How does music define, maintain and develop culture?

Answer 1

It tells the world about your culture and emotions. LDN by Lily Allen is a classic example - a bright upbeat song - but with a message. In fact you can't really get the message unless you watch the music video.

Answer 2

Music Culture Definition

Answer 3

Brown Sugar, Rolling Stones? Music defines specific cultures, not all cultures. Thus, Rap, Heavy Metal and Jazz affects, or creates a culture, for different groups, often strikingly different from their "rivals". Popular music attracts its own flocks, a type of loyalty based upon, class, education, and social/ economic status. An example?? The music of the Beatles ( sorry) appeal to a vast audience across all cultures. Rap does not, nor does Jazz, although we can all recognise the Rap fan, the Heavy Metal fan, possible even the Jazz fan, the Beatles fan ( and the larger part of Rock fans) are invisible. Although Clinton and Blair are "Rockers", we could never expect them to be Rappers - wrong class grouping! Intellectuals are said to like Jazz. Picture Woody Allen as a Kiss fan!! WW2 veterans would like Glen Miller, the music that was with them in their youth and military service. I am not sure that music can "develop" culture, perhaps in can permeate some parts of it. Music can support a sub-culture, and affect the youth and psyche of a nation as with the "Swinging Sixties", the anti-Vietnam stance of Joan Baez (and others) and the Flower Power/Hippy movement. Must stop, this is becoming a Novel !

Answer 4

music defines culture as it can speak about political movements of a time,mark a time of a generation,express feeling and emotion.

music is maintained by us as humans exploring new ways to express it, changes that go on around us/in the world.

music has developed a culture because we are still developing as a race and are finding ways to express ourselves. times are constantly changing and music ia a perfect book mark for that.

just look at the who motown to rock n roll thing or funk to hip hop, or poetic songs by bands like the artic monkeys, mos def, george clinton, plan B....the list can go on and on and on.

hope that gives a little insight.

i would also like to say that, that is why i dont like this whole 'Emo' movement because ALL music is emotional whether its rock, to pop, to soul,to funk,to metal, to ska!!

take it easy

Answer 5

I agree with the answer above, it's a way for different cultures to express their views and emotiions. I personally listen to just about everything except for Country, Rap and heavy metal. This includes various rock genres (like Indie, classic, alternative etc..), Opera, Classical music, R&B, Jazz, blues...and sometimes i listen to music with a foreign language...its a way for me to learn from other cultures or nations. =)

Answer 6

Stag is obviously a man's beer! Cause every time I drink it I does get a headache! Give me a Carib anyday....(and it eh have nothing like we drinking one Carib for me!). Carib on Maracas Beach Carib on ah Hot Sunday Morning Carib after a hard days work Carib when ah finish walk around the savannah Carib when ah liming Carib Jouvert Morning Carib when a finally Land home from a foreign trip Carib when ah home watching TV Carib when ah waiting by the Mechanic Carib is my beer.

Answer 7

Does it? Or are you reading too much into it?
Music is only entertainment, after all. It does not define culture any more than films, literature, art do.
Music stopped developing quite a few years ago.....