Music and Culture

I experience music everyday mainly through my surroundings. Sometimes I don't even notice that there is music playing around me. When I do something like walk around campus I can hear music playing somewhere. When I go to work out there is music in the background. When I go eat there is music playing in the caf. Of course when I'm driving there is music playing somehow. And when I'm sitting at home I can hear music from somewhere around me, whether it be from me or a roommate. I also experience music by listening to my iPod or the music I have on my computer. I usually like to have music playing at all times when I'm alone in my room, except when I go to sleep. When it comes to viewing music as an art form, I really see it when someone is performing music. Not everyone can make music that is "enjoyable" for the general population, including myself, so I find beauty and art in performing music. As for culture, when people perform music it shows you a part of their culture and where they come from along with a part of your culture. It becomes a part of your culture because both you and the artist who is performing the music share at least one thing in common: the music being performed. So both share just a little bit of the same culture in music and experience the same music as an art form. I also tend to experience music as art when I'm looking at art. Museums usually play some music in the background and when I am looking at an art piece I take in everything around me as an art form, but I think a lot of people do that too.