Hearing is Believing (Kevin)

Professor Sloan's audio essay was really interesting to me. He talks about how lyrics in a song are not as important as the music itself. This I agree with, when I listen to music I notice the music first and hear if something is catchy before I even listen to the lyrics. But after the lyrics start I don't focus on what they are, I listen to how they flow with the actual song. This goes along with sound being more important than lyrics, instead of what the lyrics say you listen to how the lyrics flow first, which is based on sound. Everyone can probably agree that a song isn't good unless the lyrics flow with the song. The essay also talks about radio being a better medium than television because it brings out your imagination. I didn't agree with this at first but after thinking about it and using music as an example. I would rather listen to music on the radio than watch it on TV. When watching a music video I feel like I'm being distracted from the song and having my focus put on how "cool" or crazy Lady Gaga looks. On the radio I can actually listen to the song and understand it better and actually focus on it and how good it is because nothing else is taking my attention away from. This goes along with our first essay, our attention is brought to how something sounds, music, before what is actually said, lyrics.