Reflection on findings

In my finding paragraphs I described my questions with the best possible answer. My sources were helpful because of Ebsco host and the sites I used were properly updated. My paragraphs explained the different types of genres, not just one. The importance of my paragraphs goes into depth about what professionals think and have found out about music, and what it can do. I have learned a lot through this because of the helpful information I acquired and now present to you.

Finding paragraph #2

The way the music is played and where it is played could be a main factor in the reaction to how the listener feels about it. Club scenes or "get togethers" with friends and loud music may invoke any type of emotion and problems could occur. Even if you are not at a club, the simple fact of even being around loud volumes of music can be trouble. Having the facts to show that a music genre is more violent is proof, but just blaming a song on an incident that might have happen is not right. Just because more songs play in clubs that have a hip hop theme to them may play more often, an accident that happened before or after you going to an event, the music cannot be the issue (New York Times). It might be the artist and the material they produce, but if you look at some of the most popular people, they might include some disturbing lyrics in them (Dr. Hannelore Wass). The flow of the song could distract the listener from really hearing the words; therefore, whenever they listen to the song again, they will just repeat what they heard but maybe just thinking about the beat in their head. If the origin of that type of music was created around that certain emotion then it should stay what it is; however, if the music was created around a central idea then it should stay like that (mashpedia).

Work Cited

Wordle. Web. 21 Mar 2011. http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/3300004/wordle.

Web. 14 Mar 2011. http://flatclassroom09-3.flatclassroomproject.org/Google+Takes+Over+the+World.

"Rock Music and Violence." OthordoxPhotos. OrthodoxPhotos, 2010. Web. 19 Mar 2011. http://www.orthodoxphotos.com/readings/rock/violence.shtml.

Web. 11 Mar 2011. https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif7JnhnHl5zunM41htYm62IGxwE8s0YWNjXy58WKJprURbbv4XRX3-auZ5eJclKVJ4KUoC1i_AqhNKDy6VnsNxjuR5XJvvLeoGPigxGZi-XhGUMwK-yBmJYd4a8UFx_4e4DuOsiulUUTk/s320/media.gif.

FROSCH, Dan. "Colorado Police Link Rise in Violence to Music ." nytimes.com. New York Times, 2007. Web. 21 Mar 2011. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/03/us/03hiphop.html.

"Even Humorous Violent Songs Increase Hostile Feelings."  Violent Music Lyrics Increase Aggressive Thoughts and Feelings (2003): 1.  Web. 24 Mar 2011.  http://www.reversespins.com/violentmusic.html.

"Figure 1." EBSCOhost. Web. 28 Mar 2011

"http://www.cnn.com." Dixie Chicks pulled from air after bashing Bush (2003): n. pag. Web. 30 Mar 2011. <http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/Music/03/14/dixie.chicks.reut/>.  

"Music." Wordle. Web. 6 Apr 2011. http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/3409036/Music.

"Music." Tagxedo. Web. 7 Apr 2011. http://www.tagxedo.com/app.html?url=http%3A//campbellisearch.blogspot.com/&shape=Classic&orientation=H/V&font=PixieFont.

"Violence In Music ." Youtube. Web. 8 Apr 2011. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBr8JSpSL40.

"Goodbye Earl." Youtube. Web. 8 Apr 2011. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw7gNf_9njs&feature=player_embedded.

"Whoop Rico." Youtube. Web. 8 Apr 2011. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMtoMrA1sYk&feature=player_embedded.

We Did It!

The picture to the left is simply stating that with all the information I have collected from various websites, and shared to you all. The colors are all different shades of red because it shows the violence that is in songs. The dark red lightens because of the information that I have presented, and that leads all the way to pink where I have at least provided all the data I collected. There is no white because I did not clear this problem, but we can at least get the word out to those who may or may not know.                                                                    

"Music." Tagxedo. Web. 7 Apr 2011. <http://www.tagxedo.com/app.html?url=http%3A.

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Reflection on sources

The sources for my blog were very helpful and reliable because of where I got them. Most of them were up to date except for the article of the Dixie Chicks. All of my sources helped in a big way, but the most important one would be Mashpedia. Mashpedia informed me on what all the different genres were and how they originated. The trustworthy website would be the one where the Dr had his own little input to what was being conducted. Out of all of my sites the most bias was the incident that happened at the club. The Author blamed the hip hop music for the fights that were going on and he did not even put into consideration that maybe the people did not like each other or maybe a conflict occurred. Altogether though, the websites are the biggest influences to this project and without them this blog would be about what I think and feel without anything to back it up!

