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The Influence Of Reggae Music

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In the world, music has been part of each person’s life. The songs that people love listening vary from one person to another. The variation in music taste comes about as a result of several factors that are inevitable. For instance, the location that one is born and brought up highly determines the kind of music he/she is likely to prefer. Also, family background is another important factor that determines one’s music genre preference. Therefore, in this assignment, the primary focus will be to discuss my musical roots as well as discussing reggae music and the different perspectives formed by people about this genre.
MUSICAL ROOTS
Being a child born in the 90’s in Hawaii, my musical …show more content…

More often, my family could take time to listen to reggae music so as to get the message completely. Most of the times, my siblings and I could compete to memorize reggae songs’ lyrics. Prior the competition our parents could award the winner with enticing gifts which highly influenced our love and perception of reggae music. Although reggae music was our main preferred genre of music, more often, my mother loved listening to Hawaiian music. Despite her preference for the Hawaiian music, she also loved listening to reggae music since it was like a family …show more content…

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