The Power of Music

*The source that I used for this blog is an amazing source, and everything I have wanted to say for the blog is in the source that I got. So I will try not to quote it too much. Scouts honor!*
　
“it‘s often said that music is the universal language… Spoken languages use sets of agreed-upon symbols to express emotions and to reason abstractly. Communication through symbols, the quintessential human trait, is an absolute prerequisite for all other human action. But language isn’t just a tool to communicate morally neutral facts; language is both manifestly oral and suffused with the power to sway, persuade, uplift, degrade and deceive. To claim otherwise is to ignore a cast range of sociolinguistic activities, from debates, political propaganda, and “cuss words” to poetry and sacred writ.”

　
Whether you think about it, music is a huge form of communication. Think about how listening to music makes you feel and then how it makes you treat other people. If you listen to a happy, uplifting song, you are more likely to treat people kinder and nicer than you would if you were to listen to an angry song. “music, through its patters, rhythms, melodies, and tempo, not to mention its lyrics, is at once less capable of logical precision, and more capable of conveying emotional nuance, than spoken language.”
Both music and spoken language rely on the organization of sound to communicate (music is just more beautiful! ha-ha) now I know that not everyone likes this person, but I think he was a great human being, as well as philanthropist! Michael Jackson: the way he used his music to help others was just brilliant! Take “we are the world” for example. All the proceeds and benefits from that song went to charity to help starving African children as well as adults. He was a great man despite all of the horrible things said about him. He communicated with people, and saw the world in a completely different, beautiful light that I wish some of could do. Music does so much for us… for me, when I am feeling gloomy, I listen to music and it helps me cope with whatever is bothering me at the time. Music communicates different messages and feelings to each and every living person in this wonderful world of ours! What does music do for you? I would love to know! They say it is the universal language, to me, it is also one of the world’s most powerful medicines!


REFERENCES:
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0JZS/is_7_18/ai_n25045440/

Intro of what is yet to come...

whoever said making a blog post was easy has obviously not had my technical writing teacher as an instructor :) who knew there were so many rules to follow? certainly not I.
However, I am sure these posts will all run smoothly, and with the assumption that they will, my fingers are crossed for a decent grade!
With all jokes set aside, my plan for this blog is to hopefully give some insight as to how and why we communicate in the many was that we do. I will try to make it interesting and fun... lets just stick to that. lets just assume that my readers will absolutely fall in love with my blog and we will completely ignore the negative possibility that they will hate it.. I like that idea. it makes me happy :)

the "Sociology of Interaction" sounds all fancy shmancy and is enough to bore you to the point of tears, but it just basically means the ways in which we, as people, communicate with one another. easy enough? before we go any further, let me just remind you that the thing you are holding in your hands, yea you know what I am referring to, that phone is not the only form of communication! amazing isnt it? there are all kinds of ways we communicate with each other. the most common form is oral communication. people talk every day whether it be sad or happy, business or casual, stress-filled or relaxed. or just introducing your self to someone you just met at your local coffee shop. this blog is another form of communication. although it is as simple as saying "hello" to someone, without communication our society would cease to exist!