Reflection on my process

This whole project was interesting and I hope to do something like this in the future. Coming into this project I just came to the conclusion that hip hop is more violent because that is most of the music I listen too. Through all of the my research and my findings have found that they were easy to find using the helpful websites Ms. Mckoy provided like Ebsco host and discuss. I would not mind doing this type of project again because of the awareness that I am bringing to my topic and I feel that I can do this about any topic. The most shocking that I found out was that rock and roll was some of the most violent genres in music!

Finding paragraphs #3

Where the different styles of music came from can also research where and why it is where it is now. Observing the first artist to create the genre or teach it shows their inspiration and motivation towards the art they do. From the roots of rock and roll to when it was played by piano and saxophone from the soul of the players to the beginning of hip hop when it consisted of just free souls dancing to a funky beat (Mashpedia). The music should not matter, but the way the person takes it; maybe as a cool beat or wanting to live out what the artist is doing. Bad influences can control a person to act on just reflexes and quick judgment. This can lead to a bad incident in which something bad can happen to themselves or someone else (Doug Reames). The kid who burned himself over watching Gene Simmons made a quick judgment that he could do what he did, and he would look cool doing it—unfortunately—As a result, he learned the hard way. Most music can be good, but to those that do show violence, being careful of what you watch and listen can help to lower the stats on the percentages of what music is really saying (OthordoxPhotos).

Finding paragraph #1

Through all the types of music, there can be no clear say on which is more violent. Some may have made the need to show harm more obvious than others, but it is still there. Even though hip-hop is looked to as the most dangerous genre, there are experts that say different. The bias of critics on writing a review to song may be hurtful, but is it wrong to think about what music they are into. Out of 700 popular heavy metal songs, 50 % were on violence while 7% was on suicide (Dr. Hannelore Wass). Knowing this really makes people look at all the cases that are steadily being handled dealing with hip-hop; however, this whole other genre is getting less attention for way more issues that could cause real problems. Also, it is not only the rock music, but the way the music is portrayed. The beat and flow of the music also goes through a listeners mind--deciding-- what emotions or actions to feel (Iowa State University). Just hearing the high pitch noise coming out of a man with all the emotions into each word he says can make anyone go crazy. Like before, there is no clear genre that is more violent, but it is stated that heavy metal music can increase pain intensity all throughout the body (Ebsco host table). The fast paced, exhilarating, heart pumping beat could have a major affect on a body.

Wordle on article

 

In the article on mashpedia, they were stating where music came from and how it got started.Music has been dated all the way to the stone ages where flutes were found to in the bible where Jubal is mentioned as the “father of all such as handle the harp and pipe." In ancient Greece is where music was heavily a great influence, because of the theater there. Then music was found in the medieval era, asian cultures, and then it came to america! With different types of backgrounds of life, that is when all kinds of genres were adopted.

Analysis

DALLAS, Texas (Reuters) -- There are a lot worse things in country music than your wife leaving you or your dog dying. There's stations not playing your music because you done gone and said some things against the president.

In 2003, a famous country, all girl band, the Dixie Chicks, went against former president, George Bush, and tried to slander his name by talking about what he was planning on doing in Iraq. They knew by doing that, the chicks would get plenty of air time, but that changed very quickly. Radio stations removed their songs off the track for those days due to critics and fans calling in and fussing about what they just heard. At a concert the lead singer, Natalie Maines, said that she was ashamed of Bush that he was even born in Texas. The Dixie Chicks were engrossed with comments on their un-patriotic work. Fans felt betrayed and even went to burn all the tapes and records they had of the group. That has been eight years ago, but by what you can tell is that country music not only talks about dogs and tractors, but targeting major figure heads.

"http://www.cnn.com." Dixie Chicks pulled from air after bashing Bush (2003): n. pag. Web. 30 Mar 2011. <http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/Music/03/14/dixie.chicks.reut/>.  

Table

The following table shows an experiment scientist conducted on different types of music. Classical and heavy metal music are being used to no music at all to test pain ratings. The test was used to test how much the heart would beat or how fast your pulse would get while hearing the music. The results of this experiment was that while listening to heavy metal, your heart would speed up; however, compared to classical music, your heart would speed up, but not as much as heavy metal. It was shown that classical and no music stayed in the same range. This can lead people to believe that rock is more of a dangerous genre other than music like rap and country. Knowing these facts and information we can go further into looking at why rock music increases pain and if it can be decreased.
"Figure 1." EBSCOhost. Web. 28 Mar 2011

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Internet

 
This blog is a good influence on mine because it can show how teens and adults use the internet on a daily basis, which can lead to how violence is in the media, and how it gets to people. All kinds of things can get cycled to the World Wide Web. Videos, Music, photos, etc. can pop up and be seen. Rock, rap, hip-hop, country, and jazz are all being seen everywhere and violence in the internet could also lead to problems.

