Health Care Assignment: Playlist Creation For Promoting Physical Health

Question

Task:
In this health care assignment you need to create a playlist to promote your own personal health – either physical or mental health. To do this, you will carefully choose music that suits the purpose of the playlist and draw on concepts and theory covered in lectures to strategically organize the order of songs. Actively listen to the music you choose for your playlist to test that it meets your intended purpose. Although you should choose either physical or mental health, you are welcome to draw on any literature from the different weeks of the semester that is relevant to explain the health benefits for you.

Answer

1. Introduction
The main concern of this health care assignment is to let people know that they need to maintain their physical and mental health regularly for avoiding any chronic diseases or other negative impacts on life. Few people can resolve their mental fitness by seeking help from professionals or trying to live a healthy life. But, a large number of people are regularly practicing having a good health regime by listening to various cheerful songs. The current assessment is a task to promote physical healthcare by crafting a personalized playlist that will encourage a person to deal with their regular anxiety and various activities. It is difficult for someone to select a particular song that can encourage them in taking care of their physical health.

The purpose of creating a diverse and cheerful playlist is to promote the ideal presentation of a happy or energetic song that can lift someone's mood to a higher level. The studies have been identified that music can boost physical stimulation, enhance the exercise process, improve memory, and increase the performance ability of a person. The beats and melodies in a song make a specific pattern that triggers our brain to get relaxed or free from the daily turmoil. On the other hand, music can make a significant impact on our emotions. Every song defines various moods that help in combatting our physical health. Such as, Yoga defines calm and soothing songs, while gym songs are energetic fast-pacing, and full of beats.

In the medical world, a cochlear implant (CI) in stimulating the auditory nerve in a human body can generate improvement with the support of music (Dritsakis et al., 2017). The importance of music in CI transplant acts as a parameter in assessing an individual's health improvement (Dritsakis et al., 2017). However, in real life, energetic music helps in fighting against the low feeling of a person considering their personal or physical consequences. In the current assessment, the method of choosing particular songs are related to the depth and rhythm that can lift a person’s feeling.

The selected songs are mostly fast-pacing and from the pop or rock genre. These kinds of songs are more suitable for a daily workout in maintaining physical health. The beneficial aspects are related to,

Encouraging the mind to do more exercise and go with the workout flow without feeling bored
Hooked an individual with a particular song that will influence the motivational aspect of a person's mind
Sharpens the memory and make room for creative thoughts on life or work
One can pass their time on music, such as during heavy workout session, or running alone, or even during the daily walk
Music always lightens the mood and helps in reducing depression and anxiety; it will further help in maintaining the physical healthcare routine when one can control their mental pressure
Listening to music during a workout session makes individual conduct their exercise more effectively
Music directly makes an impact on the human brain that generates a certain type of behavior that can encourage one to work on their physical or even mental healthcare

2. Playlist Description
Sheeran, E. (2017). Shape of You [Recorded by E. Sheeran]. Atlantic Recording Corporation and Asylum Records. Rokstone, London, London. Divide [CD].
This particular song is one of the most popular tracks from Ed Sheeran. The song is belonging to the dancehall and pop genre. Dancehall became a popular genre from the Jamaican culture in the late 1970s. This particular song has enhanced the dance and upbeat among the people. It is because people prefer this kind of song while taking freehand exercise or in a gym environment. It has also identified that this song is related to the tropical house genre that features various summer festivals. This summery song is written, composed, and sung by Ed Sheeran that was released on digital platform and included in his music album called Divide. The shape of you became popular in the US Billboard, as well as became top music track in Australia, UK, and Canada.

Shatkin, J., & Sia (2014). Chandelier [Recorded by Sia]. Inertia, Monkey Puzzle and RCA Records. Los Angeles, California, United States of America. Voices [CD].
Sia is one of the most inspired singers in the world. She is famous for composing music from the electropop genre that usually a combination of synthpop with a strong impact on the electronic sound during the song. Although the actual song is related to a melancholic background with a sense of confused feeling. The starting of the song with Party girl doesn't get hurt represents alcoholism and being in a numb state from being drunk. However, people admire this song simply because of the flowless voice of Sia and some impressive high-pitch areas that energies the listeners. Another interesting fact is this song was initially written by Sia for Beyonce and Rihanna, but later she chose to sing the song with help of a jam session with Jesse Shatkin.

