Sex, drugs, Satan and rock and roll: re-thinking dark leisure, from theoretical framework to an exploration of pop-rock-metal music norms

Spracklen, Karl

doi:10.1080/11745398.2017.1326156

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“…Despite metal fans being consistently stereotyped as immoral [5,6,7,8] and empirical data showing that they are no less moral than their non-metal counterparts in regards to aspects like violent imagery processing [9], the subject of metal fans' morality persists in being a topic of public interest due to the imagery and lyrical content associated with metal music-often interpreted by non-metal fans as morally and socially taboo. Metal music, along with other genres such as rap music, have been especially targeted by critics who claim that the lyrics associated with those genres of music lead to violence, adolescent sexuality, and misogyny.…”

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The role of moral reasoning & personality in explaining lyrical preferences

Messick

Aranda

2020

PLoS ONE

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Previous research has supported that personality traits can act to a precursor to media preferences. Due to the ongoing association between morality and media preferences in public and political discourse (e.g., blaming immoral behaviours on media preferences), this research sought to expand the knowledge about factors that contribute to media preferences by investigating if moral reasoning styles explain some of the variance that was not already explained by personality traits. A specific form of media preferences were chosenlyrical preferences in metal music-as claims between metal lyrical themes and behaviour have been ongoing since the 1980s, despite a lack of empirical evidence to support these claims. A lyrical preferences scale was developed, and utilizing this scale, it was found that different types of metal fans exhibit different moral reasoning styles dependent on their metal sub-genre identification. Further, it was found that moral reasoning styles explain a portion of the variance in lyrical preferences that weren't already explained by personality traits. In particular, lyrical preferences were often thematically consistent with moral reasoning content and personality traits, such as that individuals that preferred lyrics about celebrating metal culture and unity had higher levels of the group loyalty moral reasoning domain alongside being higher in extraversion. The implications of moral reasoning styles and personality traits as being precursors to media preferences are discussed.

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The role of moral reasoning & personality in explaining lyrical preferences

Messick

Aranda

2020

PLoS ONE

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“…High comorbidity rates have also been observed between trait anxiety and MPA, regardless of the musical genre (Martin-Gagnon & Creech, 2019), gender of the musician, or learning conditions (Kenny, 2011). The use of legal and illegal substances is frequent among musicians (Spracklen, 2018). In the context of MPA, there is a high prevalence of substance use to alleviate MPA (33.9%) among Spanish music students, most frequently with legal products such as prescription drugs or herbal remedies (Orejudo Hernández et al, 2018).…”

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Predictors of music performance anxiety in conservatory students

Lupiáñez

Ortiz

Vila

et al. 2021

Psychology of Music

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Music performance anxiety (MPA) is one of the main problems experienced by music students. It manifests in affective, cognitive, somatic, and behavioral symptoms that can occur regardless of the quality of the musical performance. The aim of this study was to perform a regression analysis to determine the variables that contribute to the prediction of MPA in conservatory students. A total of 295 Spanish music students aged 15–68 years enrolled in Spanish conservatories completed a battery of questionnaires selected to collect information about demographic characteristics, musical training, learning processes, and health and psychological variables. Pearson’s correlations and ANOVA were calculated, and a regression analysis was done to predict the development of MPA. The results showed that MPA is largely predicted by health and psychological variables, including depression, fear of negative evaluation, social avoidance, poor achievement motivation, and use of substances to alleviate MPA. Age at first musical performance with an audience was the only musical training variable with sufficient strength to predict MPA (the older the participant, the greater the MPA). The article concludes with a discussion of the need to implement psychological and educational counseling in music education centers as well as specific training to increase the quality of the musical career and personal wellbeing of the students.

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“…Leisure behaviours that have been socially stigmatized as deviant, such as binge drinking (Crabbe 2006), sex tourism and solicitation of prostitution (Chernish 1999;Oppermann 1999), drug use (Harmon 2018;Spracklen 2017), andsadomasochism (Franklin-Reible 2006), help us develop a better understanding about the dual roles of individual agency and social structure in seeking subjectively defined leisure (Crabbe 2006). Since supposed deviant leisure behaviour takes place in the social realm, it follows that deviance can be learned and is socialized (Franklin-Reible 2006).…”

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Finding fear and loathing in Las Vegas

Harmon

Dunlap

Dang

2019

Annals of Leisure Research

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Casinos serve as the proverbial devil on the shoulder to strengthen the convictions -and addictions -of those who have succumbed to the controlling mechanisms of casino culture, and the tangential addictions that often accompany gambling disorders. Acknowledging that millions of people gamble on a daily basis without negative outcomes, the present project seeks to draw attention to the fact that little scholarly attention is given to 'leisure industries', such as corporatized gambling, that can create parasitic and exploitative relationships with the public that they purport to serve. By exploring the unique relations and interactions between the staff and clientele of a specific casino in Las Vegas, the purpose of the current study is to shed light on the nuanced and ambiguous relations between casino and gambler. While it appears we can re-create the baser versions of ourselves, we sought to illustrate the cost that comes for some gamblers.

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Sex, drugs, Satan and rock and roll: re-thinking dark leisure, from theoretical framework to an exploration of pop-rock-metal music norms

Cited by 23 publications

References 71 publications

The role of moral reasoning & personality in explaining lyrical preferences

The role of moral reasoning & personality in explaining lyrical preferences

Predictors of music performance anxiety in conservatory students

Finding fear and loathing in Las Vegas

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