Inspiration Information
Shuggie Otis
What is the overall feel of this piece? What elements (musically) put off that feel be specific. Indentify the choices you think the musician had to make to get this feel and explain why they worked.
This song is very uplifiting and makes you want to dance. The keyboard/synthesizer really contributes to this because it gives a nice beat to follow. I also think that the vocals being higher in the range helps because its not as deep and despressing. Its lighter when the notes are higher. The choice to have a lack of lyrics allows the song to be more catchy making it more basic and not so much to tell a message.
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Art Response Blog #2
Semeadores
Diego Rivera
Indentify the SOAPSTone of this painting. What is the meaning/theme/big idea behind the painting? Explain. What can you tell me about the artist's culture from the painting? Is that related at all to his theme?
Subject: two farmers
Occasion: Communist's Trying to Gain Followers
Audience: citizens of area
Purpose: to persuade
Speaker: Diego Rivera
Tone: negative on this sort of life
I tink the meaning behind this painting is that sometimes people can get absorbed into there job and that is what they need to do to get the job done and it is a lot of work. We can see this by the way the workers back is rounded and he blends in with the hills. The artist is showing he hasn't had the easiest life and he grew with this as what his life would turn into.
Diego Rivera
Indentify the SOAPSTone of this painting. What is the meaning/theme/big idea behind the painting? Explain. What can you tell me about the artist's culture from the painting? Is that related at all to his theme?
Subject: two farmers
Occasion: Communist's Trying to Gain Followers
Audience: citizens of area
Purpose: to persuade
Speaker: Diego Rivera
Tone: negative on this sort of life
I tink the meaning behind this painting is that sometimes people can get absorbed into there job and that is what they need to do to get the job done and it is a lot of work. We can see this by the way the workers back is rounded and he blends in with the hills. The artist is showing he hasn't had the easiest life and he grew with this as what his life would turn into.
Video Response Blog #1
I am Trying to Break Your Heart
Wilco's Documentary
Summarize Wilco's approach to creating a song. What is your creative process for writing? Explain in detail the step which you go through. If there is no process then why don't you use one.
Wilco's way of creating a song is they come up with a basic version of the song, then take it and break it down into the different aspects and analyze it. At this point they try a couple different options and see what works best. When they come to a conclusion on which idea to pursue the song with, they put the song back together. When I write I start making a list of all the things the rubric requires or what I want to include. Then I make an outline organizes what each paragraph will contain. From that point I write a rough draft, which I think edit. I repeat this part several times then I when I think it is as correct as I can make it, I write the final draft.
Wilco's Documentary
Summarize Wilco's approach to creating a song. What is your creative process for writing? Explain in detail the step which you go through. If there is no process then why don't you use one.
Wilco's way of creating a song is they come up with a basic version of the song, then take it and break it down into the different aspects and analyze it. At this point they try a couple different options and see what works best. When they come to a conclusion on which idea to pursue the song with, they put the song back together. When I write I start making a list of all the things the rubric requires or what I want to include. Then I make an outline organizes what each paragraph will contain. From that point I write a rough draft, which I think edit. I repeat this part several times then I when I think it is as correct as I can make it, I write the final draft.
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Music Response Blog #2
Songs from American Graffiti
What is nostalgia? What images come to your mind when you hear this music (be specific and paint me a clear picture). What images pop in your head when you think of your childhood? What smells, sounds, and feels are associated with those images?
Nostalgia are memories that you want to experience again, you remember the good things and forget the bad so it becomes the "perfect" memory. When I hear the first song I picture two people doing a Lindy Hop in the middle of a diner, everyone around them is watching and cheering for them, its like a dance competition. When I think of my childhood, I think about when I used to walk home from the bus stop with two of my neighbors. It makes me feel happy because we would just talk about nonsense and tell jokes. I remember our laughter when one of us would trip or say something funny.
What is nostalgia? What images come to your mind when you hear this music (be specific and paint me a clear picture). What images pop in your head when you think of your childhood? What smells, sounds, and feels are associated with those images?
Nostalgia are memories that you want to experience again, you remember the good things and forget the bad so it becomes the "perfect" memory. When I hear the first song I picture two people doing a Lindy Hop in the middle of a diner, everyone around them is watching and cheering for them, its like a dance competition. When I think of my childhood, I think about when I used to walk home from the bus stop with two of my neighbors. It makes me feel happy because we would just talk about nonsense and tell jokes. I remember our laughter when one of us would trip or say something funny.
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Art Response Blog #1
"The Pinch of Poverty" by Thomas Kennington
What, as you see it, is the major contributing factor to poverty? Looking at this piece of art how does the artist portray poverty (positive light/negative light)? What is the artist's vision about poverty (what's the message)? Identify two artistic techniques that help the artist achieve his/her vision, and explain how they do that.
