Music is culture from all cultures. It provides identity and belonging, remembering and inventing. Music represents harmony, rebellion and genius as well as mastery, prodigy and virtuosity.
Philosophers have often explored the intrinsic value of music. Some argue that music serves an essential purpose or brings humans closer to beauty.
1. It’s Well Crafted
Well-crafted music can make an indelible mark on its audience, moving them emotionally or making them tap their feet with rhythmic tapping. A memorable track can encourage listeners to take action – such as downloading the song, attending a concert, or buying the record.
An easily memorable melody is defined as one that repeats an identifiable motif or musical phase throughout its performance, making it easy for listeners to recall its tune, while at the same time giving the song an air of familiarity.
Music is an immense cultural phenomenon that has long been part of human society. From its deep acoustic structure to the musical syntax that organizes its various features – loudness and pitch characteristics to higher-level components like timbre harmony and rhythm – music has long been seen as the cornerstone of culture throughout human history. Today many societies consider it essential to their social fabric.
2. It’s Commercial
Commercial music refers to any genre of song written specifically for use in advertisements or films, sold through radio stations, retail stores, online platforms like YouTube and TikTok or sold directly to consumers through radio broadcasts or downloads.
An appropriate song can set the mood and emotion of any commercial, heightening its emotional impact and increasing viewer response to its storyline. That is why movie soundtracks can be so impactful or video game scenes made more thrilling by choosing music with just the right oomph!
Make music part of the brand: whether its an eye-catching jingle or theme song – commercial music can create lasting associations for audiences watching or playing the product, creating lasting impressions with viewers or players that might increase the likelihood of repeat purchases or engagement with that product. A pop song might add youthful energy to an athletic shoe advertisement while rock music might give tech gadget ads a sense of adventure and rebellion.
3. It Causes Action
Music can activate our brain’s reward system like no other stimulus can; its music-making activates motor networks in our brains and releases dopamine – a neurotransmitter responsible for feelings of pleasure – which explains why many find music both rewarding and addictive.
Music serves as an effective form of communication. From phone ringtones to siren wailings, music conveys information about our environment and relationships, stirring feelings within people while helping to regulate moods or reduce boredom.
People going through a breakup may seek solace in melancholic ballads while those needing motivation may prefer upbeat tracks. These discoveries demonstrate the essential role music plays in human society; it allows us to express ourselves, connect with others, energize ourselves and even escape! So while the question of music’s purpose may remain open-ended, its benefits for humans cannot be denied.
4. It Sticks Around
As a cultural artifact, music remains relevant long after its time has come and gone. Marching music remains iconic across America despite falling out of fashion; marching bands continue to perform during national holidays, circus performances or college football games.
There are songs that just won’t leave your brain alone; those which keep playing on repeat until they take over your inner monologue and you find yourself singing along to them involuntarily. Experts call these earworm songs, and are currently researching why they persist for so long.
One theory proposes that musical features of songs serve as a scaffold to help us recall associated lyrics more easily than we could otherwise – such as rhythm or the way words repeat themselves – research indicates this effect can help us remember verbal information faster and easier, particularly if its tune is memorable.