Within Chapter 10 Lornell talks about revival, which is the interest of singers and musicians from outside of a religion, race, or ethnic group that shows a strong traditional music interest. It started In the 1960’s. These revivals weren’t just about folk music it was for all types of genres. “Swing Revival” is the name of the come back of blues and R&B. Speaking of revivals in 1964 the Newport festival where bob Dylan first appeared in front of the community with his guitar. People weren’t just inspired by traditional music they were also inspired by older generations of folk based music. Folk music was the people’s music throughout the Vietnam war. The music came to a holt when woody and Seeger served their country in world war 2. Around this time the radio was the first thing to grasp the changes in American folk culture. After this the TV was next. By 1970 the radio and TV were similar no matter where you are in the U.S. For radio and television to succeed they had to do a lot of field work. Researchers looked towards the country side mostly in the south. They mainly look for undiscovered talent. One man that spent the most time recording black folk music during the 1950’s was Harold Courlander. He then made a book called “Negro Folk Music U.S.A.” which represented his field work. During this folk revival was a blues boom. The blues tradition didn’t only bump up sales or tours it renewed the countries interest. By the late 1950 a group from the secret family were the first ones to explore the roots of various types of folk music. With that they discovered the origin of folk musicians. They traveled throughout the Eastern mountains looking for original 78 rpm records as well as the Artists. To rap this all up chapter 10 mainly talked about finding new things and interposing new styles.
Slobin Chapter 5
This chapter focuses on the movement of folk music. It talks about the social and emotional movement songs. These songs were made by working people which contain a certain message inside. Their music was sung so much it spread throughout the world. This chapter talked a lot about the energy put into the creation of these songs. A good example of this is “Celtics”. In the twentieth century it was really big and influenced a lot of people, music, and energy. This is because those that spoke Celtic language kept the music alive. Lastly the music has been around for centuries and has traveled country to the city.
Filene
In this reading, Lomax talks about how his son was a trouble maker and he decided to bring his son along his car tours to where Lomax would give lectures where ever he was welcome. The reading also discuss Lomax journey and how it was full of greatness and had its shares of obstacles. when you read you see that Lomax used a portable Dictaphone recorder that they built in the back seat of his car. They recorded every where, even though they didn’t mention how they got the recorder into certain places but they did such as, the jail sell. Here at prison Lomax discovered “Lead Belly”. Lead Belly would sing songs from the generation that Lomax thought was gone. He even played guitar as well.
Hip Hop is Life
Reading Hip Hop is life I was able to connect to it. I was able to see the struggles one had, just to become someone in this world. what I found most interesting was how DeSean mentioned “you can come from nothing, but still amount to something”. I agree. It all depends on the effort you put into it and what you do to get there. I was surprised on how he described Hip Hop. DeSean said “Hip Hop isn’t a style it’s the way people live”. I honestly never thought of it that way. I always thought of it as a genre of music that spoke the truth. I noticed while reading this story it was constructed in a way to relate to the reader and really explain what Hip Hop is to him and why he loves it so much. I thought It was well written and convincing. DeSean had a lot of information to back up what he mentioned to the readers. To me, that right there makes him good writer.
Pena
Pena mentions in this reading about different kinds of instruments. For example the accordion which was the instrument of preference for work class celebrations in the 1890’s. He mentioned how different dances were changed, like the waltz. it changed to Vals Bajito. The writer mentioned that the 1930’s was an important change in that time because Narciso Martinez began his recording career and came up with a hole new style. Pena mentions that now and days the music gives off a kind of kindness that gives people confidence. it still grows today and will continue to further off into the future.
Lornell, Chapter 9
This chapter mentions the importance of Hispanic music brought to the U.S. We learn that Hispanic music is vaguely similar to native music. Spanish speaking musicians had brought enriched music to the U.S. We find out Hispanic folk give us a lot of energy and strength. A second place with Hispanic music is Florida. We learn that the south kept a lot of the Hispanic culture as well. Another area is New York City. New York City has many immigrants from Spanish speaking countries, which makes New York City a host of many different musical cultures. What I got from this chapter is what different musical cultures stick to many different countries and create change.
Lornell Chapter 8
I learned in this chapter that at this time music that is not by whom speaks English but of those that the English language is secondary are becoming more important. Around this day and age telling the difference between American music and music made in America is hard. This is because there are a lot of immigrants that are looking to have a better life. For example Jewish Americans, they came here between 1880 and 1920. They were into instrumental dance music. Henry Sapoznik looks at different types of folk music and puts together Romanian, Hungarian, and Bulgarian styles into a lovely sound. Another example would be Native Americans. They came and brought their musical traditions. I noticed while reading this chapter it showed me how and what people brought to the U.S to broaden our musical knowledge. This shows me that with all these immigrants and there stories we were able to create our “Folk Music” world and gave us an opportunity to expand from here, so we did.
Adelaida Reyes
In this chapter Adelaida Reyes talks about diversity and how the migration of the people helped shape the American Musical Life. Reyes states that diversity has and in-your-face aspect. Diversity stands out more then any other attribute of American Musical Life. according to Adelaida it is a topic that is hard to ignore and brings a lot of attention towards it’s self. I found out that “lend me your ear” is a traditional saying that introduced recordings, performers, and a certain sounds back in the day. But everyday diversity remains to change and from here on out will continue to change for a long long time.
Collector Notes
In the collectors notes they mentioned a spirit of English ballad and the creation of local songs. People that were lonely, couldn’t read, and were cut off from newspapers went to the music for entertainment. The people are interested in the unique and romantic figures of the American Cowboy. The collector mentioned Texas as one of the best breeding areas and Montana developed cattle for sale. They also mentioned that there songs came from child hood stories, and love. I noticed after reading the collectors notes it was some what of an observation of the cowboy life, it’s society, and music.
Observation (practice)
For my observation essay I am observing the dinning halls on campus. This I thought was a great choice, because I was able to see people as there true selves instead of them putting up a front. Doing this I thought was kind of fun. Looking at them for 10mins I was able to actually see things that I usually wouldn’t have noticed if I was just there eating dinner with my friends. I think with this topic I will be able to form a good paper and have fun with it.
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