Mars, B., & Ronson, M. (2014). Uptown Funk [Recorded by B. Mars]. Columbia Studios, Sony and RCA Records. Los Angeles, New York, Memphis, London, Toronto and Vancouver, California, New York, Tenessee, London, Canada, United States of America, London and Canada. Uptown Funk [CD].
This might be one of the greatest hits of all time. This is from a British song recorder and producer, Mark Ronson featured Bruno Mars. This song is belonging to the disco-pop, funk-pop, and boogie that is aligned with the electronic dance rhythm from the late 1970s in the USA. After assessing this song to the playlist for the current assessment, it has been identified that music is a universal way of expressing human expression and communication to humankind (Welch et al., 2020). This particular song has a specific 1980s funk music vibe where the lyrics represent the style and a masculine tradition in a sing-rap format.

Weeknd, T., Sia, & Diplo (2013). Elastic Heart [Recorded by Sia]. RCA Records, Republic Records and Lionsgate Films. New York , New York , United States of America. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire [Movie sondtrack] and Catching Fire [CD].
Another energic song from Sia, Elastic Heart featuring an American music record producer, Diplo, and Canadian singer the Weeknd. This is taken from the movie soundtrack of The Hunger Games and initially released by RCA record in their Catching Fire album. This song is also belonging to the electropop genre with a pop and trap background. Trap refers to a slang vibe that belongs to the illegal drug activity that happened during the 1990s in Southern USA. However, the actual song is very fast-pacing and ideal for people who go to the gym for heavy exercise. Various media coverage recognizes the song is being very successful as a team creation. The actual song is a story of a brave girl enhancing her strength to cope up with life after a tragic breakup.

Chainsmokers, T. (2015). Don't Let Me Down (The Chainsmokers song) [Recorded by T. Chainsmoker, & DAYA]. New York City, United States of America.
A narrative synthesis and a systematic review of music were conducted to examine the effects of motivational music on physical health and activity. Music is used to accompany exercise and stimulate movement across the world since the early historical days (Clark et al., 2016). The song is about the significance of a girl. The whole song is about the feeling of a girl who is med with her feelings. The song falls into the genre of EDM and trap. She needs someone who will never leave her ever. She needs him in every second of her life and it also portrays how it feels when a person is ignored by that person whom the person loves the most.

Williams, P. (2013). Get Lucky (Daft Punk song) [Recorded by P. Williams]. North America.
The song is a disco song essentially. The meaning of the song to meet and connect new people. The genre of the song is funk and disco. Mental health needs motivational music or speeches to get recovered not any freedom from illness (Perkins et al., 2016). These motivational songs help people to stand on their own. According to Williams the song is about the fortune of people on meeting someone. The connection between two people should be strong enough and also there should be a good sexual bonding. The song has many parodies and cover versions. The song many awards as Best Pop Duo and Record of the Year.

Dragons, I. (2017). Believer [Recorded by D. Reynolds]. Interscope Records. Kidinakorner, United States. Evolve(CD).
The song tells the story of the singer Dan Reynolds, who suffered from ankylosing spondylitis. It describes how pain is relatable in life and how the singer has gone through the pains. It also has said through the lyrics about how the pain can become someone’s greatest strength in life. The song started with a moderate tempo with 125 beats per minute, the genre of the song is pop-rock. In life, everyone suffered from pain, through the song one can get motivated how to deal with the pain and how it can become the greatest strength in life. Music motivates people to do exercise on a daily basis (Clark et al., 2016). Exercise or physical activities are beneficial for muscle movement. Exercise will improve the physical fitness of the people.

Guetta, D. (2011). Titanium [Recorded by S. David Guetta]. Virgin records. Capitol US records, United States, United Kingdom. Nothing But the Beat (CD)
The song started with pop music and energize people with the music. The song is about how to increase the inner strength of people. The music of the song uplifts the mood of the people. The songs tell about how to become stronger by ourselves. Titanium is the strongest metal help to dodge negative comments like bullets. The guns and the bullets these words have been used in the music metaphorically. In the song, it has shown that the singer is telling us to be strong like Titanium. The tempo of the song is high and upbeat. The psycho-emotional process in the body helps us to do repeated movement during exercise. Some studies show that listening to music stimulates limbic structure in the brain, which helps us to motivate to do physical chores.

Tor Erik Hermansen, M. S. (2007). Don't Stop the Music [Recorded by Rihanna]. Westlake Recording. Newyork City, Los Angeles, United States. Good Girl Gone Bad (CD)
The song is an upbeat and funky pop dance song. The song is a catchy phrase called "Don't stop the music", which assists people to do the exercise energetically. When listening to music at a high volume, it increases the intensity of exercise. The beats and lyrics will help to give a positive reaction to the mind, which helps to grow the intensity of doing physical activity. Upbeat music will help people to do exercise more. It affects the sensory-motor of the body and improves the physical stature of the body. The music is hyped up and energizing, by listening to it people can have fun while doing exercise.

