ISearch Why

    I decided to research hit music because music is something that has inspired my writing greatly over the past few years. I love music and writing, so whenever I can combined the two I'm in heaven. I always make up circumstances for the songs, video ideas, background information, whenever I hear a song that I really like. I've also been puzzled by the fact that some people can hate a song I adore, and vice versa. I've started to wonder over the last year, what exactly makes a hit song? Is it the beat, the lyrics, the message, the image of the band/artist, what? So I've taken my love of music, and my curiosity about people's taste in music and how hit songs are made, and somehow managed to break them down into a few question I need to ask myself to complete this assignment.

• Why do some people, like me, live for music, and to others it's just background noise?
• What makes a hit song, or a song popular?
• Why do I love Avenged Sevenfold and Fall Out Boy, and my sister lives Justin Beiber and Taylor Swift?
• Why do artists and bands use who use auto-tunes in the recording booth still get famous?