The travel of sound and how it is controlled is an interesting concept. Once again, the media is the message; how the message is interpreted depends on how it is delivered to an individual. Acoustic Tiles eliminated the problem of the echo in large rooms and controlled the travel of sound, in order to make […]
In the early 20th century Jazz was greatly appreciated by many. In Jacobs’ Band Monthly, Volume 4, published in October of 1919, jazz was described as a type of music that was moving and had great energy. “It tickles up and down your spine, the violins and cellos whine, the cymbals clash, the big cornet mixed in with […]
I find Wikipedia a very useful and interesting tool. “Over the past 17 years, the community of Wikipedia editors has established a formal framework of policies, guidelines, and explanatory supplements to advance the goals of the project.” (Harrison). Wikipedia emphasizes the importance of being skeptical. Many Wikipedians edit pages and keep each other in check, […]
The medium of the message carries over to almost everything we encounter. Even learning about history in elementary school. Growing up we never thought to question the textbook, it was seen as superior and since we didn’t know better we just went with it. Also to question the teacher was seen as disrespectful or annoying because […]
Miller’s book, Segregating Sound brought the “musical color line” to light, highlighting segregation and how folk music falsely depicted life in the south for a black person. Folklore was not an accurate representation of the southern sound according to Miller because it altered the sound and style of authentic music in the south. He claimed folklore was a […]
Segregation is a topic in general that frustrates me and that is hard for me to grasp. The color of someone’s skin should not have anything to do with how they are treated, but this is not the world we live in. Political segregation was much stronger than popular segregation in the past, therefore, I believe […]
The history of the swing beat, just like minstrel music is present in a lot of modern music. The swing beat just is not as obvious/easy to pick up on throughout the song. It all depends were the emphasis or accent is on the beat. Is it on the 2 and 4 or the 1 […]
I was very interested in the steel guitar and the culture and history that comes along with it. The “sacred steel’s” roots come from Hawaii. In addition to this information, I also learned that white country music has taken this and integrated it in. Along with African roots as well. Since we take different types […]
Minstrel performers took music from black performers and made it their own. In order to be a successful minstrel performer, you had to be authentic. Many claimed they traveled to the south and had heard first hand the black musicians play their music. The black men used what resources they had to make their music, which […]