Monday, January 17, 2011

First World Music Listening Blog Post

In response to "Chapter 2: Thinking About Instruments" from Thinking Musically:


Title: Turkey Plates in a Party Store
Performers: GarageBand Instruments
Culture/Origin: America
Orchestration: MIDI sounds, GarageBand Loops, and Digital Audio

My Response: Well, I actually composed this song myself for Music Tech last semester, but I found it relevant to the chapter on instruments because I use jazz loops, middle eastern influenced loops, as well as a turkey gobble, all of which use different instruments.  The organization of the instruments in my composition give it the feel of possibly shopping at a grocery store for Thanksgiving dinner and remind the listener not to over look my favorite holiday.  (You can find a mini-rant of mine about not over looking my favorite holiday in an earlier post of mine in this blog.)  While I realize the idea behind this blog for MUED 305, World Music is to discovery music outside our usual listening purview, I found myself thinking about this piece all throughout the reading of this chapter.  I mean, where else are you going to find a piano and a cello homogeneously working together rear-ended by a heterogeneous turkey gobble?

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