Among certain conventional societies, the act of body tattooing was widely embraced as a form of personal beautification and as an essential aspect of the culture for identity. However, in the today’s society, body tattooing is commonly embraced among a specific group of individuals with the intention of drawing particular portrayal (Irwin 49). More specifically, the act of drawing tattoos in the body is more concisely, associated with the participants in the music industry. Most of the musicians draw symbols on their bodies as a means of expressing their innovativeness, professionalism, attitude, knowledge, and forms of identity. Following the widespread adoption of body tattooing among the musicians and music lovers, it appears that there is a close connection between music and tattoos.
Some of the musicians draw musically themed tattoos on their bodies as a means of expressing their love and passion for music. As it appears, most of the individuals who are always enthusiastic about listening to music are rarely bound to stop doing so, as they develop strong attachments to certain songs (Androutsopoulos et al., 463). In this way, such people chose to draw tattoos on their bodies to reflect on the instruments and the songs. The musical symbols are, therefore, applicable as they make music a timeless choice by continually acting as the reminder to specific songs.
Since music is a universally embraced means of passing out specific messages to the society, the musicians have also adopted body tattoos as a means of expressing their messages. As per the norm in most traditional communities, the tattoo images were attached to particular meaning. For example, a specific animal tattoo was associated with a handful of definitions and ideas that depended on the exact period and culture of its use. An individual’s selection of any particular animal infers to the message that is attributed to it (Irwin 59). The musicians, therefore, draw the tattoo images that portray the kind of information that they intend to convey in their songs.
The use of body tattoos is a conventional means that is used by musicians as a form of identity to a particular group of individuals or culture. Most of the musicians have got a tendency of developing close connection or relationship with the people that they work within the music industry. It is for this reason that a group of musicians who work in the same music band may design a specific tattoo logo and each member of that group will be expected to draw the same tattoo as a means of identifying with the group (Androutsopoulos et al., 473). In some instances, the symbols might be associated with particular songs and, therefore, those who would like to be associated with the songs can draw it on their body.
Both music and the act of body tattooing are forms of art, and therefore the concurrent application of both is used to depict an individual’s professionalism in the artwork. Since the ability to compose music requires an individual to be creative and imaginative when coming up with a material piece that can be embraced in the society with ease (Kirkland 380). Most musicians are therefore fond of drawing tattoos in their bodies as a way of indicating their level of creativity to the audience.
Tattoos are used in the music industry as a means of creating a distinction between several music artists and their works. Most of the music fans usually want to be associated with their favorite musicians in appearance, behaviors, dressing, and other lifestyles. Most music artists, therefore, draw unique tattoos on their bodies to help their followers in distinguishing them from other artists.
Similarly to the clothes and ornaments in the music industry, tattoos have also become an essential aspect of style among the musicians. Stylishness is a very critical aspect of the music industry as most musicians tend to portray their lifestyles, creativity, and abilities through their styles. It is for this reason that most music artists are fond of drawing patterns of tattoos on their bodies as a means of creating their styles (Kirkland 375). Some fans also tend to emulate their favorite musician's styles by having the same symbols as them in their bodies and thus heightening the significance of in the music industry. For example, the gothic tattoos are closely associated with the artists and fans of the rock music.
To sum it up, there is a close relationship between music and the drawing of body tattoos. It is because symbols serve several significant functions for the music artists, fans and the music at large. The musicians use body tattoos as means of expressing the messages in their music. Having tattoos on one’s body is a formal expression of his love for music. The use of the symbol is an essential form of identity in music. Furthermore, most musicians draw symbols on their bodies as a means of complementing their lifestyles.
