How Your Favorite Music Genre Affects Your Life

Summary

In this engaging exploration of music's impact on our lives, creator Igor Rupieta delves into how different genres can shape our identities and influence our daily moods. Starting with an experiment where he listened to various music styles, Igor discovered that the music we choose can either motivate or drain us, become an inner mantra, or sway emotional responses. Through understanding music's role, we can make conscious choices about what we listen to, ultimately shaping our identities positively. Igor shares insights on genres to avoid, like mainstream rap and sad love songs, and recommends motivational and relaxing music for a balanced lifestyle.

Highlights

• You are influenced by the music you hear - it becomes your thoughts! 🤔🎧
• Mainstream rap might popularize negative themes; be cautious! 🎤🚫
• Sad and love songs can make you overly emotional; steer clear to stay upbeat! 😭💔
• Motivational tunes can burn you out if overdone - balance with relaxing genres! 🎵🏋️‍♂️➡️😴
• Ancient music and chill tunes are great for relaxation and focus without overstimulation! 🌿🕉️

Key Takeaways

• You are what you listen to - make conscious music choices! 🎶
• Sad music can literally make you sad; choose wisely! 😢➡️😄
• Energetic tunes can over-stimulate, leaving you drained; balance is key! ⚡💤
• Motivational music can toughen you up, like Eminem & The Score! 💪
• Chill and ancient music offer great relaxation and non-degenerate vibes! 🧘‍♂️

Overview

Igor Rupieta's video dives into the profound effects music has on shaping our identities and altering our moods. By running an experiment listening to various genres, Igor learned that our music choices significantly influence our thoughts and feelings. Discover why it's essential to be mindful of what you're listening to and how it can potentially shape the person you become.

In his findings, Igor discourages indulgence in some mainstream music genres, citing that rap and sad love songs often perpetuate negative emotions and mindsets. Instead, he emphasizes the value of motivational songs and less conventional genres like ancient music, which can foster resilience and positivity. Take these insights as a cue to curate music choices that enhance your life.

Apart from motivating tunes, Igor suggests incorporating relaxation through chill music into our listening habits. The soothing effect of genres like lo-fi beats can balance the stimulating effects of workout anthems. Thus, the conscious selection of music extends beyond entertainment, allowing you to fine-tune your identity and overall well-being.

Chapters

• 00:00 - 00:30: Introduction and Overview The chapter titled 'Introduction and Overview' discusses the significant impact of music on individuals' lives. It opens with the notion that one can often identify a person's favorite music genre by observing them. This insight inspired the speaker to create a video exploring how different music genres influence their life through a personal experiment. The experiment revealed that music not only shapes our thoughts—akin to the idea of becoming what we eat—but also has a profound effect on mood. The chapter suggests that the words and music we repeatedly consume have a lasting impact on our mental state.
• 00:30 - 01:00: The Influence of Music Genres on Mood and Identity Music has a significant influence on mood and identity. While people tend to avoid sad music to maintain happiness, they might choose motivational music for energy, like before workouts. However, this same music can potentially lead to exhaustion and unproductivity. Interestingly, while motivational music aims to inspire, it can sometimes contribute to burnout and procrastination. Therefore, music not only affects our emotions but also plays a crucial role in shaping our identity.
• 01:00 - 02:00: Genres to Avoid for a Positive Impact The chapter titled 'Genres to Avoid for a Positive Impact' discusses the importance of consciously choosing music to shape one's identity positively. Based on the author's experiences, the chapter highlights certain music genres that may have negative impacts on one's life and suggests others that are beneficial. While the author acknowledges the vast number of music genres, they stress the necessity to generalize in order to provide practical advice.
• 02:00 - 03:00: Negative Impact of Rap Music This chapter discusses the negative impact of rap music, particularly its popularity among teenagers. It points out the importance of lyrics in rap, expressing a view that this emphasis on lyrics is a bad thing, without detailing specific reasons why.
• 03:00 - 04:00: Consequences of Listening to Sad or Love Music This chapter discusses the impact of mainstream rap music on listeners, focusing on its prevalent themes like drugs, violence, and other forms of 'degeneracy.' It argues that while there are exceptions, a significant portion of rap music includes content that could make listeners more comfortable with negative behaviors, such as drug use, even if they don't consciously choose to engage in them.
• 04:00 - 05:00: The Overstimulating Nature of Funk Music The chapter discusses the overstimulating nature of funk music and its impact on the listener, particularly how certain music genres can influence one's behavior and mindset. It mentions rap as a genre that is discouraged due to its association with negative behaviors such as drug use. The emphasis is on being cautious about what one listens to because it can shape who you become. The speaker notes a personal experience where they reduced their consumption of rap music for this reason. Moreover, the chapter hints at a discussion about another genre, sad/love music, although it is not elaborated on in the provided transcript.
• 05:00 - 06:00: Awareness of Music's Impact and Making Conscious Choices The chapter discusses the concept that listening to sad or depressing music reflects and influences one's emotional state. It suggests that people who indulge in music with themes of depression, such as songs by artists like Lil Peep, Corpse Husband, and Suicideboys, are not typically those who are successful or emotionally positive. Instead, it argues that such music is more appealing to individuals who might be struggling with depression or similar issues. The chapter also touches on the stereotypes associated with fans of such music, labeling them as 'Discord mods' or 'video gamers', implying a negative connotation.
• 06:00 - 07:30: Recommended Music for Positive Influence The chapter discusses the influence of music on emotions and overall well-being. It critiques the notion that listening to sad or emotional music, such as songs about heartbreak, can be detrimental to mental health. The advice given is to avoid such music, especially if listened to regularly, as it may lead to feelings of neediness, increased emotional vulnerability, and constantly dwelling on past relationships. Instead, the chapter suggests listening to more positive or uplifting music for an improved mood and better mental health.

