts are made to combine it with rock, which gives rise to some new trends in music. At the end of the 70s another style of music appeared, the punk syle. Punk bands usually sing loud, fast and tuneless songs about anarchy and destruction and their clothes show a rejection of conventional styles of dress. In the 1980s many new bands emerged. The so called ‘heavy metal music’ became very fashionable. The variety of Russian music scene is really impressive. You can go to a classical musical concert, a techno night at the local club, or see your favourite band live on stage.
Friday, February 27, 2009
Music
Music as a part of human culture has developed a lot over the centuries. Starting as some rhythms for religious dances, now it has become something that defines your lifestyle, especially if you’re a young person.
There are many different kinds of music, loved by different kinds of people. It became usual that music is used just as a background for life; people listen to it underground, in a car, practicing sport, talking with friends. Besides, it influences people’s minds a lot. It’s better to work listening to a calm music, do a sport with hard rock, and if you’re walking in the forest, no music will be better. There’s even such a kind of therapy that is based on listening to music.
Music bore a lot of jobs done by many people. Operators, musicians, composers, music teachers, journalists write articles on music. A lot of shops, clubs, pubs are dealing with music, a lot of people talk and write about it. We hear it everywhere – at our homes, at work, in the city. It’s a part of our life, everywhere for anyone.
And what does music mean for you?
There are many different kinds of music, loved by different kinds of people. It became usual that music is used just as a background for life; people listen to it underground, in a car, practicing sport, talking with friends. Besides, it influences people’s minds a lot. It’s better to work listening to a calm music, do a sport with hard rock, and if you’re walking in the forest, no music will be better. There’s even such a kind of therapy that is based on listening to music.
Music bore a lot of jobs done by many people. Operators, musicians, composers, music teachers, journalists write articles on music. A lot of shops, clubs, pubs are dealing with music, a lot of people talk and write about it. We hear it everywhere – at our homes, at work, in the city. It’s a part of our life, everywhere for anyone.
And what does music mean for you?
Friday, December 26, 2008
Soft music
Soft music is vital for our psyche. I think that we can go without any other type of music but as for softy music, there are moments when it becomes the only way to improve our mood, to cheer up and get a hope that everything will be ok. When we listen to heavy metal or hard rock, we become angry, when we listen to pop music, we simply have fun, but when we listen to soft music, we relax. I think that there is no need to tell you that relaxation is the main compound of any type of rest. If you don’t relax during your weekends or a break at work, you won’t get the need dose of energy to go on. However, many people can’t relax. Our life is full of stress and strain. We are so accustomed to be alarmed all the time that we can’t relax and have a good time. In these cases, soft music is our reliable and irreplaceable partner. When you have a free minute and try to relax, you give yourself an order to relax. This order makes you strained again. it is impossible to relax immediately. However, when you understand that you are pressed for time and try hard to divert your attention from your current problems, you force yourself not to think of them it is even harder than fulfill some difficult work. Thus appears a vicious circle. On the one hand you try to relax. On the other hand relaxing is even harder than work. Only soft music can break this circle. You won’t have to force yourself to relax, your music will do everything without your assistance. You will divert your attention away from your work easily and pleasant thoughts will come to head at once.
Aggressive music
Aggressive music is very popular nowadays. The amount of young people, who are fond of aggressive music, is increasing all the time. This is an alarming tendency. The more young people listen to aggressive music, the more aggressive they become themselves. They become rude to their parents, relatives, friends and passers-by. Their dangerous hobby has also a negative impact on youngsters’ attitude to society they live in. they become angry with the whole world, which they think is guilty in all their problems and troubles. Their logic is very simple. If the whole world should be blamed for all hardships, they think that they have a right for revenge. Thus they often become criminals and join various criminal groups. They often have problems with law and deprive themselves of a possibility to live normal life. They also deprive themselves of their own future. Scientists claim that aggressive music has a direct influence on our state of mind, subconsciousness and behavior. Influence of music is stronger in comparison with other ways of influence.
On the other hand the fact that too many young people are fond of aggressive music, tells that our society is ill. Young people feel unsafe and uneasy as our society can’t provide them with all necessary conditions of normal existence. They need support and shouldn’t be blamed for their strange hobbies. Only goodwill and benevolence can facilitate aggression of youngsters.
On the other hand the fact that too many young people are fond of aggressive music, tells that our society is ill. Young people feel unsafe and uneasy as our society can’t provide them with all necessary conditions of normal existence. They need support and shouldn’t be blamed for their strange hobbies. Only goodwill and benevolence can facilitate aggression of youngsters.
