I used to hate electronic music. I used to complain whenever it came on a stereo near me and I made a point of remembering jokes that mocked the musical genre. I used to think electronic music was just random beeps and bops put together by an untrained teenager, until I did a little more investigating. My junior year of high school, my friends began to obsess over the latest greatest songs coming from electronic music producers and I began to feel increasingly alienated by my negative attitude towards this musical style. I decided make a change. I knew that there was clearly some talent and skill that went into the parts of the music that were somewhat tolerable to me, and I also knew that there must be some explanation for the elements of …show more content…
Taking electronic from something I didn 't understand and actively disliked to something I adored required me to face it head on and learn more. The reason I bring up this anecdote is because in both the reading we were assigned this week for Senior Symposium as well as the video lecture we were hastily told to watch after the unfortunate events on October 24th told stories that depict the same kind of enlightenment. Using the stories from the passage from Peter M. Senge’s (2010) book and the speech given by Eric Liu (2016), it can be argued that People tend to dislike and not participate in things they do not full understand, and that the best kind of active understanding and involvement comes from facing the unknown head on and achieving personal …show more content…
Senge’s (2010) book The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization contains many descriptions of powerful leaders and their tactics for achieving success. The segment that caught my eye was the one discussing the social work of the Roca organization of Massachusetts, whose goal is to help the troubled children of the recently immigrated. According to Senge (2010), families commonly do not thrive in their first generation living in the United states and the second generation is put at even more of an disadvantage due to the lack of opportunities granted to them by their parents. The parents of these second generation children often turn away from the things they do not understand due to either language or cultural barriers. This means that many of this second generation children are left to future full of gang membership potential crime and general debauchery. The Roca organization, as described by Senge (2010), aims to help the parents of second generation immigrant youth to bridge the gap between things that they are proficient at doing and things they do not understand. The most powerful story Senge (2010) told about this organization involved a young women who had become pregnant and her mother. Senge (2010) said that the young women “didn’t know how to tell her mom. She was afraid. In a more typical situation, the girl might have run away, or some family friend might have intervened” (Senge 2010 p. 3). What the Roca organization did
Valbrun, Marjorie. "Children of Illegal Immigrants Struggle When Parents Are Deported." The Children of Undocumented Immigrants. Ed. David Haugen and Susan Musser. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2013. At Issue. Rpt. from "Foster Care, Uncertain Futures Loom for Thousands of Immigrant Children." America's Wire. 2012. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 11 Apr. 2014.
Daft Punk have been very influential in the ways that they produce and perform., from revolutionising the Electronic music genre to changing the way artists perform and interact with their crowd.
She explains that African American and Latina/o students and their families continue to have high educational aspirations despite persistent education inequities. The culture of power as the “norm” of Whites.
For example, music is becoming more widely available to the general public with the introduction of mp3 players and the growth of the online music industry. The essay is concluded with my personal feelings towards the use of electronic technology within the live music industry, as well as the recording studio environment. This conclusion reveals that while the use of electronic technology has become crucial in the modern music market, it should not detract from the quality of live music produced. In this way, I feel that the use of electronic technology – namely drum machines and computerised backing tracks – have had a negative effect on the live music industry, because the majority of artists within the ‘pop’ genre now use computer-generated backing for live performances.
Would that be possible to stay away from our technology’s devices for just a day? The answer for this question will bring a lot of negative answers, and of course if we ask this question in a survey, “NO” will be the winner of this survey. Talking about the use of technology reminded me one of the sources from my annotated bibliography by Amy Petersen, who is the Theatre and Media Arts Department Chair and Associate Professor in the College of Fine Arts and Communications at Brigham Young University. In her article which she wrote about the overuse of tech in our daily life and its affects, she said “If you would have told me a few years ago that I would feel completely lost without a cell phone, I never would have believed you. Now my iPhone is almost always within reach. My children likely believe that my most important possession is my MacBook Air, which is usually open and on whenever I am in the house. (“Jensen” par. 3)” Yes technology, internet, and cell phone became our best friends, and most of us can’t live without them.
