Music has inherent value whether it is a written
song, or a studio recording of one. Music is a way of expressing ideas
and opinions through an artistic and creative viewpoint. The lyrics send
important messages to the consumer and can often be used to calm someone. The
many genres of music send different messages. For example, pop music
expresses popular ideas on how people should act and what is popular to do
whether it is how one should dress, spend their free time, or uphold themselves.
Pop music is usually very uplifting and makes people happy. Usually
when a beat is catchy, the consumers miss out on the messages that the lyrics
send just pay attention to the beats. Other genres of music such as
metal, stress nonconformity and wildness to the consumers. The way an
artist records the song also gives it style and uniqueness that contributes to
its inherent value. They can add their own twist on the lyrics or change
the beat around to appeal to many different people.
Because music has such a great inherent value, the artist who composed
and or performed the song should be credited with its greatness through money.
Music is offered to us through a variety of ways on the Internet but
consumers should be thankful that they have such a gift. Taking music off
of the Internet without paying for it is like stealing people’s ideas and not
giving credit to the artist. Even though music is a way of freely
expressing ideas, it doesn’t mean it can just be taken. Paying the artist
helps to support them in creating more music and generating great ideas to the
world. Some individuals think that taking music from the Internet or burning
it from a CD is okay and legal, but in reality, that is stealing. Not
paying money for the song is considered theft yet many people are not educated
about this issue. I will admit that I have downloaded music in the past
through YouTube and burnt CDs, but after becoming educated on the right and
wrong ways of downloading, I will never do it again. It is unfair to the artist
and team of people who created the song. The world needs to stop downloading music illegally and pay for the brilliance of others.
2 comments:
Do you prefer catchy songs with lyrics that escape meaning or meaningful lyrics that are supported by the rest of the band?
I think that piracy is so large now that it is unstoppable. I think that the music industry needs to understand that and start to adapt to the situation that they are in.
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