Music in the morning
Music is our friend. Yes, I would even say, that it is maybe the most reliable and dependable friend. A true friend must cheer up you in an emergency situation, facilitate your sufferings if you are depressed or upset. He/she should also bring us consolation and inspiration when we need it. A real friend is never importunate and boring. We choose people to become our friends basing on the qualities and streaks mentioned above. The same criteria serve to select our favorite music. Each new day we begin with music, just when we wake up and open our eyes, we hear our favorite music from our alarm. Fortunately, today owing to the scientific and technical progress and recent developments and innovations, we are awaken not by means of terrible ring, which seems to mix our brain, but by our favorite tune or a song which we select beforehand to hear it in the morning. Tune we hear while awakening determines our mood for the whole day and it is a good chance for us to feel ourselves happy and energetic during the whole day. Experience shows that if we wake up in a bad mood, it is very difficult if possible to restore it and cheer up. On the contrary, if we wake up in a good mood, we are likely to live this day happily and to overcome all our problems easily. Good music, being our best friend can give good mood as a present and can also give us enough energy and optimism to surmount all hardships that may occur in our life. If you still don’t believe in healing power of music, just try to wake up with your favorite song or tune and you will see that your life will be improved.
Music and mood
Have you ever noticed the fact that music affects our mood greatly? If not, be more attentive and you will see that music can do miracles. This is not an exaggeration. Not by any means. Observe attentively your next day. When you get up in the morning and turn on the radio, your mood for the whole day will be determined by a song, you will hear first. If this song is unpleasant for you, your mood is likely to be spoilt by it and you will be rude to other people till the next day. I can’t understand people, who prefer only one style of music, especially when this music is evil. A person who likes this music must understand that it will turn him/her into a bad person sooner or later. This can be very dangerous. Besides, there are many people, who like soft pop music and listen it all day long. It’s a pity, they don’t understand, that listening to this music constantly is harmful for one’s intellectual level. I think that an ideal variant is when you alternate different styles of music with each other. For example, you can devote one day to pop music, the next one to rock and so on. There is also another variant, when you listen to various styles of music during one and the same day. Be sure, that in this case your nerves will be in order. Everything in our life should be changed and alternated. If we stick to one stile of music, we become fixed and it will be a tendency and will spread to other aspects of our life. That is why, treat music you listen to very seriously, as our psyche is vulnerable and should be treated with care. Learn to listen different kinds of music.
Music
I think that people who like only one style of music are strange and looped. This fact proves that for them their favorite style is an end in itself and they are proud of it. I think that they restrict themselves consciously. Life is so interesting and many-sided that restricting yourself, you deprive yourself of an ability to get to know the world in all its manifestations. As for me I like almost all styles of music. Each of them has something special and useful for a person. Each style corresponds to some mood. There are no people who experience one and the same mood all the time. It is difficult to imagine, as it is unnatural. The same refers to music. It is unnatural to listen to one and the same style. I often listen to the radio and find that I like almost all songs I hear. Each song is special and provokes certain thoughts and makes us think about certain aspects of life, so each song gives food for thought. For the same reason I think that there are no bad bands or singers. A singer with poor voice and intonation is also a unique one, as his/her voice is also unique and no other person has the same voice. Each singer puts his/her heart and soul in his/her work and it should be treated with respect in any case. I want to become a singer and I ma not afraid of singing in public because I know that I will try my best and there will be people who will appreciate my singing at true value. I am fond of music so much that I am ready to sing any song of any style.
My friends like to argue which style of music is the best in the earth. I find these talks stupid and senseless. There is nothing best in this world, everything has its advantages and disadvantages and only if you avoid various restrictions you will be able to fully enjoy your life.
FROM doublebaseblog.org
My friends like to argue which style of music is the best in the earth. I find these talks stupid and senseless. There is nothing best in this world, everything has its advantages and disadvantages and only if you avoid various restrictions you will be able to fully enjoy your life.
FROM doublebaseblog.org
Why teens don’t listen to classical music
When you see a teenager walking down the street, white earbuds firmly implanted, swaying slightly to their own inner grove, you can be pretty much certain that it’s not classical music they’re listening to. Teenagers I know can enthusiastically rattle off the name of a dozen bands on their current favorite playlist, but ask them if they know who Brahms was and a funny kind of glazed look comes over their eyes. Even my music students, who I’d hope would know better, are astonishingly unknowledgeable about classical music, and if they don’t even know the names of these composer, you’d better believe that they don’t have an recordings by them.The numbers for classical music consumption in general are, by any standard, frighteningly low. Only 3% of recordings sold in 2008 were classical, with the average classical music recording selling only 300 copies. And you’ll be disappointed if you think that this low figure is made up for in concert attendance—only 3% of concert tickets sold in 2008 were for classical music concerts, the same depressingly low figure as CD sales.