How Your Favorite Music Genre Affects Your Life Transcription

• 00:00 - 00:30 music you listen to has a huge impact on your life just think about it for a second you can look at a person and know exactly what is their favorite music genre thinking about it made me create a video title listening to music crew in my life where I run an experiment during which I listen to different music genres and analyze how they influence my life here's what I found out just like you become what you eat you also become what you listen to Because words you constantly hear become your thoughts I also found out that music can heavily alter your mood and this should be
• 00:30 - 01:00 pretty obvious you won't be happy listening to sad music right it is also that you listen to motivational and energetic music before working out because you want to feel energized during your workouts but such music can also make you feel exhausted and unproductive yes you've heard that right music can cause burnouts procrastination and all the other stuff especially motivational music and knowing all that we can definitely say that music shapes are identity if music shapes your identity then why why don't you
• 01:00 - 01:30 consciously choose the music you listen to so that you shape your identity exactly the way you want it to be it makes sense doesn't it and I've been actually doing that since posting that video and it had a very profound impact on my life so based on my experience and my findings I will show you some music genres that you should definitely avoid because they can have a very negative impact on your life and on the other hand I will show you some good music genres that you should definitely try listening to obviously there are too many music genres for me to list them all I will also have to generalize stuff
• 01:30 - 02:00 a little bit but I will start with the most popular one which is rap whatever you want to call it rap or hip hop there's no arguing that this is the most popular genre in the world within teens there are obviously many different styles of rap which I'm very familiar with because I've been listening to it for many years now but the one thing all of them have in common is that lyrics are very important and when you try to think about it it is not a good thing in rap it is a bad thing in my opinion because think about what they say in in
• 02:00 - 02:30 the mainstream rap it's all about drugs [ __ ] Hood shootings and obviously there are some exceptions but when you really think about it 90 of rap is pure degeneracy [ __ ] and it's not only about like sex related things just listen to rappers like heat Playboy cardi juice World rapping about sipping lean listening to that you get more comfortable with the idea of drinking liquid heroin and while you may not consciously decide to go and buy heroin yourself you become much more
• 02:30 - 03:00 likely to say yes if anyone ever wants you to try it the point is that rap is so degenerate that I would really discourage you from listening to it and even though I myself like it a lot I don't listen to it as much as I used to because you become what you listen to and I don't know about you but I'm not about taking drugs [ __ ] [ __ ] and all the other stuff the second example I have for you is way more important even though it's not really like a genre itself because now we're going to talk about sad slash love music I always say
• 03:00 - 03:30 that listening to sad music is literally wanting to be sad because just think about the people who listen to [ __ ] like Lil peep or I don't even know the artist bro corpse husband suicide boy do you think that people who listen to songs about popping pills and I'm the pain are the people who touch grass who are successful have good physics who smile like of course not they are the depressed like Discord mods like video Gamers like what and those people post those comments on
• 03:30 - 04:00 the internet saying like oh little Pip cured my depression no you dumbass do you watch sad movies to be happy and the same thing goes with like those love songs about heartbreak or missing your girl or whatever you don't want to listen to those because you become needy too emotional you think about the girl who broke your heart all the time bro I'm telling you you would be 100 times happier if you didn't listen to that [ __ ] and if you listen to sad music on a daily basis I'm telling you I will
