Essay Sample: How Music Influences Me

Music influences me by taking place in my everyday life. Some people including myself might never realize how often music is around them every day. Depending on the person, music may be a must in one’s life. I always want and need music around me, and not only is this a constant in my life I also believe it's shaped my life into what it is today.

Listening to music is a big motivator for me. Relating to earlier when I mentioned having music around me is a must, it affects me especially when I need to get something done. Upbeat and cheerful music helps me move faster as when sad or more dismal music makes me move slower and get fewer things done. While either taking notes or writing papers, listening to music helps me focus on whatever is in front of me. This saying, music with noticeable beats especially keeps me focused on work. If I’m in an environment where there is no sound around me I usually space out and cannot complete work.

After school, I always have dance practice. Since dancing always goes with lyrics or instrumental music is a huge part of what I hear every day. At certain times I am tasked with making up choreography and sometimes I am at a loss for creation so I found that turning on music about the style of dance helps me come up with choreography that I like. Along with dancing, you need to be able to count music. This says you should analyze the music you’re dancing to and find the beats and counts of it. Of course dancing in silence doesn’t make sense but dancers understand the advantage of having music playing alongside them. Personally, until I wrote this paper I hadn’t realized how much music helps me present the dancer I am.

Music also takes place anytime I’m not feeling myself. No matter what is going on in my life I always have a song I can play that will make me feel any way I want to feel. Sometimes after I have a long day I just need to lay on my bed and play music for a couple of minutes and then I'm back up feeling better. All genres of music help boost my mood. If I'm feeling happy I’ll put on a song that makes me happy and wants to dance. When I'm feeling down I play a song that's usually slower and has meaning to me so then I can express whatever I'm feeling in the moment. Something I’ve noticed is that sometimes it is difficult to explain what I'm feeling at the moment so I find a song that says it all for me. Not only does it impact my mood for a short time, I have playlists or albums that I can listen to whenever and I can just drift away into it.

Overall with music being in my life, I have been becoming the person I want to be. I now notice that if I didn’t have music in my life I wouldn’t have discovered the things in life that I love. You might not realize how much music you listen to every day let alone notice how it impacts your mood. I ask people if music is important to them and their immediate answer is “music doesn’t have a lot of meaning to me.” I understood this completely, until I found genres and albums I enjoy. I believe you should try listening to different types of music until you find one you enjoy.