There are many small things that occur overtime to make a person(s) impoverished. A major factor is the family or person's income. Going along with this is how many people that income must provide for.
This artist portrays poverty negatively. From the looks on the faces and the lighting you can see that they have little hope except for the girl selling flowers. I think the color selection in the piece really helps show that there is hope but there is very little of it. The background and lighting is very dark throughout the picture, except for the girl. Her face is more in the light and the flowers in the basket pop showing that they are her way out of poverty. It shows the hope that she has but also the work that she must complete to recieve income. The body positioning tries to play to your emotions. The mother and two younger kids are in the back, in the dark and are "clumped" together. The daughter is standing out in front of them showing that she is the chance for her family to earn money. It makes you sad that she is the one supporting all four of the family members. It shows she is willing to try and make things better, whereas the others are "stuck" in poverty. This relates back to the vision which is; poverty is a negative thing and you can get "stuck" in it, but if you keep working and trying you can fight it. That is what this girl shows, the work.
There are many small things that occur overtime to make a person(s) impoverished. A major factor is the family or person's income. Going along with this is how many people that income must provide for.
This artist portrays poverty negatively. From the looks on the faces and the lighting you can see that they have little hope except for the girl selling flowers. I think the color selection in the piece really helps show that there is hope but there is very little of it. The background and lighting is very dark throughout the picture, except for the girl. Her face is more in the light and the flowers in the basket pop showing that they are her way out of poverty. It shows the hope that she has but also the work that she must complete to recieve income. The body positioning tries to play to your emotions. The mother and two younger kids are in the back, in the dark and are "clumped" together. The daughter is standing out in front of them showing that she is the chance for her family to earn money. It makes you sad that she is the one supporting all four of the family members. It shows she is willing to try and make things better, whereas the others are "stuck" in poverty. This relates back to the vision which is; poverty is a negative thing and you can get "stuck" in it, but if you keep working and trying you can fight it. That is what this girl shows, the work.
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Reading Response Blog #1: Poverty
Prompt: Read "Live Free and Starve" and "The Singer Solution to World Poverty" for 8/17. Write a blog contrasting the authors' opinions. Address your possible reader bias, and analyze each argument, ultimately agreeing or disagreeing with each argument or parts of each argument. Don't forget to use specific quotes to support your opinion and your analysis of each article.
Response: My reader bias is that the more kids we can help the better and I think this is more likely to occur by keeping the jobs mentioned in "Live Free and Starve". It seems like the kids who work those jobs are proud of their income and they have a contribution to their whole family because they can spend that money on what they need. Keeping these jobs will allow these kids to still somewhat support their siblings. The second arguement is that money is more necessary to help children, the issue is that this helps one child at a time. It says in the article, "By his calculation, $200 in donations would help a sickly two-year-old transform into a healthy six-year-old." I think what we should do is keep the jobs, so the kids can still work and provide for their families that way. We also spend money for the organizations helping these kids. That way they get their money and our help.
Response: My reader bias is that the more kids we can help the better and I think this is more likely to occur by keeping the jobs mentioned in "Live Free and Starve". It seems like the kids who work those jobs are proud of their income and they have a contribution to their whole family because they can spend that money on what they need. Keeping these jobs will allow these kids to still somewhat support their siblings. The second arguement is that money is more necessary to help children, the issue is that this helps one child at a time. It says in the article, "By his calculation, $200 in donations would help a sickly two-year-old transform into a healthy six-year-old." I think what we should do is keep the jobs, so the kids can still work and provide for their families that way. We also spend money for the organizations helping these kids. That way they get their money and our help.
Music Response Blog #1
How do your musical facts influence your opinion? What is the correlation between what you picked out and your opinion? Do you have a bias? If so, explain.
Today we listened to the song "Round and Round". In this song there was a bass, keyboard, drums and a vocalist. The bass really overpowered the song and I didn't really care for that. The vocalists were lost behind the instrumentation so it was hard to hear the lyrics. This got better towards the end of the song. The fact there is bass really changes my opinion because I would like this song more with less bass or no bass. My facts involved the musical choices with instrumentation and tempo. I think the voices came out more as the tempo sped up. Yes, I have been experienced to more broadway-style music, so the bass and sound quality were not to my liking. I have a bias towards broadway music.
Today we listened to the song "Round and Round". In this song there was a bass, keyboard, drums and a vocalist. The bass really overpowered the song and I didn't really care for that. The vocalists were lost behind the instrumentation so it was hard to hear the lyrics. This got better towards the end of the song. The fact there is bass really changes my opinion because I would like this song more with less bass or no bass. My facts involved the musical choices with instrumentation and tempo. I think the voices came out more as the tempo sped up. Yes, I have been experienced to more broadway-style music, so the bass and sound quality were not to my liking. I have a bias towards broadway music.
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