• 04:00 - 04:30 personally come to your house turn that [ __ ] off and sing some motivational [ __ ] for you which you don't want to hear because I'm not a good singer to everybody on your dick no ho Mo and the last bad genre that supports my findings has got an extremely popular in the last few years and it's funk music even if you're not a big fan of funk which you probably are you realize that it's very energetic motivational you feel like a main character listening to it so it's great for things like working out and it may seem heartless at a first glance
• 04:30 - 05:00 because there are no degenerate lyrics as it's only music but it is very over stimulating while over stimulating yourself with those beat drops very energetic ones with high Tempo it's a pretty useful thing at the gym that may also leave you very exhausted afterwards everything here is based on dopamine and dopamine deprivation and without really explaining that much of it because I've already made two videos on that it's like a drug when you take it you feel way better but afterwards you become
• 05:00 - 05:30 like tired exhausted and I only gave funk music as an example but this thing applies to all music genres like rock metal rap it's all about the fact that when you listen to very loud stimulating High Tempo Music your brain gets tires quickly and you will not be able to be productive afterwards those were three examples which support my findings and those are that you become what you hear music can alter your mood a lot and music can leave you exhaust posted because of over stimulation and now once
• 05:30 - 06:00 you're more aware of music's impact I think you should filter what you listen to to make it like autistically easy for you to find good music please answer this one question what would Giga Chad listen to just think of the biggest guy in your gym or a guy you look up to what would he listen to so he probably wouldn't listen to songs about being heartbroken or drinking heroin what he would be much more likely to listen to is some motivational music an artist I would highly recommend you to listen to is a duo called the score bro only Giga
• 06:00 - 06:30 chats listen to the score I also really enjoy listening to Eminem's old songs like Till I Collapse or lose yourself and some edits on Soundcloud featuring David Goggins on some like Funk songs or whatever you roll your fat ass out of bed all you want is some damn cinnamon buns now okay it's not acceptable it's all about the fact that those people rap sing or talk about going through adversity becoming tough and it is leveraging you become what you listen to
• 06:30 - 07:00 to your advantage second genre I found only recently the most non-degenerate music ever is ancient music the ones I like the most are Viking music Mongolian throat singing Ancient Egypt music and Samurai music like bro just imagine a guy who listens to Viking music we are supposed and the last General style I have for you is Chill music obviously you cannot
• 07:00 - 07:30 be a viking in World 24 7 you have to let your mind relax because that music motivational rap rock or ancient music can also be very exhausting right so sometimes you have to relax and for that I have for you low five beats binaural beats and ambient music don't get it wrong they don't help you become more focused you may think that those Lo-Fi beats or binaural beats help you become more focused some of you listen to them during work but they don't so just work inside us you know I'm generalizing
• 07:30 - 08:00 everything in this video but environment is also important you won't listen to motivational Rock before going to bed but you have to choose music you listen to wisely because it has a huge impact on your life which you should already realize music shapes your identity so choose your identity by choosing your music this was all Theory but if you want to see the experiment I run on music's impact on my life then you can watch this video which is one of the most popular ones on my channel I will
• 08:00 - 08:30 also highly appreciate it if you could click some buttons out of this video as hard as you kiss your homies while listening to Drake peace [Music]