In today’s society, music has become an integral part of many people’s lives, including how a certain group of people can define identity, music for specific celebrations and how people express themselves. Music is now even more something that acts as a universal language. It is something that people from...

Educational policy in the United States has long danced around questions of whether some subjects should be taught on a compulsory basis. States generally get to decide what their educational standards will be, and over time, various groups have risen up to push for their preferred subjects to be taught...

As Eric Clarke describes in his article Six Songs of Me: Just why music matters so much to us ..., the impacts of music on our lives and also our personas are profound (Clarke, 2012). Reading the article, it became apparent to me that music has always been a bit...

The article "The aesthetics of music video: an analysis of Madonna's ‘Cherish’" written by Carol Vernallis presents a thoughtful narrative regarding the use of different art forms in the visual representations of the musical genre. The author delineates a vast array of such characteristics that define the essence of the...

I decided to make my musical instrument using the most reliable, affordable and easily acceptable resource in my culture. I have access to trees, but no inclination to cut them down. I have access to metals, but no talent for manipulating them into instruments capable of making sounds. In 21st...