...Life Is Better With Music Western Governor’s University Life Is Better With Music Learning to play a musical instrument is a lifelong journey with benefits that begin from the very first day you touch the instrument. The courage to try something new is the first psychological win in a string of confidence builders that continually help to shape your personality and foster growth. The subsequent and on-going health benefits derived while honing your craft provides further proof that playing a musical instrument is an instrumental decision in your life. The art of music is in the mechanics of mastering an instrument, of discovering and creating new music, of challenging yourself and feeling the satisfaction of accomplishment in learning or writing a new piece. Mass media will portend that musical performance is the art. While entertaining for many, artists, famous and otherwise, will tell you that the performance is the payoff. The art is in learning, refining, and creating, which typically happens in unspectacular private places far away from notoriety. There is a personal space between you and your instrument where only you live and where you have full control over what you do, where there is no interference. That space is where art is born and where the benefits of playing affect your life and where we will focus this discussion. My musical odyssey began at age eleven in the sixth grade school band with percussion. While challenging at first and awkward, I realized...
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...many families who live across the country will be able to share the special moments with their friends and family online in Facebook that they normally would not be able to do because of the distance. I have the same issue, I live in Texas and my sister lives in Michigan so the only way she can see pictures and videos of the kids is via Facebook. Even people from different countries are able to keep in touch with their families across the nations and overseas, the Facebook website offers a lot to the users by allowing you to connect with friends and family free of cost for the user. Facebook also offers games, horoscopes, and different activities to the users of the website. The advantages of facebook are you are able to connect to family and friends, you are able to share all your special moments, you can enjoy playing the games, and pass time with all the quizzes. The disadvantages of Facebook are you never know if the face you see on the profile is the person you are communicating with, many disagreements arise based on statuses and pictures, and many people will hack into others accounts. The next social media network I will discuss will be MySpace. MySpace just like Facebook is used to connect people and also is free of cost to the user. This...
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...Playing Music for Mind & Body (LAE1) When the notion of playing music in a band is brought up, often times it conjures up images of the lewd and crude rock star lifestyle. At least, this is what we’ve come to expect to see from the media. But what most people don’t realize is that playing music can have a significant positive impact on an individual’s health, mental well-being and even IQ. A study from the New York Academy of Sciences takes aim at finding a link between musical training and increased intelligence. The study revealed an increase in grey matter in the brains’ of musicians as opposed to their non-musician counterparts. Researchers feel that this notable increase is in part due to the repetition that takes place during rehearsals which improves cognition and memory. So does learning to play music make a person smarter? Glenn Schellenberg, from the Department of Psychology at the University of Toronto, gives a resounding yes. His research into music and its cognitive abilities indicate short-term as well as long-term benefits. Mr. Schellenberg’s research goes on to point out an increase in participant’s IQ scores after only a couple of learning sessions. But music training has more in store than just intelligence benefits. According to a recent study conducted by The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), a person playing a musical instrument is less likely to feel depressed and more likely to feel healthy. The study goes...
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...The Benefits Of Music Education For Children And Society The Benefits Of Music Education For Children And Society Learning music can give children the ability of learning a variety of different subjects all in one classroom setting. They have a wide variety of curriculum taught to them in many different ways and in an enjoyable manner. They also learn many new skills and can expand their knowledge by learning to play a musical instrument. A crucial aspect to help expand a young child’s mind, as well as help them develop as an adult, would be Music Education. When it comes to music, not many children realize that they are doing a variety of educational subjects. They could be learning to sing a new song or they could be learning a new rhythm. There is Spatial Temporal reasoning which you would need to be able to think several steps ahead. Then there is Language Analytical reasoning which you would need the ability to solve equations and receive a quantitative result. These effects are usually labeled as “The Mozart Effect”. Those who excel in calculus and geometry have good Spatial Temporal reasoning because it requires you to think several steps ahead. Gordon Shaw and Xiao DEng Leng did an experiment where music was played in various pitches by different instruments. It was shown that the Spatial Temporal thinking that is used in mathematics is highly triggered by music and shows greater brain function. Being healthy and active is an important part of what we want in our...
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...Comp II 402 Pamela Webb February 24, 2014 What if there was something you could do that makes you smarter, benefits health, reduces stress and helps brain development. Making music does that and more. (It is also a potential career). The no child left behind act states art as a core classes yet it is not being offered to everyone. The benefits of music should be better understood and classes should be added to school programs not cut. Music education helps kids succeed in school. Almost 100% of the winners of the Siemens Westinghouse competition in math, science and technology (for high school students) play one or more musical instruments (the benefits of music study). Schools with music programs have higher graduation rates than those who don’t: 90.2% compared to72.9 % (why music education). Students in high end music programs score 22% higher in English and 20% higher in math than those in poor programs (Focus on students: study links music making and music education with improved academic performance). Kids in music based lessons got 100% higher on fractions tests. Former president of the Music Educators National Conference said, “Music enhances knowledge in the areas of mathematics, science, geography, history, foreign language, physical education and vocational learning”. More students in music are accepted into college. Students in music score higher on verbal and math SATs than others. Music majors are the most likely group to be accepted into medical school at 66%...
