Music changes livesImagine that you and your friends go to see a movie at the cinema. You all walk in and sit down just as the opening credits start. It starts as a black screen and slowly fades into a battle scene. A knight is in the center of the audience. He is lying on the ground and is going to die. You can hear a voice coming from the screen reading dramatic dialogue, but that's all you can hear. No background noises, no instruments and no music, just voices. What would it look like? No music for an entire movie. Would this change the way you experience the film? “Music is so powerful that it can change everything in a film.” (Bond 44-45) The music has a great reason to be here. It can even change a life for better or worse. Think back to the time when you watched the movie without music or sound. Would it even be worth sticking around and watching the entire movie? It played an important role in the history of our world. This is one of the things that will never change. It is still there and will be there forever. Music is one of the building blocks of our very existence. If you tried to delete the music forever, one way or another it would come back. It's like love or kindness, they are always there now and forever. "Listen. Can you hear it? The music. I can hear it everywhere. In the wind... in the air... in the light. It's all around us. All you have to do do is open up. All you have to do...is listen. (Sheridan) Music has been around for centuries Some of the oldest known instruments discovered were over 35,000 years old. were carved from a vulture bone or any other thin bone or wood It is believed to be incorporated into ceremonies, celebrations and worship. But over the centuries, music has...... middle of paper. ......dress ourselves, how we dress and what others will get from it Music is the key to some people's success and I believe I am destined for greatness when it comes to music. to know what makes me who I am, what I will be, and how I will do as a future influence for others Works CitedCJ Entertainment (Company: United States), et al. Rush in August. Burbank, CA: Warner Home Video, 2008. DVD. Bond, Michael. “From The Heart”, New Scientist 180.242 (2003): 44. MAS Ultra – School edition. Internet. March 20, 2014Why we must preserve our jazz heritage. (Cover story). “Ebony 46.1 (1990): 159. MAS Ultra – Academic edition. Web March 20, 2014. “Who could live without it? » New Scientist 180.2423 (2003): 38. MAS Ultra – Academic edition. Internet. March 20, 2014.Angelou, Maya. Gather together in My Name. [1st ed.] New York: Random House, 1974. Print.