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Everyone has their own way of listening to music and connecting their own personal experiences with it. For example, I have a certain way I listen to my music. First, it starts with where I am and what I am doing, like, right now, as I'm typing this paper my phone is playing out loud so everyone can hear my music. Also, I realized that people listen to music for different reasons. For example, I listen to music for 3 major reasons: first, to help me drown out all distractions while doing school work or other important things, next, I listen to music to put myself in a certain mood before a football game or some type of event that makes me happy and gives me a competitive edge, and the last reason is to relate to and understand what the singer or singers are saying. It's like getting advice from someone you don't know, it has its perks. Music has large purpose in my life because I can relate to a lot through music: girls, sports, money, drinking, friends, life, cars. Music can touch on all these things so it has been very beneficial to up to this point in my life.

With hargreaves and Boal Palheiros experimented with children  and what they did while music was being played. Some of them listened to the music that was being played, others were singing and dancing, and some actually proceed to do their work with music in the background. These types of listening vary from person to person. For me, I would rather do homework and listen to music at the same time, but my roommate works on homework in complete silence. I need music to listen to while I'm working out in the gym; it inspires me to get that last rep in. When I'm driving down the street, I play music while bobbing my head to make me feel and look cool, mostly for oncoming traffic.

Synoptic comprehension is when someone tries to figure out what the song means after listening to it. Personally, when I listen to music, I usually use immediate comprehension. I like to listen to every word that is said and try to relate to what I am hearing in that very moment.