Third Blog Post

For my third blog post, I decided to write about music production and quality.

Music production is a crucial detail of the overall sound of music. Production can be professional or amateur, in which case it is produced at home or by the artist. Music quality is also a very important aspect of the overall sound of music. Many songs are considered of "overproduced"quality, in which dramatic autotune or pitch correction is used and the sound is too perfectionist, which means it is too robotic and lacking emotion. "Raw" music is often considered superior and emotional. If the goal for a song is to be dancey and exciting, more production is usually preferred.

Second Blog post

I have decided to talk about emotional music this week.
After an emotional experience or sadness erupting in life, it is always good to calm and cool down to some slower, softer and more simple music.
In sadness for some people, however, sad or angry music is actually helpful. Relating emotions in musical work helps to connect with such an audience/(audiences)
For some reason, when music connects with the audience, it lessens emotional stress and soothes the audience by basically saying in music "it's alright, a lot of people relate and can understand."

Music and it's impact (intro to music posts)

Now that the assignment for Ms. Cullen and Mr. Mayo is changed, I can make a music blog!

I love music. Even though it is a widely used expression, "music is my life" is accurate for me, to say the least. I write songs, I find inspiration in music of all genres and popularities. I find that most impactful music comes in forms of world and power pop singers who receive attention from international audiences. Impactful music can come in any different form, from a crossover hit that draws attention from wide ranges of audience, no matter what age or genre interests (this year's major crossover hit "Somebody That I Used To Know" is a great example) to songs that stand out because of lyrics (Lady Gaga's hit "Born This Way" comes to mind). Unfortunately, a lot of possibly inspirational and impactful songs such as 2012 songs "Spirit Indestructible" by Nelly Furtado and Ellie Goulding's "Anything Could Happen" or 2007 track "Many Moons" by Janelle Monáe (one of my personal favorites, ever) remain unrecognized and ignored by many listeners. Impactful music is defined differently based on the opinions of different people, but some songs are undeniably powerful to large populations of listeners and become hits regardless of genre. I will be weekly updating this blog on music.

--Joe A.

Dystopian poster

https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1vyulP9B_5xCNF9Vy-cJtqLQm52hSNWzMaG-qP5caBE8/edit

The poster for my project group is currently in progress. The thinking behind it is that creativity is highly disregarded and unappreciated, so it says to keep things normal by demonstrating with a straight line. We are not yet sure whether to put it in our trailer or not.