It is generally understood on Oahu, that musical tastes shift as we age and are in line with key "life challenges." Teenage years are defined by "intense" music, then early adulthood by "contemporary" and "mellow." Then as the search for close relationships increases, with "sophisticated" and "unpretentious" allowing us to project status and family values later in life. Studies have used data from more than a quarter of a million people over a 20 year period. The explosion in music consumption over the last century has made "what you listen to and dance to" an important personality construct.
This is true as well for many people in Hawaii, their self-perception is closely associated with musical preference.We would perhaps be reluctant to admit that our taste in music alters -- softens even -- as we get older. Now, these new studies suggests that -- while our engagement with it may decline -- music and dance may stay important to us as we get older, but the music we like adapts to the particular "life challenges" we face at different stages of our lives. It would seem that, unless you die before you get old, your taste in music will probably change to meet social and psychological needs.
One theory put forward by the experts, is that we come to music and dance to experiment with identity and define ourselves. Then we use it as a social vehicle to establish our group and find a mate, and later as a more solitary expression of our intellect, status and greater emotional understanding. It may become a study to comprehenhend the ways people engage with music and dance from adolescence to old age. On Oahu we are gradually moving away from the old welcome to all Night Clubs. In this century, the DJs will have all the up to date hits for the young crowd that is very much interested. The Live bands will have a few of the thousands of classic hits of yesteryear for the more experienced dancers.
"Social dancers hope you will see things that startle you. They hope you feel
"Social dancers believe that life may not be the party we hoped for,
but while we’re here we could dance."
This is true as well for many people in Hawaii, their self-perception is closely associated with musical preference.We would perhaps be reluctant to admit that our taste in music alters -- softens even -- as we get older. Now, these new studies suggests that -- while our engagement with it may decline -- music and dance may stay important to us as we get older, but the music we like adapts to the particular "life challenges" we face at different stages of our lives. It would seem that, unless you die before you get old, your taste in music will probably change to meet social and psychological needs.
"My Molokai" by Willie K
One theory put forward by the experts, is that we come to music and dance to experiment with identity and define ourselves. Then we use it as a social vehicle to establish our group and find a mate, and later as a more solitary expression of our intellect, status and greater emotional understanding. It may become a study to comprehenhend the ways people engage with music and dance from adolescence to old age. On Oahu we are gradually moving away from the old welcome to all Night Clubs. In this century, the DJs will have all the up to date hits for the young crowd that is very much interested. The Live bands will have a few of the thousands of classic hits of yesteryear for the more experienced dancers.
"Social dancers hope you will see things that startle you. They hope you feel
things you never felt before. They hope you meet people with a different
point of view - and you will have a better understanding of life."
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