The music industry has been, is, and will continue to be a bureaucratic mess of corporate white guys in suits talking about a bottom line. The industry is a cutthroat cesspool that does nothing to present artistic ability in artists and instead hurts everyone involved.
There are legitimate artists that can't get signed to a label (not that they would want to) because they refuse to conform their sound to a shareholder's meeting. Pop rap artists have had to dumb down sounds and have been corrupted in their thinking because of this. The Smashing Pumpkins was torn down from the inside because suits felt different band members were worth different amounts. It sucks. All of music is terrible.
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Music has a powerful effect on us, they present different emotions and stories and can radically affect the mood we are in. This can be a wonderful thing—using music as something to pump you up, or get out of a depressive spell. But it can also dive us deeper into negative states of mind, or aggrandize certain things in our mind when we didn't think so before.
I've personally felt this before—listening to Nirvana or Black Flag whilst feeling angsty certainly develops those feelings more. Turning on some heavy metal when happy can take away from that joy even if you like the music, and can be dangerous when that's all you listen to. I like to attempt to match my mood with what I'm listening to, such as if I feel a little teenager-y I'll put on some hip hop, or if I want to feel like a dad driving a Ford F-150 I'll turn on some classic rock. Noticing these effects is helpful if you are a constant music consumer, and as cathartic as some of that harder, more edgier stuff can be, it can be equally as harmful to your brain. |
AuthorMy name is Jacob Tutterow, a senior at North Cobb High School and Opinions Editor of our online newspaper. Archives
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