Analysis

"Aggressive thoughts can influence perceptions of ongoing social interactions, coloring them with an aggressive tint. Such aggression-biased interpretations can, in turn, instigate a more aggressive response –verbal or physical – than would have been emitted in a nonbiased state, thus provoking an aggressive escalatory spiral of antisocial exchanges,"  -Craig A. Anderson, Ph.D. of Iowa State University.

Music was manipulated in the experiment at Iowa State University in which they used seven artist and let them sing eight different songs in three styles if genre; however, they kept the same violent meaning which showed in the results. Shockingly enough, test was used to see if violence was affected by any song, and what was shown was that all the answers to the question had a violent response. Also an interesting thing found was that listening to violent songs will lead to aggression but not aggressive behavior. This means that something else is affecting the need to harm another person. Could it be the environment they are in? Could the people around, before, during, or after the song that is playing affect them? In the end, the final result was that it is not the type of genre that causes violent acts but the lyrics that goes with it. Country singers lyrics with a hip hop beat, a rock and roll beat with jazz lyrics, or even an R&B artist words with or without music can provoke anger.

"Even Humorous Violent Songs Increase Hostile Feelings." Violent Music Lyrics Increase Aggressive Thoughts and Feelings (2003): 1. Web. 24 Mar 2011. <http://www.reversespins.com/violentmusic.html>.

Source #2

“We don’t want to broad-brush hip-hop music altogether,” said Lt. Skip Arms, a police spokesman, “but we’re looking at a sub component that typically glorifies, promotes criminal behavior and demeans women.”

 In the news report done in 2007, rap and hip-hop is a problem in Colorado. At a local club (Eden Nite Club) the DJ played a hip-hop song that excited the crowd that might have lead to a fight afterward. A lot of shootings and problems happen throughout the year and the police have assumed that all the occurrences took place after leaving the club. The author shows that he also is against hip hop because of the fact that any club plays whatever music he has or is asked to play, and maybe just at the time the song came on it made a fight happen; however, blaming one genre of music to force problems is not right. Hip hop is repeated multiple times in the article. Even those who were interviewed gave their thoughts about what happen, but hip hop or rap was targeted.

FROSCH, Dan. "Colorado Police Link Rise in Violence to Music ." nytimes.com. New York Times, 2007. Web. 21 Mar 2011. <http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/03/us/03hiphop.html>.

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Think About It.

Music can be fun and an enjoyable alternative to listen to other than watching TV or on the computer, but it should still be monitored because of what it can do. Exposure to violent television can and does influence children’s feelings, attitudes and behavior; it is generally agreed that prolonged exposure to television violence is one of a number of factors which lead to children being more likely to display aggressive behavior in both the short-term and the long-term. If having to hear a word 14 times makes you remember it, and then watching a different act of violence everyday could really push a young kid to doing some unlawful acts.

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Source #1

 "developed into a furious uncontrollable mob, hurling bottles, destroying seats, ripping apart bushes, breaking and setting fire to instruments... This riot continued for over an hour before a squad of special police arrived to restore order."

(Rolling Stone, Aug. 22, 1975 p 15). Sometimes, this type of frantic behavior at rock concerts leads to killings. All week long before this carnage, Thomas had been humming a rock song about blood and killing your mother. Different forms of violence are on the increase in rock music. For example in a song titled "I Kill Children" by rock group Dead Kennedy we hear "I kill children, I love to see them die. I kill children to make their mothers cry. I kill children, I bang their heads in doors. Just kill and kill again. One study revealed that of the 700 most popular songs of "heavy metal," 50% speak of killings, 35% of Satanism and 7% about suicide. Some rock music composers preach suicide - sometimes through hints and sometimes directly. For example, Ozzy Osbourne's song, "Suicide Solution" advocates suicide: "Suicide - this is the only way out..." In "Suicide's an Alternative" the following is sung: "Sick of life - it sucks / sick and tired - no one cares / sick of myself - don't wanna live / sick of living - gonna die / suicide's an alternative." "Sacrifice your life and commit suicide. Educational psychologist, Dr. Hannelore Wass, considered an expert on death and dying, indicated that while only 17% of teenagers listen to music containing manifestly destructive contents, among the youthful criminals this figure reaches 40%. (Wass, et. al, "Adolescents' Interest" p. 186, sampled 700 adolescents. The themes were: homicide, suicide and Satanism. The very names of some "heavy metal" groups also known as "death metal," glorify death and speak of destruction. Here are some samples: "Blessed Death," "Carnivore," "Coroner," "Destruction," "Mace," "Malice," "Overkill," "Rotten Corpse," "Sacrifice," Violence etc. (Cf. Dave Hart, "Heavy Metal Madness," Media Update, July/Aug. 1989 p. 5)

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"Rock Music and Violence." OthordoxPhotos. OrthodoxPhotos, 2010. Web. 19 Mar 2011. <http://www.orthodoxphotos.com/readings/rock/violence.shtml>.

