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My musical term is synthesizers that were used in synth-pop aka techno-pop from the 80’s. Despite dabbling in each instrument possible throughout grade school, I …
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02 May
How Music Got Free
How Music Got Free
Stephen Witt’s “How Music Got Free”, is an interesting choice of book to read because it discusses the forms of audio that leads to the development …
11 Apr
Segregating Sound
Segregating Sound
This book focuses on the fact that the way view southern music, is actually quite different from the way that southern music was actually played …
02 Apr
Copy right and Sampling
Copy right and Sampling
Copy right is the legal authority to own an original idea created by one’s self. Proprietary is the act of having ownership of an idea …
01 Mar
Classifying Race
Classifying Race
One of the topics Professor O’Malley touched on, after introducing the Minstrel Show, was race and the classification of race by the american government. The specifications …
23 Feb
Minstrel Shows
Minstrel Shows
Minstrel shows began in the early 19oo’s where white Americans began painting their faces black to resemble African Americans and traveled to put on shows. These …
16 Feb
Signal, noise, and computers
Signal, noise, and computers
Thanks to the discovery of signal and how they work, we now have useful everyday technology that make our lives easier. Some examples would be …
07 Feb
The Shallows
The Shallows
Reading Nicholas Carr’s book was a little hard to understand and difficult to pay attention for long periods of time. I kept having to read …
04 Feb
Life of an American Firefighter vs. Saving Private Ryan
Life of an American Firefighter vs. Saving Private Ryan
In class, we discussed the realism between an old time film by Edwin Porter and a more modern film, Saving Private Ryan. Professor O’Malley mentioned …
30 Jan
Compressed Music and Early Inventions
Compressed Music and Early Inventions
I walked into this class on the first day thinking I was going to learn about all the old people technology and its relevance to …
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