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... |Answers | |What is meant by the term media |Media Coverage compared to technology is defined as a process of combining together the | |convergence with regard to technology, |telecommunications and computers and turning them into one electric or digital form. This | |and how has it affected everyday life? |affects our everyday lives more than we know. Media coverage gives us the ability to watch| | |television, listen to music, and shop online. This also allows us to do such things as | | |email or video chat on the computer, this removes having to use the telephone almost | | |completely. Other things such as myspace, twitter, facebook, and Instagram also allows you| | |to keep up with your family and friends by using the internet. Media coverage has also | | |replaced such things as hard back books by introducing e-books that can be downloaded from| | |your computer. | |What is meant by the term media |Media convergence, with regards to technology, refers to the tendency of different | |convergence with regard to business, and|technologies...
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...Julie Diaz Writ101 September 23, 2012 Analytical Essay “Is Pop Culture Actually Good For You?” Popular culture which has been shortened to pop culture is defined as “cultural activities or commercial products reflecting, suited to, or aimed at the tastes of the general masses of people.” (“pop culture”) Television, movies, music, art, the internet, famous people, sports, and politics are some of the major components that make up pop culture. As expected by the standards of society there is a profuse amount of controversy about pop culture being either good or bad for someone. In an email written to Schlessinger, the writer expresses that, “...teenager had been using very offensive swear words since the age of 5 when this person saw an R-rated movie” and “...teenager had started inhaling cocaine after seeing it done in a movie.” (Schlessinger) According to the writer, the above actions are a result of children being over exposed to pop culture. Yes, it is possible that the effect pop culture can have on children can be more profound since it influences their developing morals, but that does not rule out the possible effects it can have on adults as well. In his own experience Carr states that, “[He’s] not thinking the way [he] used to think...[he’d] spend hours strolling through long stretches of prose. That’s rarely the case anymore. Now [his] concentration often starts to drift after two or three pages...” (Carr) So it can be concluded that pop culture has a way...
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...Learn a Musical Instrument" by Mark Oppenheimer and "Study Finds No Evidence for Cognitive Benefits of Music Ed." By Samuel Mehr agree that music does not enhance cognitive abilities. Both sources use logical as well as emotional appeals in order to support their claim. Mehr’s claim was better supported than Oppenheimer’s article. For this topic, I chose these two sources, by Oppenheimer and Mehr. These sources come to an agreement, Oppenheimer states that children should not learn music in schools, and that it should be a hobby taught and performed outside of education. Whereas, Mehr believes that music isn’t as significant an enhancement toward your cognitive abilities, he believes it is still necessary...
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...Project Summary Introduction Spotify is an online commercial music streaming platform that, despite earning a massive sum of Euros in 2012, has never recorded any profit ever since its launch in 2008. Royalty costs and increases in licensing costs cover most of Spotify’s expenses, and these fees continue to be a problem as it prevents Spotify from making a profit. Purpose This paper aims to improve Spotify’s strategies in order to make its business more profitable. Method This paper will use secondary data to analyze both Spotify’s external and internal environments. The main tools used here are: PEST, SWOT and the Five Forces analysis. The paper will give insight into Spotify’s pricing and advertising methods, suggesting ways to make it more appealing to the everyday user and how to draw more customers in more efficiently. We will evaluate how long-term subscriptions and bonuses may keep a subscriber loyal to their services. Lastly we will look at how redeveloping their website can make it look more professional as well as make it easier for customers to find out information about Spotify. Conclusion At the end, this paper indicated that Spotify should lower its prices, collaborate with phone operators, reward loyal customers and implement bonus periods, as well as invest in smarter advertising and a better, more professional website. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Organization Overview 1.1 General information 1.2 Mission, vision and values 2. Strategic...
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...brain responsible for how you react to emotional stress. The first person that you think of in the morning is either the cause of your happiness, or the cause of your pain.] Ironically, the people who ignore you now, will somehow need you later. That moment when you randomly feel depressed for no apparent reason may indicate that you're actually missing someone. Old text messages, songs and photos provide a psychological window into the past. Revealing what you miss, how things used to be. Dreams often reveal feelings that we've hidden or repressed, because dreams are a reflection of our unconscious mind, our emotional truth. Sometimes being strong is a woman's way of pretending that nothing is wrong. Pretending not to miss someone tricks your mind into missing them even more. Music is one of the best uses to escape from all the negative things in their life Smarter people tend to make sarcastic comments quicker than people who aren't as smart. When a person cries, and the first drop of tears comes from the right eye, it is happiness. If it's from the left, it is pain. An instant change in mood from happiness to sad, indicates that you're missing someone. A girl's favorite song will tell you more about her feelings than she ever will. Constantly dreaming about someone indicates that they're missing or thinking about you a lot. You can meet thousands of people, and none of them really mean anything to you. Then you meet one person, and your...
