For this journal entry I actually listened to three of my MUS225 classmates’ projects on SoundCloud and left some constructive comments and open-ended questions on their songs. Then, in a blackboard discussion forum, I reflected on the following questions: 1) What was memorable for you about the three projects you listened to? 2) Did the projects […] Continue reading →

Chose a song from YouTube, then listen to it a few times to determine the song form (example below). Include the names of the different sections and then length, in measures/bars, of each. You may also include addition notes about instrumentation, etc. Ex: Intro 4 (only piano and guitar) Verse 8 Chorus 8 Verse 8 […] Continue reading →

Lyrics can distract us from what’s going on musically in a song. For this week’s Journal entry, select a song from YouTube in a foreign language that you DON’T understand. Answer the following: 1) What instruments do you here in it? (ex. vocals, guitar, drums, synthesizers, string section, percussion, etc.) 2) How does the artist […] Continue reading →

To get the Music Journal going I say we start off basic and get a little more advanced as we go along. For our first journal entry we are going to: Pick a favorite song (and include a link to it on YouTube), then answer the following: –Why do you like it? –What makes it […] Continue reading →

Briefly research a synthesizer made before 1980, find a YouTube video with a demonstration of its sounds, and answer the following: 1) When was it invented? By Whom? 2) What type(s) of synthesis does it use? 3) Any famous musical artists who have used it? (Feel free to include additional YouTube links of songs.) The […] Continue reading →

Although Kendrick Lamar isn’t my favorite rapper, I do enjoy his music very much and I was very interested in finding out more about him. Being that I was always a fan of West Coast music and artist I decided to share some of the interesting facts I’ve learned and some things I thought most people wouldn’t know […] Continue reading →

The third verse on Kendrick Lamar’s “Bitch, Don’t Kill My Vibe remix” is the best verse on that song to me. A lot of people didn’t really care about Kendrick until they heard his verse on Big Sean’s “Control” but for me it was this song right here. I feel like he really killed this […] Continue reading →

All Falls Down is one of my favorite songs from Kanye West and I decided to do a lyrically analysis on the song. I feel like so many people listen to songs but don’t really understand the lyrics. [Verse 1] Man I promise, she’s so self-conscious She has no idea what she’s doing in college […] Continue reading →

Upon completing half of the Fall 2014 semester I am writing this blog post to give some feedback about my Computer Technology class (CT101). The most interesting work I have done so far has to be the digital story telling projects that I do based off of the DS106 assignment bank. I although the projects […] Continue reading →

This week’s digital storytelling project comes from DS 106 assignment bank. For this assignment I was asked to find a picture of a celebrity of my choice and find a quote about that celebrity that links the two together and makes sense. The quote I found is from a Biggie verse from the song Brooklyn’s […] Continue reading →

For this week’s digital storytelling project I used the visual assignments section of the DS 106 assignment bank and found an assignment entitled “My Favorite Lyric”. For this assignment I had to take some lyrics from a song that made me “feel” something and make it visual. The song I decided to use was one […] Continue reading →

For this week’s assignment I decided to use the DS106 assignment bank again and do the assignment entitled “Triple Troll Wire Epigraphs”. For this assignment I had to take an epigraph (which is just the quote that shows up before the beginning of each episode), and purposely put the wrong name and picture behind the […] Continue reading →

After listening to Jim Groom’s “Domain of One’s Own” interview it became very clear to me why someone would want to have their own domain name. I think a student or faculty member would like to have a “domain of one’s … Continue reading →

This is a GIF that I created from a video I took of the kids dancing at my cousin’s baby shower. I feel this GIF could be used to substitute for someone being very excited or happy. For example, you … Continue reading →

The social media networks I have an account for are Facebook, YouTube, G+, Twitter, and Instagram. Although I don’t really use any of them as much, Facebook may be the one I engage with most. I mainly use Facebook to … Continue reading →

For CT101 I plan to complete the following assignments: blogging, personal website, weekly reflections, as well as maybe do a few critique posts here and there. I think blogging and my personal website will go hand and hand because I … Continue reading →

  I tend to take a lot of photos of things however; I don’t really edit them too much unless I see a need for it. This semester I have been making beats using Logic Pro. I normally work with … Continue reading →