Who’s to blame for this incredibly low number? Though schools, television, and video games can all be blamed for the lack of popularity for classical music among teenagers, it really boils down to one reason: it’s just plain boring to them.
Now, I know that this doesn’t apply to all teens. I have plenty of students that listen to classical music all the time, which is very cool. But they’re in the minority! Also, I’m not exactly classical music connoisseur #1 myself–I typically listen for research purposes, while I’m working, or once in a great while for fun. The vast majority of the time I’m listening to bad 80s music (let the tomato throwing begin) or P-Funk-era stuff.I actually listen to music from a vast array of styles–rock, bluegrass, classical, jazz, early music, and more–but my total classical music consumption is probably pretty close to that 3% figure, excluding the listening I do for professional reasons.
Reasons Why Teens Don’t Like Classical Music
First of all, the pace and rhythm of classical music, with its many stops and starts, tempo, dynamic and mood changes, and lengthy moments is the exact opposite of what the turbocharged teenage psyche craves. After all, kids talk fast, play fast, and think fast. They also want their music fast. They also have attention spans of about three minutes (if they’re lucky!), far too short for a four-movement sonata but perfect for that new pop tune. Pop tunes are also structurally much simpler, kind of like an aural billboard, and quite a contrast to the multi-faceted complexity of classical music. A symphony is something that makes a person want to curl up with next to the fire and, like a good novel, sit and savor. How many teens do you know that like to sit still for an hour and bask in the sublime subtlety of anything, let alone music? I don’t know many.The subject matter of pop music also holds much more appeal to the typical teen than does a wordless, 45 minute symphony by Gustav Mahler. Classical music is incredibly powerful but not exactly about issues that are immediately relevant to a typical teen. To them, listening to that Mahler symphony is about as exciting as reading the Constitution. Interesting? I suppose. Information-packed? You bet. Exciting? Not on your life.
Finally, the way that teenagers consume music today is vastly different from what generations in the past did. In the nineteenth century, families would gather in the parlor and sing songs together, and the ability to play piano was a treasured thing for a family member to have. The only other opportunity to hear music was an infrequent journey to a concert hall, where one would be dazzled by the novelty of actually hearing many humans making music in tandem. Fast forward many generations and many technological innovations (the record player, radio, electrified instruments, CDs, the Internet) to the present, and music flows across broadband networks with lightening speed, the entire sum recorded music of humanity available just 99 cents and a click away. Also, the musical fabric of a teen’s daily life is not exactly symphonic. How many movies, television shows, and video games prominently feature classical music these days? Not many.
There is wide speculation as to why or even if there is a downturn in classical music consumption.
According to Douglas Dempster of the Symphony Orchestra Institute, classical music audiences have actually increased in recent years. This may, in fact, be true, but I’ll hazard a guess that not many of those new audience members are teenagers. I play concerts for all sorts of classical music ensembles, and no matter how “hip” or edgy” they are in their marketing, I see almost nothing but gray hair when I look out in the crowd. These gray-haired classical music lovers seem to continue to love classical music (there is evidence, according to Dempster, that people are more attracted to classical music in middle age than in their youth), but if you’re a teen and your mom and dad love something, chances are good that you’ll, if not outright hate it, at least think it’s pretty lame.
Some blame the schools for this lack of interest in classical music among teenagers. Writing for The Guardian, Tom Service points out that school music programs service significantly fewer children than they did a generation ago, and that schools are ill-equipped in terms of actual instruments and well-qualified teachers to teach them.
Respectfully, I must disagree. The schools I teach in around metropolitan Chicago have first-class facilities packed to capacity with students eager to play classical music in their school band, orchestra, or chorus. They arrive before school to practice. They stay after school to rehearse. They spend their weekends on field trips or traveling to competitions. They love it… but they don’t listen to it for fun! The two activities—playing and listening—have become separated, as has the cultural context of what they play in school (old) and what they listen to for fun (new).
There is little discussion of teenage classical music consumption among those looking at trends in classical music, however, and for good reason: listening rates for teens are practically nil. Even my own music students, who practice for hours a day and spend even more hours in music rehearsals, admit (somewhat sheepishly) that they almost never listen to a classical recording unless it’s for research purposes like learning a new piece or comparing different interpretations. When they want to relax, it’s always pop music. Always.
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