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• USTRESSES
• DISTRESSES
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• Medical
• Enjoyment
• Worship
• Feelings
• Development
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• Therapy- Music is widely used in therapy to slow
  many mental diseases as well as other things.
  
• Find out what expert Patricia D. Zarate has to
  say
  
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• Music therapy is a science that has been applied
  since many centuries ago, but it has been
  organized as a profession during the past
  century. This science studies the therapeutic
  effects of music in human beings. Professionals
  who practice this science are called "music
  therapists" and they must be trained not only in
  music theory and performance, but also in
  psychology, anatomy, research techniques, and
  other subjects. Today, we can find music therapy
  research in many areas such as the effects of
  music in children with autism, adults with
  psychiatric illnesses, elderly with Alzheimer and
  Parkinson disease, people with brain injuries,
  among others. Numerous studies demonstrate the
  functionality of music therapy in patients with
  neurological disorders. These studies show that
  music helps patients to gain control over their
  walking patterns after a brain injury, stimulates
  long and short term memory in patients with
  Alzheimer disease, and increase self esteem and
  social interaction in elders (Rev Méd Chile 2001
  129 219-23).
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• Relax- Millions of people use music to unwind a
  stressful day.
  
• Energize- All who do any activity that involves
  music know the power of it. For example dancers
  may feel the music and use that as a tool to have
  an incredible performance.
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• For millions of congregations for thousands of
  religions music is in the shadows to add an
  incredible spiritual feeling.
  
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• Music can even control your mind in the sense
  that different types of music will entice
  spontaneous feelings such as sadness, or
  happiness to surface.
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• Generally, music which is slow and quiet tends to
  encourage relaxation and reduce anxiety while
  stimulating music tends to increase our arousal
  levels. The characteristics of music that induce
  different moods seem to relate to three main
  dimensions, pleasure-displeasure,
  arousal-non-arousal and dominance-submissiveness,
  although it has proved very difficult to specify
  with any degree of accuracy which musical
  structures evoke particular moods. There is some
  evidence that minor and major modes tend to be
  associated with happiness and sadness, firm
  rhythm tends to evoke feelings of dignified and
  vigorous character, and flowing rhythm, happy
  feelings. Specific reactions to music, e.g.
  shivers down the spine, laughter, tears and lump
  in the throat may be related to particular
  musical structures.
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• Studies have been done on children who have had
  some sort of musical development verses children
  who havent. The studies have shown that the
  adolescents with the development do better in
  school and jobs later on. They also can gain
  public speaking skills, if they perform.
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• This type of research faces some unique
  challenges, particularly since the motor, verbal,
  and musical skills of very young children are not
  fully developed. In a study of motor skill
  development utilizing the Motoric Music Skills
  Test developed for this purpose, Gilbert tested
  808 children aged three through six and found
  that mean performance scores increased at each
  age level. (Gilbert 1980) In at least one study
  on melodic perception (Ramsey, 1983, p. 144) it
  was noted that the singing proficiency of the
  children affected their ability to demonstrate
  melodic perception through vocal response.
  Several other studies (Scott, 1979 Webster
  Schlentrick, 1982 Fyk, 1995/96) utilized
  non-verbal or a combination of verbal and
  non-verbal methods to circumvent this difficulty.
  However, in a longitudinal study of rhythm
  development (Rainbow, 1981, p. 72), it was found
  that 3-year-old children completed rhythm tasks
  more successfully when employing a vocal
  response. The most illuminating studies,
  therefore, were those that gave the children a
  variety of ways to express their understanding of
  musical concepts.
• A consideration in examining these research
  studies is the danger of generalizing findings to
  all children or all forms of instruction when the
  findings may be due, in large part, to the
  effectiveness (or lack of it) of the particular
  teaching method used in the investigation. For
  example, Groves (1969) studied rhythmic training
  and its relationship to the synchronization of
  motor-rhythmic responses. One group of children
  received no instruction the other group was
  given 30 minute lessons for 24 weeks providing a
  nondirective technique of teaching with emphasis
  on rhythms incorporated in a tonal setting. Four
  weeks at a time were devoted to one basic rhythm
  pattern basic patterns were combined as more
  patterns were learned with instruction in the
  final four-week period combining all patterns. No
  significance was found in test results between
  those with rhythmic instruction and those without
  instruction. This does not indicate that rhythm
  instruction is never effective at this age, but
  that this form of rhythm instruction is not
  effective. This in itself is valuable information
  for the teacher in search of effective methods,
  but the example illustrates the importance of
  keeping research findings in perspective.
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THE DISTRESS OF MUSIC
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• DRUG OVERDOSE
• PROFANITY
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DRUG OVERDOSE

• Many rock and rollers are known for drugs. A lot
  of them have died from it. A lot of times people
  are driven to take drugs in order to get pumped
  for a concert a performance. Then the drugs dont
  wear off, so they have to take a depressant in
  order to go to sleep, but then they cant wake up
  because of the depressant.
• Main drugs known to performers and their side
  effects
  
