Monday, January 4, 2010
My name is Charlotte. I am not a music major, nor do I play any sort of instrument (sans my lone experience with a recorder that both the recorder and I would just as soon forget). I am, however, a lover of music. I find music to be therapeutic--and you can often tell my mood by the music I am listening to. Not only does the music I am listening to reflect the mood I am in it enhances it! In terms of the diverse music I have been exposed to , I love Greek music! My best friend is Greek, and she has ten me to many the festival in which I have been onstage linked hand in hand with a stranger dancing in circles to loud and feisty music. I learned to appreciate music a great deal through my friend's Greek heritage, as in her culture you feel the music in your heart and then it translates down to your toes...and hips! I love Indian music as well, and find it thought provoking and stimulating--I think it is all of the dings and dongs, it resounds on some Pavlovian level. I love African music, and was exposed to a lot of it while doing a project on Negro Spirituals and their origins. I love the uplifting and empowering nature of African music and its conveyance of messages. I like the idea that something is more than what meets the eye (or ear in this instance) as well as the fact that music can be used as a vehicle of change, revolution, or simply entertainment. Just as I would not want the shackles of being exposed to only one type of person, I do not want to be exposed to only one type of music--this is why I believe that music (all music, everywhere) sets you free!
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Nice, fast blog post, Charlotte!
ReplyDeleteI've been to the Greek Festival here in town a couple of times myself--always a really good time. You seem to have come across a good bit of World Music, which is great. And you seem to be very open to new sounds, which is wonderful--I hope you hear some new stuff in this class that you like!
Do be sure to proofread your blog before you post it--there's a sentence in the middle with some funky typos. And, as a graduate student, you should shoot for the longer edge of "300-500 words"--one of those things that no one thinks to tell you until after the fact.
I really liked the way you know music. I agree that music seeps down through your ears to your toes as a dance. Greek festivals sound superb! To have that experience of joining hands with another culture really will enhance the different ways you hear music, a concept that I really like. This adds a whole new dimension to your senses.
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