What Could Music Be?

What is a role of music for us? Some people might consider it as a thing which makes them happy, and others use it to show their feelings. I think we can use music as a way to understand other people. In terms of that, it is easy for everyone to know a person’s favorite music with play lists.

One thing music does for people is connect. When we meet a person for the first time, we try to know about him or her by talking about individual information such as name, age, hobbies and so on. Private information shows who the person is externally, but music play lists may become a new way to size up potential mates. Maria Valcheva says, “Nevertheless, music is found to function as a “badge” that conveys information about the personality traits and the individual preferences of person who consumes or possesses the particular piece of music.” This thought helps my opinion in that it is easy to see a part of other person’s inside with music play lists. Keeping this thought in mind, the discussion is going to take an example from daily life. When we talk about music, we may tell favorite singers, groups and genres. Asking someone’s favorite things is very easy if it is the first time to meet each other. In my experiences, introducing myself, I always try to say my favorite singer. If we like the same things, we are going to be interested in each other. This situation might lead to getting along with each other. Therefore, music play lists help us to find someone who could be a good friend easily.

Another thing is that I think we cannot assume that music play lists can be the best item to judge other people. There are people who think about a situation or a mood. That means we often choose the most suitable song in a situation. For example, I like both reggae and classical music. When I study, I listen to classical music. On the other hand, when I want to have fun with my friends, reggae is the best kind of music. Also, it is natural that we think about a suitable kind of music for the situation. I believe that few people feel comfortable listening to rock music when they want to sleep. By considering suitable music, it should also be noted that music could be regarded as diary. This is because our feeling change every day, so songs which are considered suitable also turn one after another. There is a function that can record a day I listened to any songs and we can see when happy days or sad days are. Therefore, we have a large true diary in our own music play lists.

All in all, music could show us who a person is, but we cannot believe the information too much because the music a person listens to depends on what he is doing and the situation. We have to judge a person with not only play lists, but also their feelings. I think an important role in music is to distinguish a person who could be a nice friend from who could not.(531)