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Media… what exactly is media? Media is everything; everything we see, hear, or even touch. The government is media. Hollywood is the most recognizable media, but what about the one thing in life that connects us all. Every person has a favorite of it, and it always has something to say. Weather it is funny, political, or sad. I for one thank god everyday for it, but is it influencing us. Is our oldest form of expression and escape controlling us and training us how we are supposed to feel. Absolutely music is controlling us!



Let’s take a look in the past and how music influenced people. The slaves would sing songs with hidden messages to plan and learn without the masters finding out. Music is everywhere. People relate to music, and it is a vital role in finding niches and target markets/segments.

(How whould YOU feel)


I have noticed in the recent years just walking into, what used to be my favorite store to buy clothes, Pac-Sun. I loved the clothes there and they fit great and lasted. Out of nowhere though Pac-Sun decided to go with the emo/screamo trend the indi music was going. Now I can’t stand the clothes at the store, and it is sad because I really liked them.

I have music to thank for getting me involved with world problems and politics. Yeah, we can all thank Rage a little bit, but the real influencers are the ones behind the radio. The musicians that don’t get the radio play and constantly tour for what they believe in and their fans. Thanks to websites like Myspace and Facebook it is easier for us to find the music that we can relate to.

(The Dispatch Foundation)


Music influences us in our thinking processes, style, and attitudes. Just check out some of the pictures below. You can’t tell me music people do this to themselves just because they feel like it.




I am happy that I found the artists I listen too. The music is like an appendage of myself. I think about it and use the values of it in my life day to day. I recently, within the past year, have taken a lot more interest into what I am passionate about and my beliefs. I was sick of the everyday news and media coverage, so I started learning on my own. I will question my teachers when they teach classes, because I want to know the truth. The moment we are born we’re taught to not believe everything we read or hear, so I’m questioning the people we are supposed to believe. Hey, Christopher Columbus was no saint he was a rapist and murderer, bet you didn’t get taught that in elementary class, and even this summer in history with Professor Whaley didn’t mention it. Why do our systems hide the truth for what they want us to believe? Propaganda… we’re born into that.

History is held with the hand who writes the text books.
Ignorance is held when falsified thinking is taught
To the youth instead of past mistakes and mind elevation
Like the graves that manifest that destiny has created.
--Matt Embre

But I could go on and on…

(Why Pop Stars Sell Silicon)