Audience

How do I consume music?

I consume music at two main points throughout the day (during week days.) The first point is in the morning when I arrive at school and I am sitting in the common room, I like to listen to upbeat and fun music to get me in a good mood for the rest of the day. The second point is at night before I sleep in bed and this sort of music will be whatever matches the mood I have been put in as a result of the days events. I rarely listen to music at the weekends just because of the fact I am too busy. I mostly listen to music in my room, at school or in the car. When I listen to music in my room, I am normally by myself. When I listen to it at school I am surrounded by friends but I feel very induvidual even though I am surrounded by people. In the car, I listen to music with my mum, dad or sister - whoever is driving. My mum lets me put my own music on, my dad listens to The Jam or The Who and my sister listens to Bruno Mars and other things that I enjoy. I prefer music when I am listening to it with other people because everyone gets put into the same mood depending on the song, and everyone expierences' it together. Music is mostly played through my iPod when I am getting ready or through someone else's phone or iPod at school. There are so many pleasures from listening to music because you can either feel super powerful by it alone or super influnced by it with a group of people, it is quite amazing. It offers the audience a chance to cheer themselves up, be amazed, be impressed or be sad if they want to be. Music lets you feel whatever you want to feel.

USES AND GRATIFICATIONS THEORY

Personal Identification - when I used to get angry with my parents I used to blast songs that would express how I feel and that would make me feel better

Information - sometimes you learn something from a song, e.g. when I listen to Beyonce lyrics they teach me to be a feminist and that we are all powerful

Entertainment - Beyonce and her dance moves

Social Interaction - songs my friends and I would always request and dance to when we went out

Escapism - listening to sad music to escape from feelings
Create mood - romance, melancholy, upbeat
Cheer you up - listening to up beat songs to cheer me up
Get you in the mood to go out - listening to dance anthems
Add atmosphere to a gathering - listenin to Sam Cook's dance anthems
Help you sleep - listening to slow and calm music
Distraction - blasting rock bands to take your mind off of it
Companionship - driving, travelling