• Marijuana - Euphoria Relaxed inhibitions
  Increased appetite Disorientation, Fatigue
  Paranoia Possible psychosis, Occasional reports
  of insomnia Hyperactivity Decreased appetite
• Crack cocaine - Increased alertness Excitation
  Euphoria Increased pulse rate blood pressure
  Insomnia Loss of appetite, Agitation Increased
  body temperature Hallucinations Convulsions
  Possible death, Apathy Long periods of sleep
  Irritability Depression Disorientation
• Heroine - Euphoria Drowsiness Respiratory
  depression Constricted pupils Nausea, Slow and
  shallow breathing Clammy skin Convulsions
  Coma Possible death, Watery eyes Runny nose
  Yawning Loss of appetite Irritability Tremors
  Panic Cramps Nausea Chills sweating
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PROFANITY
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• Profanity is a big problem when it comes to
  listening to music. A lot of songs have messages
  of murder, rape, and a lot of other vulgar ideas
  coming from them. Although a lot of people dont
  listen to the vulgar messages in songs, at least
  double that amount do pay attention to it. Some
  people take the lyrics in songs to extremes. For
  instance, there was a kid that was listening to a
  song called Highway to Hell by AC-DC. He went
  to the football field and hung himself on the
  field goal post after recently telling some of
  his friends that he planned to meet Satan. The
  boys parents tried to blame AC-DC for their
  childs death. That is one of many examples of
  people taking lyrics to the extreme. Was the
  cause of the boys suicide due to his listening
  to AC-DC? That is for you to decide.
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  hearing the vulgar messages in music, click on
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• Dear Distress Department,
• I love to dance and I love dancing to rap
  music. But even though I love the beat and the
  energy of the music, sometimes I feel like the
  profanity and the messages of rap (misogyny,
  materialism, etc.) are not in line with spiritual
  values. For example, I believe in the equality of
  men and women and I know that life is not about
  money, but I really do love hip-hop culture, and
  rap is favorite type of music to dance to. Do you
  have any advice on how to reconcile my love of
  good dance music with my beliefs?
• Signed,Likes to Shake Her Tail-feather
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• Dear Tail-feather,
• I understand your dilemma. Musicall
  musiccan be such a powerful medium, and we have
  to remember that its important to use it for
  positive ends, not to perpetuate the degradation
  and corruption of a society already preoccupied
  with self-interest and excess. With that in mind,
  I want to first point out that there is a lot of
  rap music that does have an important message.
  Just a few of my favorites include Tupacs
  Changes, Lauryn Hills Everything is
  Everything (actually pretty much the whole
  Miseducation album), Nas Be, Wyclefs Year of
  the Dragon, and Outkasts Rosa Parks. Of
  course, there are many other songs that address
  real issues and encourage social reform. And of
  course we should also bear in mind that even
  songs that address real issues can be profane (I
  need not provide examples here, since most of rap
  music contains at least some profanity). So I
  recommend edited versions where this is the
  case.
• Also, some songs are not necessarily
  promoting bad things, but theyre also not
  quality music that stirs spiritual growth. I
  think in these cases, we should remember to be
  fair, and not to specifically incriminate rap
  music. This is because all music (every genre
  included) has amazing potential to uplift the
  soul as well as incredible power to inspire
  social evil or even self-hatred. Any artist and
  any type of music can be a source of good values
  or bad ones. And remember moderation in all
  things. As we are constantly inundated with TV,
  movies, the radio, magazines, and every other
  form of popular media, it is almost impossible to
  completely reject entire sections of the
  entertainment flood. What we have to do is look
  for what entities have value and worth, and set
  our personal filters accordingly. Filter in
  whats worth your time, mental attention, and
  spiritual energy and filter out the rest.
• The point is that we have to look with
  a critical eye upon all media that we consume,
  and music is no exception. The Bahai Writings
  tell us to approach not the things which your
  minds condemn (Gleanings, p. 279). The key here
  is to use our rational faculty. You know deep
  down whats good for your soul and whats not.
  With that in mind, evaluate the worth of
  different songs and different artists, and decide
  what music is healthy for you to be supporting
  and internalizing.
• This is, no doubt, the case with hip-hop
  culture as well. It can be a vehicle for
  incredible self-expression, societal awareness,
  and positive change. It is widely perceived that
  the degradation and corruption of society, and
  the promotion of self-interest and excess is much
  more often the object of hip-hop than a lot of
  the pop and rock music. However, we shouldnt
  deny rap its worth. We just have to make sure we
  choose the rap music that embodies those positive
  values, rather than the music that promotes
  materialism, oppression, and unabashed solipsism.
  So with rap and with the dancing that often
  accompanies it, seek out what you feel is in line
  with your beliefsdo this with moderation and
  without approaching things that your mind
  condemns.
• All that said, go ahead and shake your
  tail-feather just make sure you use your heart
  and your mind when doing so.
  

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MISC. STRESS

• Emotional Stress Missing your family when you
  go on tour. Band conflicts.
  
• Depression Records bomb, feeling like you need
  drugs or other energizers
  
• Nerves get fried from overexcitement
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A Closing Poem

• If music had no value By Sholeh Loehle
• Poetry
• If music had no valueWe wouldnt jump up and
  down at our first concert
  
• If music had no valueWe wouldnt walk down the
  street with a tune in our heads
  
• If music had no valueWe wouldnt tap our toes
  with the rhythm
  
• If music had no value We wouldnt have tears in
  our eyes when the piano played
  
• If music had no valueWe wouldnt dream of
  singing until we lost our voices
  
• If this wondrous thing never existed, if we never
  knew what notes were, or a melody, or how
  smoothly a guitar chord melds with a drum
  beathow would we be inspired? To be a part of
  something greater, all you have to do is slide a
  CD or record into the player and close your eyes
  (unless you are driving, in which case Id say
  that would be a very bad idea). There are so many
  choices available to us now all of the genres
  have started losing their definitions. A song is
  created every second.
• Think about itif there was no music. How much
  would be lost? How many emotions, experiences,
  and strands of memory would never be recorded?
  How many tears would remain unshed? How many
  smiles would never surface when the perfect song
  is heard?
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