Author Archives: ajannesa

I enjoyed today’s class of talking about beats and hearing them in different songs, both old and new. The PostmodermJukebox people are also really interesting! It was cool to hear them apply the swing beat into songs we listen to … Continue reading →

I was waiting for something that I could sufficiently write about and turns out this really grinds my gears. So minstrels. Wow. Okay. So basically it is a show with white people pretending to be black people and performing songs … Continue reading →

Before we really delved into the differences of what idealism and realism were, I was sure I was a realist. My entire life I’ve considered myself a pessimistic realist, and after the class discussion I’m sure that I classify under … Continue reading →

I feel it ironic as I stop reading to type this blog post over the subject of what I’m talking about. When the author described how he has spoken to people that used to be able to read a book … Continue reading →

After the first real class of material, I can’t say it wasn’t impactful on the way I listen to music (right, already?!). When Professor O’Malley played the examples of how the loudness of music does not change in modern songs … Continue reading →