Music & Rituals

     Hello , as a music lover I have heard many different styles of music during my lifetime , but as there are different genres of music they are also different occasions or rituals where there are certain type of music being played. There are many examples of the  different rituals as in funerals, church , cookouts, and parties as the list continue to go on. Weddings also falls in that category as you can see how this song below could be meaningful to the significant other . Here is an example of a song that will be played at a wedding:

      

Bruno Mars is a great artist which his songs can be used for many different rituals, but this song is perfect for a wedding as how it explain how the feelings are towards the significant other. 

There are many songs that people also play at gathering or cookouts which bring everybody together to have some fun. Most of the time these will be dance songs that everybody can get up out their seats to do and also participate. Here is an example of a song that would be played at a cookout:

  The Cha Cha slide is on of most popular dances and songs that are played at get together or cookouts it brings people together as everyone starts to dance. 

Funerals also have different types of music but this makes me the saddest of all the different typed of
occasion as its a celebration of ones life as they have passed away. Funeral music can be uplifting and also sad depends on ones personality.  Here is a example of music that would be played at a funeral. 

This song is very sad but it is made in remembrance of Paul Walker death which was an actor in the fast and the furious       

In conclusion with that being said ,  here are many examples of the  different rituals as in funerals, church , cookouts, and parties that we have experience in our lifetime. Its amazing how music is also used in every aspect in life and how we use it in our daily life.

    

                              Music &Me

 Hello, I am Jaylun Parker. I am currently a student athlete at Converse University. Ever Since I was three  years old I had some type of sports ball in my hand which made me fall in love with sports causing basketball to be the sport I take the farthest. I spent most of my life in South Carolina but I take knowledge from every place I've been which makes me who I am today. I am also big on GOD and family in my life because without GOD and family my life wouldn't be what it will be today which is my biggest support system and put me to the point where I am at in life today. Music also plays a big factor in my life, music helps me to get in a piece of mind and helps me get through things that this life throws my way.

So as you learned about me I talked about music and how it plays a big factor in my life.  

One of my favorite artists is Youngboy Never Broke Again. YoungBoy started his career in 2015 but did not start catching the attention of an audience or a public eye until 2017. He caught the attention of the music world with his single outside today in 2018 which went triple platinum, but in my personal opinion Outside Today is his best song to me, but that was the song that started getting him the most publicity. Many people view or listen to Youngboy because of his aggressive music before games or as a way to get you going , but in my opinion I became a fan because of his meaningful songs where he talks about the problems that go on in some daily lives and some problems that go on in the world today. 

One thing I can say that I enjoyed about Youngboy over the years is that I watched his growth in the music industry and also in his growth in life as a person. He became more versatile with his music from his switching genres and also his flows in his growth in music. One of My Favorite songs by him is I Know it really shows how his growth in music and as a person has changed.

    A piece of music that I really connect with is this song called Keep Your Head Up by Andy Grammer. This song helped me get through a lot of tough times and low points in my life.  This song really taught  me it doesn’t matter what life throws at you but you also have to keep your head up during those tough times and low points when things get hard. Every time I will go through something in life or if anything doesn’t seem as great I will also run to the song and it will cheer me up and also will feel better about the things going on at the moment. 

    I always had a love for music but a piece of music that I can’t really connect to is a song called Fire Your Guns by AC/DC. I really can’t get a connection to the lyrics in the song but I can get a vibe from the instrument used in the creation of the song.