Identifying with music

Music for me is something that goes hand in hand with happiness. I am not saying music equals happiness but rather that when I am in a good mood I like to surround myself with it. Occasionally I use it to help get me in a great mood. Also it helps makes something that suck, like cleaning up the house, not so bad.

I used to really be intertwined with the music I like. It helped me connect with my surroundings, brought me together with a culture that wasn’t my own. When I was living in Cuba it was my love for similar music and dancing that brought me close to my local friends. I would go dancing a lot, about three times a weekend. It was all Salsa/Casino and reggaeton and that was the music I really liked. Music was the base for every social situation, it brought people together. I loved this atmosphere; it was as if the whole country was dancing through the hard times. It was something that I grew accustomed to and loved.

Coming here all of that was taken away. There was no more dancing and the new concept of noise complaints was introduced. Also in this particular area, no one shares my love for salsa, meregue, reggaeton or even techno. So the joy of music has kind of faded but the memories of a whole community coming together through song and dance remains. Music is very powerful, it can express emotions perfectly.

Even though music isn’t as much a part of my life I think it is still part of who I am. It doesn’t define my clothing any further than “can I dance in these heels?”. It doesn’t really affect the way I talk. If I think about really intently though it might be the rhythm I follow when I walk and my outlook on romance.

keeping in touch

To stay in touch I definitely depend on media. I never write I letter and I rarely get my news through word of mouth. I am very interested in celebrity news which pops up everywhere over the internet and magazines. I get my normal news usually when I look it up online after seeing a teaser clip.

I think this generation is very instant gratification oriented. I look for something when I want it, I’m not going to wait for a newspaper or look through it to find what I want. Nope, that is what Google is for.

I touched on this in my last blog. Without media I am lost. For Introduction to Mass Media we did an assignment where we were not to use media for 24 hours. It was horrible