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Is music really taking over our lives? Everyone who has someone that they look up to that may be a music writer could try to be like them and whatever they do. That is why with the songs that are being made now can be a problem. According to Doug Reames (Author of The Effects of Rock Music) he stated that A 15 year old Tampa Bay boy filled his mouth with lighter fluid & blew it out of his mouth across a torch, like Gene Simmons of KISS, & the flame came back and burned over 35% of his upper body. Fear and risk is in most music and what if a little child wants to get a gun just because his favorite singer/artist has it? Then What? Do not let the media affect you!

BE THE SOLUTION AND NOT THE PROBLEM!

Web. 14 Mar 2011. <http://flatclassroom09-3.flatclassroomproject.org/Google+Takes+Over+the+World>.

Preliminary link #4

http://mashpedia.com/music

Music is a free-form and art and can be expressed in many ways. this was created by Mashpedia to show what music is and can be useful to explain what music is in general and the different branches of music it has.

Preliminary link #3

http://mashpedia.com/Rock_and_roll

Maspedia collected some information on rock-and-roll and found out that it did not get its' own name until the 1950's. This information is helpful because it shows that this music was a little bit of every kind genre and maybe could be the worse dealing with violence and music.

Preliminary link #2

http://mashpedia.com/Country_(music)

Country music is explained how it was made for "hillbillies" and what it consisted of. knowing the origin and the natural flow of this type of music is helpful, and can be used to examine where the "flip" of subjects to talk or sing about in a song started.

Preliminary link #1

http://mashpedia.com/Hip_hop

The link above describes what hip-hop is and how it was started. The information was created by Mashpedia and knowing how hip-hop created can be used to see what happen to change how it is displayed now.

Wordle #2

The Wordle above shows all of what my blog is about. My topic is on violence in music and how it can affect a teen. Knowing mostly about one genre is hard, because I need to understand all of them to find a clear answer to answer my question. So far I have found many sites that support my topic, and also it is describing different music genres. The color scheme used for my Wordle can catch your attention. Scrolling down the page of all the red and black colors, then you see this purple really catches your eye. I did this for any reader to click on the link to thoroughly look at the word that I placed in there. Also the emphases on music and violence are there to show the main overall topic of my discussion.
  
Wordle. Web. 21 Mar 2011. <http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/3300004/wordle>.

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Other Genres?

Rap and hip-hop now talks about violence and drugs and this could be involved in violence, but could other styles of music have the same affect. I have many of goals to accomplish; however, one of the most important is to find out that all types of music--hip-hop, country, rock, metal, etc-- that incorporate some ways of violence that is disturbing and is uncalled for. So is Country about tractors or murder? Is rock and roll about rebellion or riot? Or is Reggae about a peaceful life or about getting even?

Did you know?

   

In the life of entertainment, getting awards and money seem to be the only thing that is on an artist mind. Having that little one foot statue shows that you, the artist, has proven yourself to everyone and is the greatest. Knowing mostly about hip-hop, I understand how the artist has to change their style to keep up with fans and keep them interested; I do wonder though why now in their new music they have to include detailed description of hurting another person. One topic I know about media and violence is that, the only reason this started was because of hate for another person. B.I.G and Tupac were friends but had a feud going on about him getting shot so since that incident, the two would make a freestyle telling one another to watch their back or something bad will happen. This was during the late 80's and mid 90's and still today it is still happening. Rappers seem like they have to prove themselves to everyone and themselves that they are not scared so they do these ridiculous songs saying what they are going to do, but in the end they are truly ending a career.

What Changed?

With the increase of different types of entertainment, music and videos constantly spare the time for the young and juvenile adolescents. Today's music artist want to appeal to everyone but mostly the teens because they can become loyal fans so they do whatever they can to attract us to them; every topic to sing, rap, talk, or think about during the public enemy and flava flav artist were still in the game, has already been put into a song except the concept of violence for what it is...VIOLENCE!! Back then songs were meant to inform "the man" or any political figure about: How they were feeling, what is going on in their life, what hardships are keeping them from their ultimate goal, or even why they do not have food on the table. Now it is like the tables have turned. Music has shifted and now we listen to songs that give detail into harming another person or how they will make that person's life horrible. Videos follow right along with this subject because now in videos you have guns, blood, weapons, and maybe even someone in pain right there. Where has the need to show the world how bad you beat someone up be a topic of interest? So my question is, do the media today affect how teens are attracted to violence and why we like it? To go into detail about this topic my other follow up ideas are; Could it be by the type of music (genre)?, did this get worse by the years?, What type of media has the greatest effect (t.v., music, internet)?, did this interest for violence happen over the years or just our generation?, and could there be an alternative to listening to this type of music?