On the day this I-search paper was I assigned I knew my paper was going to involve music. Music, when striking the ear, causes nerve impulses to flow into the brain and result in a pleasurable sensation. Music causes our hearts to beat faster, body temperature to rise, feet to tap, and minds to become completely engulfed. I believe the process of music and the process of life will always be closely related. As long as humans thrive, music will accompany and sustain it giving life an expressive meaning. Like life itself, music never ends, it can always be re-created. Thus the greatest moments of the human spirit may be deduced from the greatest moments of music (Palmer, 1995). Music has remained something that people can believe in. It is tried and true, direct, honest, and a source of identity that is continually self-rewarding. .
Instead of writing this paper from a textbook subject like music history, I decided to choose a topic that has not been researched by a lot of experts. I wanted to pick a topic that is relatively recent and closely related to my generation. Music changes with every generation and every generation needs its ecstatic rituals (Ansen, 2000). The seventies have disco, the eighties have Michael Jackson, the nineties have grunge, and today's kids have techno music and raves (Heatly, 1993). .
My only experience with raves was about six months ago and I did not understand the concept. A friend who promised I would enjoy the experience talked me in to going. I can not say I enjoyed it but it was an experience. I had no idea what a rave was at the time, therefore I was completely shocked. I felt like I entered a different world due to the loud techno music, the lights and special effects, and the clothing worn by all the ravers. I felt over-whelmed and I left after thirty minutes. When this paper was assigned I spent a lot of research time thinking of a topic that connected to music and that I was interesting in learning more about.
Rave Culture What is a Rave? ... The first trace of Rave Culture goes ad far back as Native American's. ... Rave Culture has pulled energy from many different directions. ... As you can see drugs has not been mentioned, showing that the early rave scene was spreading with people loving the culture and not for the access of drugs. ... It is not an "all-the-time" culture. ...
When it comes to the topic of Rave culture, most of us will readily agree that majority of people who attend these events are on drugs. ... Rave culture has been negatively portrayed within the media because the rave scene has the reputation of being a drug scene. ... " Sadly, like Adichie's roommate, those who have not been properly educated on rave culture view raves with a closed mind, and they only see what has been shown through the media. ... Since the beginning of rave culture there has been lots of controversy on the legality of what goes on in the rave scene. ... These days,...
RAVE CULTURE This essay will explain rave culture. The reason that I chose to research and write on this topic is that I am involved with rave scene and enjoy going to "raves." From researching this topic I discovered that rave culture displays many of life's simple pleasures, such as dancing. ... Dancing has and always will be a part of many human societies and culture. ... Many societies throughout the ages incorporated dancing into all parts of there culture, and most importantly, into there spiritual life. ...
Background Name of culture, country: Our project is on a sub-culture group called Ravers. ... Technology: When it comes to technology, the music aspect is a major part in the rave culture. ... Clothing Practices Type of clothing (men, women, children): Only men and women are involved in the rave culture, not children. ... People wear bright clothing because they are part of the rave culture. ... Adornment, modesty/immodesty, protection: Adornment theory plays a major role in the rave culture, specifically external adornment. ...
One of the key factors that has played a part in this transformation of younger generations and society is "Rave culture.... But with the case of the "Rave culture" in the UK we can observe the absolutely opposite situation, where there are serious consequences of the pleasures of raves. ... Also, the prevalence of weed within the Rave culture has its own deleterious impacts. ... However, there are some solid facts to prove that the "Rave Culture" has its peculiar influences over immature community. ... In the early 1980s, drugs were reintroduced as a source of potent...
This is the rave culture. ... When a person examines a culture, a community or a society it is vital to study it's history and origin so that we can gain a better understanding of why they are as they are now. The rave culture and community can be traced back as far as one would like to research it. ... In any culture society or community one of the most noted characteristics is its people. ... It is most definitely a culture of escape. ...
What is a rave? ... Yet some people who go to the raves try to sell their drugs to ravers and that's what makes the word rave so bad. ... At raves there are different rooms. ... The visual effects and a lot at the raves. ... The reason is probably is that they think that they will just start something in the rave culture and cause trouble. ...
There was so much information in the book about the rave scene and "ecstasy", I didn't know where to begin. ... Simon Reynolds attempts to bridge the gap with "Generation Ecstasy," an exhaustive compendium of almost every rave-associated sound and idea, both half-baked and momentous, that traces the digital Diaspora back and forth across Europe and America. ... The drug-tech interface gives "Generation Ecstasy" a narrative backbone that applies again and again, across continents and cultures from Texas, where Ecstasy culture first reared its head in the mid-'80s, to Scotland,...
These types of drugs are most prominently used and seen at nightclubs and raves. ... The use of MDMA is central to dance music culture, especially EDM (Electronic Dance Music). Many of the common practices at raves stem from the use of MDMA. ... Historically, raves have been grounded in a sense of community and solidarity-rave goers are obliged to follow the four essential tenets of peace, love, unity, and respect (PLUR). ... The effects of MDMA lead the drug to the forefront of PLUR rave culture, but the drug is not the only way that ravers bond with each other. ...