Os jovens e a música

«Music a soundtrack to everyday life. It is the 'amniotic fluid' in which young people's identity develops. The ever-present nature of music, and its reign through clubbing, led us to consider music as dominant among young people's practices. What people do, how they act and spend their resources, expresses the values and priorities. (...) We can expect that the ways in which your people use music and clubbing will make sense in the light of how they understand themselves and the world. In short, we found that the listening habits of our young people suggest a 'mirror' to the self. Music is generally chosen to reflect what young people are already feeling. It reflects rather than forms their attitudes. (...) Young people usually listen to music while doing something else. It provides a familiar, ever-present 'soundscape'» (Cray, 2006: 78)