the importance of music
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The Importance of Music
Janet RamirezPublic Speaking
Music TodayO There are over 50 genres that exist
O A lot of these new genres involve electronically produced music (ex. EDM, Dubstep, Techno, etc.)
O Different languages incorporated into songs
All these genres have things in common…
O Bind people together
O Evoke strong emotions/feelings
O Music-induced trance
O Music Therapy
O Music imagery & Hallucinations
O Musicogenic Epilepsy
Binding People Together
O Concerts, clubs, parties, etc. allow people to bond and experience music together
O Music plays an important role in special occasions such as weddings, parades, and religious festivities
O “…means of giving voice to their common experience and to give vent to anger, grief and frustration at their mistreatment.”
Evoke Strong Emotions/Feelings
O Motivation
O Sadness
O Euphoria
Music-Induced TranceO “Ecstatic singing/dancing, wild
movements and cries, perhaps, rhythmic rocking, or catatonia-like rigidity or immobility…”
Music TherapyO “…music was as powerful as any drug.”
O Important to people withMotor disorders likeParkinson’s and Tourette’sSyndrome.
Music TherapyO Also to others with frontal lobe,
alzheimer's, autism, or William’s syndrome
Music Imagery & Hallucinations
O Common and affects about 2% of those losing their hearing
O “…most common form of non-psychotic hallucination.”
Musicogenic EpilepsyO Sensitivity to music and sound
O May often lead to seizures!
In Conclusion…
Music is insanely powerful
Resources:O http://
brain.oxfordjournals.org/content/129/10/2528.full.pdf+html
O http://www.interdependence.unimelb.edu.au/lib/Microsoft%20Word%20-%20Connecting%20through%20music_Global%20interdependence_%20_4_.pdf