Ed Sheeran, J. B. (2019). I Don't Care [Recorded by J. B. Ed Sheeran]. Atlantic UK, Def Jam; Warner UK. The United Kingdom.
The song starts with upbeat music. It is an electropop and dancehall genre music. The song is about how introverted people feel distressed and feel social anxiety while they are in a gathering. The song helps to gain perspective about how people should not care about anxiety and live life as their own. Physical activity has numerous positive effects on the body. It is said that music helps to do exercise on daily basis. The music helps to determine the sports and the tempo of the music helps to do the exercise at an intermediate and advanced level (Terry et al., 2020). The music improves the physical activities of people and reduced exertion promotes more positive vibes in the body and mind.

3. Conclusion
Listening to songs helps in both mental and physical health. The benefits of motivational songs are people who are sick will feel courageous. Motivational songs distract people from boring tasks. People can make tough things easy as tough things seemed to be easier when listening to any happy or motivational song. A motivational song lifts up people's mood and also inspires to take any positive actions. More importantly, motivational songs deal with stress. Doctor's suggest people listen to good motivational songs as it lowers the stress and makes a sick person feel happy and energetic.

Sometimes people have to do works which is very tough or the person feels nervous and less confident about doing the work. In that case, a motivational song will help in inspiring and the person will feel courageous. The song “Don’t Let Me Down” will help to inspire people to do any work with confidence. Some songs help in distracting people's minds from doing boring works. Listening to good music makes boring works easier and without knowing one can finish off the work while listening to a rocking motivational song. The song "Don't Stop Music" is an example of a rocking motivational song that helps to work fast and finish boring works faster.

Sometimes people started to think that there is no goal in life or there is no way to achieve the goal. In those cases, motivational songs will help to grow their self-esteem and help people work according to their goals and achieve them. The most important point of a motivational song is, it always helps to recover stressed people and make them inspirational. Sometimes life becomes challenging from which people cannot come out. Those people should listen to songs with good words and slow beats to recover them as a fresh person and start a new morning.

4. References
4.1 Playlist References
Sheeran, E. (2017). Shape of You [Recorded by E. Sheeran]. Atlantic Recording Corporation and Asylum Records. Rokstone, London, London. Divide [CD].

Shatkin, J., & Sia (2014). Chandelier [Recorded by Sia]. Inertia, Monkey Puzzle and RCA Records. Los Angeles, California, United States of America. Voices [CD].

Mars, B., & Ronson, M. (2014). Uptown Funk [Recorded by B. Mars]. Columbia Studios, Sony and RCA Records. Los Angeles, New York, Memphis, London, Torono and Vancouver, California, New York, Tenessee, London, Canada, United States of America, London and Canada. Uptown Funk [CD].

Chainsmokers, T. (2015). Don't Let Me Down (The Chainsmokers song) [Recorded by T. Chainsmoker, & DAYA]. New York City, United States of America.

Williams, P. (2013). Get Lucky (Daft Punk song) [Recorded by P. Williams]. North America.

Dragons, I. (2017). Believer [Recorded by D. Reynolds]. Interscope Records. Kidinakorner, United States. Evolve(CD).

Guetta, D. (2011). Titanium [Recorded by S. David Guetta]. Virgin records. Capitol US records, United States, United Kingdom. Nothing But the Beat (CD)

Tor Erik Hermansen, M. S. (2007). Don't Stop the Music [Recorded by Rihanna]. Westlake Recording. Newyork City, Los Angeles, United States. Good Girl Gone Bad (CD)

Ed Sheeran, J. B. (2019). I Don't Care [Recorded by J. B. Ed Sheeran]. Atlantic UK, Def Jam; Warner UK. The United Kingdom.

4.2 Assessment References
Clark, I. N., Baker, F. A., & Taylor, N. F. (2016). The modulating effects of music listening on health-related exercise and physical activity in adults: a systematic review and narrative synthesis. Nordic Journal of Music Therapy, 25(1), 76–104.

Dritsakis, G., van Besouw, R. M., & O’Meara, A. (2017). Impact of music on the quality of life of cochlear implant users: a focus group study. Cochlear Implants International, 18(4), 207–215.

Perkins, R., Ascenso, S., Atkins, L., Fancourt, D., & Williamon, A. (2016). Making music for mental health: how group drumming mediates recovery. Psychology of Well-Being, 6(1), 11.

Terry, P. C., Karageorghis, C. I., Curran, M. L., Martin, O. V, & Parsons-Smith, R. L. (2020). Effects of music in exercise and sport: A meta-analytic review. Psychological Bulletin, 146(2), 91.

Welch, G. F., Biasutti, M., MacRitchie, J., McPherson, G. E., & Himonides, E. (2020). The Impact of Music on Human Development and Well-Being. Frontiers in Psychology, 11.

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