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...has change us many ways too. The question to ask is. Why is Technology is so important us around the world? The phones that we use in our everyday life has become a lot smarter and become more easier to use in our home or we just out and about. We use this technology over a radio link or a wave and by this we move around a wide spread geographic area. There are some variety of service and some examples of these are text messaging, emails, sending pictures, and the last one is the best part of this is having internet access. The smart phones know days come with some software and application on them to use such as some examples of this are GPS navigation, MP4, MP3 playback, and the last one is a video recording. Why would you ask question to yourself is? How come this company’s are making the cell phones smarter for to use is to help us out if a problem that came up in our life such as example having wreck with your car. There are more business getting more smart phone to use in the office and for the personal to use. The most common one to use in the office and the gaming community is the one called VOIP {voice over internet protocol]. Since most company’s uses the computers to work with and use it in conference calls such as this to show a slide show on an item. I would say by this it does change the way we...
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...Music and the Brain: A Relaxing State of Mind Tina Wireman ENG 102-2132 Argumentative Analysis Essay Baker College Music and the Brain: A Relaxing State of Mind The study of how music affects the mind has been a subject of interest for many. The interconnection between music and the physical and mental health of humans has been researched for many years. Research has shown that music does have positive effects on the mind. It has the power of healing certain aliments. Indian classical music has been found to have the strongest healing power in music. Music has a calming effect on the mind. It is known to speed the recovery of health aliments. It helps fight anxiety and has a reassuring effect on the brain. Music soothes the savage beast, they say, but can it calm a stressed-out mom or help someone get over an illness? Can it transport a person into the realm of imagination? Can music make you focus better and rise to your peak in competition? You probably know what the answer is already. Yes. Music can do this, and more. It can be said that music is a very powerful and awesome tool, that can have positive effects, virtually lifesaving mentally and physically when used in the right context, but has equally destructive and detrimental potential if used negatively. For music to have a positive effect on the mind and brain, it should be complex enough to involve brain activity. It should be simultaneous and generate sound waves that are in tune with the body’s internal rhythm...
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...reflecting, suited to, or aimed at the tastes of the general masses of people.” (“pop culture”) Television, movies, music, art, the internet, famous people, sports, and politics are some of the major components that make up pop culture. As expected by the standards of society there is a profuse amount of controversy about pop culture being either good or bad for someone. In an email written to Schlessinger, the writer expresses that, “...teenager had been using very offensive swear words since the age of 5 when this person saw an R-rated movie” and “...teenager had started inhaling cocaine after seeing it done in a movie.” (Schlessinger) According to the writer, the above actions are a result of children being over exposed to pop culture. Yes, it is possible that the effect pop culture can have on children can be more profound since it influences their developing morals, but that does not rule out the possible effects it can have on adults as well. In his own experience Carr states that, “[He’s] not thinking the way [he] used to think...[he’d] spend hours strolling through long stretches of prose. That’s rarely the case anymore. Now [his] concentration often starts to drift after two or three pages...” (Carr) So it can be concluded that pop culture has a way of affecting not just the young and innocent, but also mature adults. In “Watching TV Makes You Smarter,” Johnson proposes that, “...it [TV] is largely a force for good: enhancing our cognitive faculties, not dumbing them...
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...Direct to Fan Model Direct-to-Fan is a business model used by independent musicians, independent music labels, music marketing professionals, promoters, and others in the music industry. Direct-to-Fan is also becoming a model used by the broad definition of artists, including comedians, visual artists, and other entertainers looking to build and leverage a fan community throughout their career. The Direct-to-Fan model bypasses the major record label model that historically controlled radio, venue, and distribution channels, and lets the artist (or the team that supports that musician) create interest in their music directly with their fans, identify those fans, market directly to and develop relationships with those fans, sell directly to and monetize those relationships, and use those relationships to expand their fan base. Foundation components of this model include music discovery sites, and Direct-to-Fan music sales, marketing, and business solutions. Direct-to-Fan models encourage engaging directly between the artist and their fans, keeping the fans engaged, knowing who they are (who, what, when, where, why), building the artist's brand, and developing the artist-to-fan relationship over time. Direct-to-fan tools Some tools supporting Direct-to-Fan include: Storefronts to sell direct-to-fan on Band Websites and on social networking sites such as Facebook or MySpace, Widget tools to embed sales, gig or event calendar, profile info anywhere including blogs...
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...Television Media Abstract Television is an amazing thing. Many years ago, we had a black and white screen with big knobs, as bulky as a microwave for a television. Now, with technology so advanced, we have it almost paper thin and we sit in front of it just mesmerized by what we watch on the screen. We watch anything from the news, to reality television, to educational programs, and so on. It’s such a powerful tool that can have a big influence on most consumers because most of us sit in front of it either when we are bored or just want to relax. It is a phenomenon that has allowed us to see the latest news, advertisements, the latest movies, or even the most up to date current events that is happening throughout the whole world. History of Television There are different Era’s of the televisions. Prior to the year 1935, it was called the Mechanical Television Era. It was the first generation and was not completely electronic which displayed a TV screen and it had a small motor with a spinning disc and neon lamp. (Bennett, 2001) First Media Advertisement in the United States In the United States, the first advertisement shown on the television was for Bulova and it had showed for 10 seconds and was placed before a baseball game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Philadelphia Phillies. The company paid only $9.00 for the advertisement. There are two main characteristics to television advertisement in the United States. The first task is to create a television...
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