Blog 2

Throughout my life, I would say that music has been the most effective media art form. Music

is a forever changing thing where anyone and anything can create it. For me, I find that music to

be part of my normal day. I wake up to my iPod and whatever song that it is set on and then

normal get ready for the day listen to music. Then the rest of my day I find during some of my

down time and while doing homework, I am listening music and it helps to pass the time or for

me to concentrate on doing my homework. Also my family has made me appreciate music for

all its worth by encouraging me to participate in chorus, which allowed me to really understand

the true value music bring to people. For example, during my time in chorus we went to

countless nursing homes and sang to the elderly. It brought so much joy to the people there and

made you see why music is such a great thing. But you ask how music is better than movies and

TV shows? Well music is able to take the form of whatever circumstances a person is going

through. For example, if one is playing in a sporting event (such as a football/baseball game)

usually before the game, the person is listen to some type of a pump-up music to help them

prepare their mind for the game. Also music can be a way to pick you up when you have had a

bad day by listening to one of your favorite songs. And unlike in movie and TV shows, musician

are able to tell you the point of the song within a few minutes and sometimes it’s even in the title

instead of having to sit for half an hour to three hours just to figure out the point trying to be put

across