"Round and Round"

I found the song "Round and Round", although not a type of song that I would typically like, to be very interesting and somewhat enjoyable. As I listened to the song, I paid attention to the musical elements and the upbeat tempo more so than to the vocals, which is something that I have always done. The facts that I wrote down in my journal were that the mood of the song changed a little ways through when the tempo changed and that there was a bass guitar that had a strong presence in the background. Since I only listened to the song one time through, my opinion had to be formed on these facts that I was able to gather. Because the facts that I chose are things that make the song interesting to me, the opinion that I formed was positive. I definitely had a strong bias about music as I was listening to the song. I grew up listening to any modern music that the youth was listening to, and even though my parents are very big fans of classic rock, I was not often exposed to that kind of music. Pop music generally has a fast beat with a strong bass, so this is what I tend to find in music that I enjoy. If this song did not have the strong bass and upbeat tempo, my bias would cause for me to gather a different, probably negative opinion about the song. Before this activity, I had not thought about my musical bias. Now I can see why I pass over or do not give music that doesn't seem like something I would like and just how strong it can really be.