Wednesday, January 20, 2010
When I think of a place where the music played really has a direct influence on my mood and my actions, I think about sporting events. When I sit in the crowd at a game, I watch the game like everyone else and I enjoy seeing what's going on. But when that music starts playing and i just know that its purpose is to get me to your feet to cheer for my team, I cant help but go with it. I join the rest of the crowd and I shout and I stand up and cheer. The music has a job and it's to get you to support the team. It's something like a call-to-arms for the fans. When those speakers start booming, we have to run to the aid of our team and give them as much support as we can offer through our cheers. Even when it's not "foreground" music as it was talked about in the article, and instead it's just a little song composed of two or three notes repeated that plays at every basketball or baseball or football game that just gets associated with that sport, when it plays you know what to do or say. like between the notes, you just know to clap twice or you know to insert your team name at a certain point in the song. It directs the fans without actually telling them to do anything.
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I agree music definitely gets me pumped during games. It for sure gives off that cue to stand up and cheer.
ReplyDeleteI definitely agree that music has a large impact on fans. It's awesome to see huge crowd participation because there's a certain ritual that goes along with a song (like stomping and clapping with Queen's "We will Rock You") Not only does that immerse fans in the experience but I think the teams play better too as a result
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