So this is going to be kind of random because it's just what I wrote down a long time ago so I could remember what I listened to and then what I added later on. I'm a mess like that.
First off, I'd like to say that this was the most beneficial thing we've done in class/been assigned, and if we ever had a discussion day again, there would maybe be something to talk about.
"People will need this as a reference because it reflects something." Good idea. What does our music reflect? Especially pop music, or best-selling. If we disagree with an artist or something the artists believes, should we avoid buying/supporting that artist? What exactly did the music he recorded back in the day reflect? How would we use it as a reference? If we can sing the same songs as then, like say the "Which Side Are You On?" song, should we be concerned? How do we decided what is kept and what is discarded, as far as music goes? Do we even get a choice? Is there anyone making smart music nowadays? David from on my floor and the other class told me that he doesn't like to buy CDs by artists that do drugs. I think that's cool, I guess. Because what do we want to encourage?
"I would become like an encyclopedia." -I like this quote. I wish I could be an encyclopedia.
Leadbelly-Good Night Irene
authentisity - Is best selling music authentistic? Or pretty much the same singing with the same synthesized instruments in the background? I mean, like, back in the day, some people would just get really good at one style that was popular at the time, like Henry Purcell, I think anyway, but I think that it's different. Like. Attitudes of artists, man. Or "artists." I think some people create music because they have to, and others maybe for other (less respectable, in my opinion) reasons. Like, if I could get money for singing karoke, I guess I would. Geeze, I sound so angsty. Gross.
being open and knowing what you want at the same time
pete seeger
"Harlem Rag" by Tom Turpin. I like ragtime. I wish I could play piano.
Commercial success
Nikki Giovanni "the Women Gather" from Legacies Need for love, comfort. We judge a man by his dreams.
Tony Schwartz Portable tape recorder. Sounds that I hear, sounds of my city, my story, story of New York. I thought this would be cooler than it was.
Dr. MLK Jr. Have any of you heard the entire day? It's very powerful and you should.
Dance hall in New Orleans "Music of N.O." Kid Thomas Moulin Rouge
"Snowy Morning Blues"
"Which Side Are You On?" Alamanac Singers featuring Pete Seeger. This song is in a book of documents that I'm reading for my Intro to U.S. History class.
Ella Jenkins Children Songs
"The Chicks" Spanish and English
Bugs.
Sisco Houston.
Kenneth Hatchen Four poems with songs. I like. Like William S. Burroughs&REM-y
Overtones are so crazy! Amazing! He can do it by himself? OMGZ.
I wish I could yodel. So cool... Italian Alps. Alan Lomax field recording.
Cannon's Jug Stoppers
Anthology of American Folk Music-Harry Smith
Jaw Harp Also very cool.
Folk Revival. OMG Bob Dylan. I'm going to see Bob Dylan on Sunday! (Ha! That concert was like a month ago. I'm so behind.) Blind Boy Grunt, like no one would notice? Anti-war ballad. "Good Old Fasioned War" This was cool.
Janis Ian- Blind Girl Grunt
