Emorie's Trip Around the World of Music and Culture

Before I get into my blog, I want to say that I did not post the video because my Grandmother and my Aunt were in the line to Starbucks, getting a coffee and having little conversations off to the side. The video was originally 10 minutes long and had so much information on it, but I narrowed it down a good bit so that y’all could understand what she was saying. My Grandmother is my rock, and has always been there to support me, and I really wanted to get her perspective on how she feels about music, and the ways that music pertains to her life. Below is the transcript of our conversation. (Oh we also call my grandmother “Memommy”) Transcript of our conversation:  Me: What kind of music did you listen to growing up? It could be from when you were super young or even to your teenage years .  Memommy: When I was very young, my mother sang me silly songs and my father sang anything he could think of. My sister sang on the radio and I listened to her sing songs like, “Somewhere O...

  Hello everyone!      I hope things are going well, and you are able to relax this weekend. The past week we have learned about The Blues, and Jazz music. What really attracted me to The Blues was the sound of the music, the sliding between pitches, and the 12 Bar Blues. I have never really been a fan of Jazz music, but learning about how it started, and the instruments used within it, made me realize how beautiful it was. What really surprised me is that other genres of music were formed from the blues, and that the blues was an experimental stage of music. It absolutely amazes me that so many different types of music were formed from the start of Jazz. Below, in my blog, I talk about Funk music, and how it started as well as the different types of artists and instruments that initially form Funk. Before I dive deep into it, I want to say that I had no educational background about funk music, and that this is why I decided to talk about this genre. I wanted to lear...

Good evening everyone,  Welcome back to my blog, where today’s topic we will be focusing on South Africa, and its culture. Before I get started I wanted to touch base with y’all, and see how everyone is doing? We have made it halfway through the semester!! Keep up the good work everyone.  My blog today, will mainly focus on the music of South Africa within the early 20th century and the different types of traditional foods. I feel like my last few blogs have been focused on traditional and more modern music, and I wanted to introduce another time period within my blog. However, before we get started on specific decades of music, we need a little background information.  Within the 1600’s, the Dutch colonized South Africa and forcibly brought slaves from other parts of Africa over. The Dutch brought over music, where they formed bands using brass and wind instruments. Later on, European missionaries soon followed over, and brought with them Western Christian music like cho...