THE STORY OF MUSIC IN

THE STORY OF HUMANS

Music the shadow of humans...
be it war or peace...
from peaceful religional praise to energetic dance beats...
Music lives in us
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ago drum
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12,000 Social Bonding: Evidence that people struck stalactites or

years "rock gongs" with the caves themselves acting as al r h ythms
m usic
resonators for the sound in tropical regions of S. America ru m s a n d
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m ess ages,
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r l aved p
s ges. "
3,500 melodies and chants.Performing the Sāmagāna way , e n
ing m es s a
s f e r r
tran
years gave people strength and inspiration
ago

Present A catalsyt of change,

Day
music through A medium of expression.

the ages
music as a factor
of social change
Protest songs are born out of social discord, a community in distress from
oppression, racism or discrimination and the artists of this community provide a
voice to express the sentiments of these people
“One cannot describe the vitality and emotion this one song evokes
across the Southland. I have heard it sung in great mass meetings
with a thousand voices singing as one; I’ve heard a half-dozen sing it
softly behind the bars of the Hinds County prison in Mississippi; I’ve
heard old women singing it on the way to work in Albany, Georgia;
I’ve heard the students singing it as they were being dragged away
to jail. It generates power that is indescribable”

- Wyatt Tee Walker, executive director of King’s

Southern Christian Leadership Conference, on "We
Shall Overcome"

"Stop your fooling around /Messing up our future

/Time to straighten right out /You should have
wound up in jail /Modi, A message to you," sang the
Ska Vengers in their song "Modi, a message to you".
Their song hit hard and made everyone sit up and
take notice. The video showed cities being burned
and the then Gujarat CM pump the growth graph of
his state.
 music in mass
communication

Powerful physical effects

Deep and profound emotions
Hidden meaning

Hit and spot song

Jingle and sound logo
Physical stores
Live music events
 Music in the
Child
human lifecycle

Middle
Teenager Adult Age
Adult

Senior
Adult
 music, culture, &
communication
Why is music such a powerful social
glue?

•Music as a database for storing shared

knowledge
•Teaches us about language
•Unique declaration of values, history and
culture (Folk Music, National Anthems,
etc.)
•Cross cultural communication (“Kesariya
Balam, Padharo Mare Desh!”)
THANK YOU By: Akash Kumar
Kripi Badonia
Pratyush Kumar
Saumya Singh
Sweta Kiran
Vinod Kumar Meena
References