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Blog 7 Apolo
Considering my own background and in accordance to our theme discussed this week “Music and Ethnicity”, there are plenty of examples that genres associated found in the ecuadorian ethnicity. One example of genre that is well known in my home country is “Pasillo”. This specific genre widely spread across South America, and the genre is […]
Blog 6 – Apolo
As we are aware of how things are seen differently over time, in the Ghanan culture and use of “Baamaaya” has changed drastically in purpose over time.The significance of the dance and music overall in the singular culture over time varies, changing from something casual to an event exclusive to funerals. When first created, “Baamaaya”, […]
Dorian Apolo – Blog 5
As we learned about the differing concert traditions, being the jazz club, the chamber music recital, and the symphony orchestra concert, we understand that there is much difference in what is expected in each individual type of concert. The type of performance in which I would be the most comfortable as an audience member is […]
Apolo Blog 4
The opening scene from the movie “Get Out” (2017) provides us with multiple examples of diegetic and non diegetic sounds found in film. Recalling back to class, diegetic sounds are sounds that can be heard by the characters in a plot. In contrast, non diegetic sounds included are not necessarily heard by characters in scene […]
Blog 3 – Apolo
A song that reflects the use of technology to achieve its composition is “Happier” by Marshmello ft. Bastille. In this case, the technology being used are instruments that go back to years of the 20’s. In the book we read, “Electric pianos were developed in the 1920s. These instruments initially had strings, like a regular […]
Blog #2 – Dorian Apolo
The song that I have chosen is “FOoL fOr YoU” by ZAYN. The artist is English, from Northern England. As known, ZAYN was previously in a band and eventually separated to follow a Solo career. Then he worked on his own music and released albums such as Mind of Mine. The genre of this song […]
Blog 1 – Dorian Apolo
Out of the six historical periods of Western Art music, the period that sounds most interesting of all is The Romantic Period (ca. 1820-1900). This period is described as an exciting time where new sounds and concepts were explored. The description mentions the influence of “industrialization and nationalism” causing the focus on topics such as […]
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