In the reading “To Improve Your Sense of Direction, Lose the Technology” written by Christopher Mele he spoke about putting technology away “The devices can be good “adaptive strategies” to navigate to unfamiliar places, Dr. Kelley said. However, it can be challenging to learn on our own if we rely too heavily on them” (Mele, 27). This use of machinery has even brought a slight difficult towards things in life. Using technology on the day to day basic can make you become incapable
Being on the cutting edge of bizarre, alternative music is an elite privilege, complete with buzz words to exclude the mainstream. The music makes or breaks the scene. One rave deejay explains to Rosen and Flick (1992), "A great rave or techno record is like a religious experience. A bad one will give you a headache
In recent years pop electronic music has become the new hit genre among many listeners. The repetition of sounds in a single form is a popular art form for artists to easily manipulate and with the help of new recording technologies, it is an extremely easy process to produce several pieces. But even with the availability of Avant-garde technologies, there are still artists who come up with creative ways to be expressive even with sound by using not so common materials. Zimoun, a Swiss artist who was never been traditionally trained, considers himself an autodidact. He produces his work simply from instinct, usually having no direct inspiration or reference, and this sense of freedom shines through his pieces giving him an undeniable artistic
Music and the relationships of music have changed drastically in our society. The course of studies and the evaluations of the applications of the technology of music, the making and the listening of music have changed in the way we listen to music, the styles of music in our society and in the media. The importance of the technology in music today, has, over the past century been charted through the study of musical examples and through viewing how human values are reflected in this century's timely music. There are very many different types of music that are listened to. There are readings, writings, lectures and discussions on all the different types of music.
...tronic means also made them affordable to musicians. According to the post-modernism, everything is created in necessity and should be better than prior one. However, it is hard to tell whether electronic music is better than jazz and popular music or not. Comparing to electronic music’s brilliance, jazz and popular music seem pure and less fickle.
When humans usually listen to music, it’s because they like the artist, song or genre. When I listen to music it’s simply because of the beat. The bass drums, melody, and the clever metaphors used is what makes listening so worthwhile. I feel I am one of the few people who doesn’t have a genre of choice. I’ll listen to anything, if I can either relate to it or the song has a nice beat behind it. The music I listen to helps me sort things out in life. My life hasn’t been easy. I’ve had all types of issues from school, to relationships, family or finances. All in all, if I’m having a bad day, I’ll listen to a louder fast beat song. A song that can make me feel like I’m the only one in the room. While on the other hand if I’m feelings a little
In today’s evolving and changing society, many people do not appreciate how extraordinary music truly is. Since the birth of the vinyl record, there are less people who own and are interested in them. Even though vinyl records have recently been making a comeback, they are still not as popular as they once were. People take for granted how easily accessible music is today though in the past it was not as simple. Even though vinyl records may be costly and may not have a large quantity of songs, as time progresses and technology continues to develop, the way that people listen to music degrades their appreciation for music due to easier accessibility, weaker sound in terms of quality, and decaying genres.
Life struggles and injustices in my community have shaped me into a passionate, determine, and empathetic community leader. My aspiration in building stronger and safer communities derived from the obstacles I experienced as a first generation Chicana, growing up in a low income community. I was born and raised in East Los Angeles where at age 11, I witnessed how education inequity played a critical role in the life opportunity and academic success of the youth in my community. During my first two years in Stevenson Middle School, I began losing friends and classmates due to drugs and alcohol, gang violence, and delinquency. Throughout those two years, I lived with fear and anxiety not knowing whether tomorrow I would be alive. I had no mentors
Music is an essential part of life because of the expression it allows people to have, its entertainment, and its therapeutic ways for the world.
Music has played a role in society since the dawn of man. Said to be the beginning of communication in early civilization, music and dance have influenced how we think, act and treat members of our own society. Song and dance is used in rites of passage ceremonies such as births, weddings and funerals throughout the world. Jamaican and Yoruba cultures have made many contributions to our society. The uses of this music as a vehicle for political issues, values, and beliefs have been used by many musicians from different cultures. I intend to discuss the Contribution of these two contemporary cultures music and their effect on society.