There are many ways in which music influences and surrounds us. It's our creative outlet, our passion, our distraction, our night out or simply our time to relax. Over the centuries, music has played a fundamental role in our lives. We as a society immerse ourselves in music day by day. From grand social gatherings and dances in the Middle Ages, to live concerts and monumental performances up until today. Music is in films to arouse emotions and in television commercials to make us consumers of the latest technology. More importantly, it is in our favorite listening device because we choose the particular songs and artists that we like and want to listen to. The Marriam-Webster dictionary defines music as “sounds sung by voices or played on musical instruments; the art or skill of creating or performing music.” But why do we choose to attend Bruce Springsteen's concert at Wrigley Field and not the Chicago Symphony Orchestra? What makes us appreciate one type of music or artist and not another? Whether we create music or simply enjoy listening to it, we are all connected to music in various ways. When we listen to music a number of things happen: we process sound through the auditory complex, a performer's movement through the visual cortex, dance and other rhythmic movements through the cerebellum. The motor cortex also allows movements such as foot tapping or hand clapping. Our hippocampus stores our experiences through music and allows musicians to remember pieces of music. Finally, the amygdala allows emotional reactions to music. Since music is a combination of our different senses, we as individuals may process things differently and will naturally like some genres more than others. Music is one of the...... half of the paper ......al of Pesonalities “Musical preferences and personality characteristics of adolescents” Mar2008, vol. 22 Issue 2, p109-130. 22p• Leung, Ambrogio. Journal of Youth Studies. "Musical preferences and young people's attitudes towards spending and saving" December 2010, vol. 13 Issue 6, p681-698. 18p.• Livosky, Marilyn et al. Journal of Psychology. “Personality and musical preferences in college students and young children.” Mar2012, vol. 9 Issue 1, p13-25. 13p• Wild, Mike. Cultural trends “The musical field”. vol. 15 n.3.Sep. 2006• Favorite Music Genre: The Influence of Major Personality Factors• A Sociological Exploration of Music Taste, Cultural Consumption, and Social Class (dissertation)• Levitin, Daniel J. "This is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a human obsession." Print• The cognitive neuroscience of music by Isabelle Peretz The brain of musicians”, Gottfried Schlaug