Diverse Cultures and their Musics Spring 2021

A number of our blog posts this semester are going to fall under the heading of "Cool Stuff!" For all of these blog posts, you're going to research further into the music-cultures that we're studying. Your job is to think of three things that you'd like to know more about concerning that music-culture---perhaps you want to know more about one of the instruments, or a different instrument, or you'd like to delve further into some of the dances, or into a particular musical genre, or there's a certain performer that you've liked and you'd like to know more about that performer, or find another performer in that same vein. Perhaps you just have a question that you'd like to explore. Or perhaps you have prior knowledge of the music-culture, and you'd like to share it with the class. Roam the web and find out more about those three things, and then post what you find on your blog. As with all of your blogs, you'll want to post your findings ...

Our first blog posts are going to have several purposes: 1. To get you back into the habit of writing about music 2. To prompt you to figure out how to use certain tech aspects of Blogger, and 3. To let us get to know something  about each other's musical experiences and preferences. And, if we're lucky, you'll all get to learn about a music that you didn't already know about but find yourself enjoying! Here's your blog topic. I want you to write about the types of music you like (or not) and specific pieces or artists that you find especially important. Specifically, I want you to tell us three things: Share with us an example of music that has really meant something to you personally for awhile--say, a year or more. It can be attached to a specific event or person, from your childhood or your college years, or just something that you find yourself returning to over and over for any reason.  Share with us an example of music that you've found yourself turning t...