Inspiration Information by: Shuggie Otis (1974)

Overall Feel:
Happy, enlightening, groovy, relaxed

Musical Elements:
consistent upbeat tempo, different voices, synthesized sounds, strong bassline

Choices:
The writers had to decide that playing it fast would make it upbeat; the synthesized sounds made it groovy; the bended notes made it relaxed; the bassline made it interesting

"Semeadores" by Diego Rivera

Subject- two people working in a field
Occasion- Mexican Revolution
Audience- other workers
Purpose- to portray that he is on the working side
Speaker- Diego Rivera
Tone- positive

Theme: Hard work is not always a bad thing but can be very hard to get out of once one has planted themselves in it.

Elements that add to the theme: bring colors, feet sinking into the ground, organic shapes, workers are hunched over

Creation of a Song

Steps of Creation:
First they get a general idea of what the song should sound like. For example the melody. Then the deconstruct it and see if there is a more exciting way to do it. Sometimes they throw the whole thing out and start from scratch to get new ideas.

My Process:
First I brainstorm and just come up with ideas in my head. I think about the prompt and the best, most creative way to write my introductory paragraph. When I write and I have trouble with the first paragraph my whole paper ends up suffering because of that. I also come up with what type of structure it is going to have. Then I sit down and type.

Nostalgia

Nostalgia is the longing for the good times of the past.

When I heard the song the first thing that came to mind was an old time soda shop with girls in poodle skirts and roller skates bringing people out their root-beer floats and ice cream sundaes. I pictured people smiling and laughing and just having an all around good time.

When I think of my childhood the images that stick out in my head is walking to the beach at my grandparents house, and my grandpa carrying me over the branches on the ground because I would never wear shoes. I also picture having big camp outs in my back yard with all my friends during the summer. Thanksgiving and Fourth of July also comes to mind when thinking of my childhood, my whole family would go to my grandparents house and bring food and just sit around and have a good time.

Live Free and Starve vs. The Singer Solution to World Poverty

The author of Live Free and starve talks about how the passing of a child labor law in the United States which prohibits the import of goods from factories that uses child labor would affect the children’s well being. Even though most people would think that the passing of the bill is a step forward for children’s rights, the author says that it is actually doing more harm than good. The author of The Singer Solution to World Poverty talk about how those who are prosperous should take the money they would otherwise spend on luxury items and instead donate it to help needy people overseas. I agree with Singer because it is the most rational thing to do. As a world super power is tit our job as american to help those in need. We would create many allies in the process of donating our money to buy food for children in countries that need it.

Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti "Round&Round"

The musical elements such as the tempo, bass line, vocalists, and instruments used greatly influenced my take on this particular song. In my opinion they song had very poor vocalists which for me, made it hard to enjoy. Also, the combination of the loud bass guitar and the poor vocalists made it very difficult to understand the lyrics. Understanding the lyrics of a song is something I look for in the music i listen to. There definitely is bias when listening to this song or any music at all, when i heard the vocals and thought they were poor it made it harder for me to appreciate any other aspects of the song.