Music 4 Change

I think music in itself is healing. It's an explosive expression of humanity. It's something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we're from, everyone loves music.
- Billy Joel

Music is a language the whole world can speak. We all unite through music. Whether it's rock, rap, R&B, country, or metal, music is a means of global communication. Throughout history, music has shaped who we are, and has heavily influenced society and individuals alike. Music has the capability to inspire and captivate us and helps express powerful emotions and feelings that we simply can't voice. It is overrated, underrated, criticized, and praised...but has existed since the beginning of the world. Ancient cultures have always believed that music has great power to influence the body, mind and soul. Shamans believe that they can achieve an "out of body" experience through the sound of rhythmic drumming(music!) It's transcending power to please and displease us so easily it indicative of its imposing reign over us.

For me personally, I believe music is the most effective tool to reach a sense of comfort and stability. It's calming effect on me is mysterious - yet wonderful. Music comes in many different forms, whether its a repetitive beating of a drum, an off-key piano,the early-morning bird chirps, or even Justin Bieber, it's all music, and it's all wonderful.

Although some of the world's beliefs is that music is simply for entertainment, or is just a hobby, a very large part of the traditional world believe that music is interlocked with philosophical and religious dogma. Examining the role music had and has on society would be extremely beneficial to those who wish to study social and global development, as music has played a lead role in the way todays society has advanced. In ancient civilizations, such as ancient China, Greece, Egypt, and India, the value of music and its spirituous capabilities was readily accepted ideology. Music was believed to be able to corrupt or enhance whole cultures through its fundamental power and because of this there were great social implications in the creation and presentation of music.

The ancient Chinese book "The Memorial of Music" states: "Under the effect of music, the five social duties are without admixture, the eyes and the ears are clear, the blood and the vital energies are balanced, habits are reformed, customs are improved, the empire is at complete peace."

MUSIC TODAY

• As society becomes more modernized, people have moved away from tribal instruments and the simple methods of playing them.
• Also, as technology becomes more advanced with digital and mobile audio solutions, individuals can listen to complex sound recordings in total isolation, any time and anywhere.
• Today people can choose to listen to a wide array of styles or to focus on one genre depending on the musical qualities that appeal to them as individuals.
• Media, such as radio, TV and movies can influence pop culture’s tastes in music.

"One Good Thing About Music,

It Makes You Feel

No Pain"

Keeping Oceans Clean

How to clean............Oil Spills

An oil spill is often the result of accidental or careless human behaviour by one individual or several individuals as a whole. An oil spill can also occur when a ship or tanker breaks down; very often causing the vessel to leak oil into the ocean and contaminate our wildlife. In the past, many countries as an act of warfare would dump oil into the oceans of rivalling countries. People will regularly dump oil into lakes and oceans in order to avoid paying to decompose their waste. Oil spills inevitably exterminate everything in the near vicinity and result in the eradication of many aquatic animals, fish and flora. Not only is sea life affected, but countless birds whose feathers get covered in oil and in efforts to clean themselves, get poisoned by the toxicity in oil.

The oil can often enter birds lungs and liver thereby as aforementioned, poison them, causing in there imminent death. Oil spills is one of main causes of manmade death for marine life and is a huge factor contributing to the rarity of some aquatic species and the extinction of many birds. The effects of oil spills are not yet entirely known, but we can recognize wholly that they are negative rather than positive attributes to our aquatic wildlife.

As we scientifically progress and as researchers continue their ever-growing and expanding knowledge about oil spills, we can correctly accumulate ways of cleaning up more the environment effectively, as well as accumulating ways of preventing oil spills in the first place. In the event of an oil spills, boomers (large tubes) can prevent oil from spreading. They sometimes placed around a tanker that is leaking oil, or may be permanent positioned in an entrance to an ocean, like a stream. They are also placed around areas with a large number of inhabitants or consistent amounts of wildlife. Boomers soak up any oil in the ocean that might pose a threat to the ocean’s inhabitants.

Boats called ‘Skimmers’ patrol the oceans skimming along the surface of the water with sorbents that act as sponges to soak up oil. By air, and airplane can fly over the ocean dropping chemicals that break down the oil creating a cleaner and healthier environment. One method, which is rarely used anymore because of the side effect of air pollution, is when oil cleaners burn the oil with fireproof booms that contain the oil. Beaches can be cleaned by high or low-pressure hoses to spray off oil. Vacuum trucks travel up and down beaches in order to vacuum up any toxic waste. Basic items like shovels and sponges all help. Even though they may not contribute a huge amount, all assistance that is received helps in the overall salvation of our marine ecosystems.

VIDEO

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