Homo Faber: Music

I see your point, and I would like to say that our projects relate to each other, because ours are both how something affects our lives and in which way, yet you took it a bit deeper with the stereotypes. I think its interesting that you chose music, because its a subject that some people take lightly. Music can be someones life.

I really like this idea about music...and since music is personally my addiction I thought you made a great point. I noticed that you said how many people think white people dont listen to rap or hip hop because of their race, and thought that race is also used as a label too in this case, and plays a role in how people create that overall judgement, based on your personality. This question popped into my head: Why is music singled out of so many other things people have in common, and is used to categorize instead of i don't know...food preferences, or even books? I guess, since music conveys so many different messages, people also have formed good and bad opinions about different types of music, and this influences how they view people who listen to that particular type. Music is supposed to be embraced, not used to discriminate in any way.

5.1 Agree with the fact that people label someone based on the music they listen to.

I am pleased to agree with your post, "Homo Faber: Music", because music generally does create stereotypes, ie "metalheads", "emo", and anything of the sort. Although sometimes people follow through and live out these stereotypes, majority of people do not. There are plenty of people that listen to many different types of music, and aren't defined by a single genre.

One sentence you wrote that stands out for me is: "A soft song by Jason Mraz can honestly have overall the same message as a Metallica song. One is metal and one is jazz, but the messgae can be the same. Maybe Metallica wants it to be stronger and their point of view is harder. But the same message is being thrown across, but people dont think like that." I think this is very true, because I myself am pretty diverse when it comes to genres of music - Jason Mraz and Metallica both included, and some of the songs do have a similar message. The way that message is portrayed is different for the two, but overall could be conveying the same message.

I do closely agree with you that music should not create stereotypes for people. One reason I say this is because I personally listen to a very wide variety of music, including post-metalcore, jazz, indie, rock and roll, reggae, along with many other genres, and I don't think I can be generalized as a certain stereotype for listening to any of it specifically. Just because I listen to heavy music where the singers "scream" doesn't define who I am. In reality, I don't even look like a person that would listen to that type of music, aside from the stereotype of my wide gauges being related to that music. Another reason I agree with you is because I have personal experience of being stereotyped for the types of music I listen to. People hear me listening to reggae music and instantly assume that I'm some kind of pot-smoking, failure sort of kid. Since when did music define a persons actions and success?

Thanks for your writing. I look forward to seeing what you write next, because you really brought out and made clear something that often times people overlook. Not a lot of people realize that music is really important and can be a person's life. And the music you listen to doesn't "make" you anything.