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Targeting is when you take a simple product that everyone likes and subdivide it in a way so that you can appeal to those who are more nit-picky about what they like. An example would be Cheerios. The cereal started out as a simple ceareal that has no real taste to it and as of […]
Watermelon Man is an example of a song where the music and beat of the song is so catchy that later on, artsits are taking that beat and making their own songs with it. This shows how music travels through history and how history changes it. A piece of music or a simple beat can […]
Sampling has been a part of the growth of music decades. It helps artists bring back music they grew up with and putting their own spin on it. Most artists do use small parts of older songs and recreate them but it is common for artists to also create songs that don’t even try and […]
Our discussion during class today made me realize that when my teachers say don’t use Wikipedia cause it is all wrong, they are actually wrong. Yes, random people are able to edit information on Wikipedia but on most pages, there are people that know the actual facts and will go and change the false information. […]
Over the past few centuries, many letters, photos and artifacts from the Civil War have been recovered. After close analysis of some of the items recover, people have become skeptical of what really happened and why. For example, a photo that is stated to be black Confederate soildiers has been in fact proven to be […]
During the early 20th century, many were migrating to big cities such as Washington DC. During that time, new forms of music were also being created and traveled throughout the area. African American cultures created “Go Go” music while white americans created Dinah, which can be compared to minstrel music. Another thing that was changing […]
I don’t think it’s wrong that it was easy to imitate a country song on GarageBand. Being a fan of country music, I know that ‘t a lot of the music is very repetitive and honestly sounds the same to those who don’t listen to it constantly.
Watching and listening to the Carolina Chocolate Drops was quite interesting. The music sounded like the were only using instruments but they actually were just using a violin and their hands. Its cool how adding in claps or smacking your legs/chest can change the whole sound of the song.
The WWW has changed drastically in the past decade. We went from only being able to use the internet on bulky computers that were slow and only able to get certain websites to being able to have access to the internet on computers, tablets, smartphones and smart watches. The WWW has given us easier access […]
The cool thing about Thesus the mouse is that it was able to use Boolean algebra to find its way through a maze, then was able to memorize the path it went and could perform it over and over again until the maze was altered. Even after the maze was changed, it was still able […]
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