Post Analysis This post was one of my best posts because I in depth discussed the affects of media on the development of children. In addition to that I discussed the roles that parents can and maybe should play in monitoring their children’s exposure to media. This post also addressed how media can have both negative and positive affects on the development of children. This post could have been improved by my writing, which was unclear and at times wordy. My thoughts could have been explained
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Music: Childhood to Adulthood Eddie Mathis Kaplan University HU300: Art and Humanities: 20th Century and Beyond Professor Murray November 12, 2011 Happiness, Sadness, Energetic, Revengeful, and Rebelliousness are just a few of the feelings that music can create. Music within my life has made a full circle. My childhood was filled with old country classics. As I began to grow into my teenage years, I experienced a different sort of music which included, but was not limited to, rock
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I've been fascinated by music ever since I could pick up an instrument. From the intricacy of a carefully crafted jazz piece, to the hard hitting double bass blasts in a metal song, I can find something to enjoy in almost every form of music. It takes so many different shapes, I can easily fit different songs and genres to accent whatever mood I may be in. Sometimes, I have had people laugh at me when I admit that a certain song or solo has given me shivers or brought me to tears. Other times, the
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this speech is to persuade my audience that music can be used to help with stress as well as pain. I want my audience to see that the use of music in everyday life is good for the mind, body and soul. My central idea is that music is what can be used in the medical field as therapy use for pain, stress relief and in everyone’s everyday life. Intended Audience: My ideal audience for this speech would be those of any age that will be willing to try the power of music. The topic would also be
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Nicole Modak Music 100 September 11, 2012 Music Genealogy As a child I remember listening to the typical children’s music. Barney was my favorite television show, so I can still remember the songs that Barney used to sing such as The Clean Up Song. My parents also exposed me to the types of music they enjoyed listening to. My mother loves artists such as Babyface and Toni Braxton. It was our tradition to clean the house while playing music. We would sing and dance to my mom’s favorite songs
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Stories in Song It’s safe to say that music has either impacted or at least affected any individual’s life some way, somehow. Sometimes it may be largely positive, like in the case of many athletes who rely on their personal playlist to pump them up before a big game. Sometimes it may be a negative impact, like encouraging criminal-like activity, or something of the sort. However, in my life, it has most definitely had a majorly positive impact. From a very young age, possibly birth even, I have
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handle all of the pressure that I’ve been dealt with, then I tend to either vent to my friends or family, listen to music, or I avoid or alter out unnecessary stress. Everyone has different ways that they cope with stress and these ways I find help myself the most. I cope with being stressed by venting to my friends and family due to the fact that they can add their input and help guide me in the right direction to my happiness again. If it’s self-inflicted stress, then they can help me get out of
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experience a strong sense of grief. When I am experiencing I would rather be alone to grieve before seeking out the comfort of others. When my parents divorced when I was two years old I thought it was the end of the world. That was until my eighteen year old brother passed away just eleven days after my twenty first birthday of an overdose to methamphetamine. When my mother called me the day she found out Tyler was gone I shut down. I found myself wanting to be alone to grieve. However, the process
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ethnomusicologists mean when they say, “Music is universal, but it is not a universal language”? A) Ethnomusicologist believes that music transcends many cultures differently. All societies have music or some sort whether it’s through dance, rituals, chants, or instrumental. Ethnomusicologists argue that music from a language standpoint of communication it can’t be mutually understood due to the complex music systems. 2) What are the potential problems in classifying music as “classical,” folk, “or “popular”
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July 07, at seven thirty, I attended my first ever Orchestra in my thirty eight years alive on this planet. The Gateway Festival Orchestra of St. Louis “50 Years and Counting” at Brookings Quadrangle or known to students as "The Quad," located on Washington University Campus. The Quad has a grass recreation area surrounded by academic buildings and was very comfortable setting for the upcoming events I will soon explain in this review. The audience was near my age with a couple groups of the younger
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