So, I have had a tremendously crazily busy week/weekend, to the point that my whole life is a lil in shambles right now. (I generally don't like to complain, so I'm just getting it all out on this blog. I promise I'm not as negative as I feel this blog sometimes paints me).
With midterms, voting, auditions, work, homework, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera, I am finding myself having to boil every hour down to exactly what I'll be doing when, and it really doesn't help when buses are late or wifi isn't working or et cetera, et cetera, et cetera
I know these things are my responsibility, but they are just piling up right now
This semester feels an awful lot like not really knowing how to juggle but being in a circus where they keep throwing you balls?
Also I really like journaling for stress management and to record my life and I unfortunately haven't been doing that very much lately, cos I'm too busy trying to get everything else done that I just need to sleep
BUT ANYWAY, this weekend was great (though every free second was inhabited with catch-up work). I saw my boyfriend's show, he met my mom (!!!) which went really surprisingly well (!!!), we got to spend some time together for the first time in three weeks (which was great albeit a lil stressful cos he doesn't have wifi so there were a million things I could've been doing but couldn't - but it was okay, cos I think I needed to slow down for a little while). Then I went home, sang at my friend's wedding, and promptly came back to Kzoo. MY HEAD IS SPINNIN'
But I've got all next semester's classes scheduled out and finals and all so I'm feeling a li'l less stress-y
Okay! Now time to FINALLY finish this paper.
baiiiiii
Tuesday, October 21, 2014
Friday post - 10/13, /16
Class on the 16th was cancelled, so these are technically reflections over class only on 10/13
So we're talking about analysis and all that jazz as you know, but I have just a few thoughts
To me, a 'theme' has always been more of an overall image the piece is dealing with vs. some kind of moral (i.e., one could interpret some themes of the musical HAIR to include love, war, religion, acceptance, and peace, while the moral would be something the piece is saying, like for example 'war-is-bad-peace-is-good-accept-and-love-and-don't-hurt-anyone' or something like that) but that's probably just my education differing from another's, so that doesn't bother me at all, though I do get a little confused in class sometimes
Additionally, I find it strange that we aren't to summarize at all - whenever I have done analysis papers in my prior experience, a bit of background information was considered essential. Instructions were often "write this piece as though it's for someone who has never read (or seen/heard, in the case of a film/song) the piece." So while I do understand that the purpose of these activities is to actually describe how our 'theme' fits into the world of the piece, I don't quite yet understand the background info:analysis ratio that is desirable when writing
PEACE
So we're talking about analysis and all that jazz as you know, but I have just a few thoughts
To me, a 'theme' has always been more of an overall image the piece is dealing with vs. some kind of moral (i.e., one could interpret some themes of the musical HAIR to include love, war, religion, acceptance, and peace, while the moral would be something the piece is saying, like for example 'war-is-bad-peace-is-good-accept-and-love-and-don't-hurt-anyone' or something like that) but that's probably just my education differing from another's, so that doesn't bother me at all, though I do get a little confused in class sometimes
Additionally, I find it strange that we aren't to summarize at all - whenever I have done analysis papers in my prior experience, a bit of background information was considered essential. Instructions were often "write this piece as though it's for someone who has never read (or seen/heard, in the case of a film/song) the piece." So while I do understand that the purpose of these activities is to actually describe how our 'theme' fits into the world of the piece, I don't quite yet understand the background info:analysis ratio that is desirable when writing
PEACE
Monday, October 6, 2014
Extra Credit Post
I won't be in class today cos I'm really sick. Like, really, really sick. Which sucks. I might get out to Sindecuse but then again that also means leaving my bed. But anyway, I'm stuck out of class. So I figured in addition to writing my required 'Tuesday post,' I might write an extra one or two for extra points. I mean, why the heck not, ya know?
So, I wish there was a link to the worksheet we used to analyze the songs in class on the blog because now that I have finally picked a song my thoughts are a little scattered. I know it's only a draft, but I would like it to be as concise as possible so that, when editing, I just need to refine and/or more specifically articulate my argument. (I'm pretty sure I'm just gonna have to tear up my movie analysis and start over because it was not my best work).
Part of me really wanted to analyze "Children Will Listen" from Into the Woods by Sondheim. (The movie is going to be awful, I think, unfortunately). The other part is really adamant that I do "Ready to Be Loved" from Edges. This is a crazy tough decision.
Guess I should just look for that sheet & start writing, though
BYYYYYE
So, I wish there was a link to the worksheet we used to analyze the songs in class on the blog because now that I have finally picked a song my thoughts are a little scattered. I know it's only a draft, but I would like it to be as concise as possible so that, when editing, I just need to refine and/or more specifically articulate my argument. (I'm pretty sure I'm just gonna have to tear up my movie analysis and start over because it was not my best work).
Part of me really wanted to analyze "Children Will Listen" from Into the Woods by Sondheim. (The movie is going to be awful, I think, unfortunately). The other part is really adamant that I do "Ready to Be Loved" from Edges. This is a crazy tough decision.
Guess I should just look for that sheet & start writing, though
BYYYYYE
Sunday, October 5, 2014
Friday Post Re: Class Sept. 29/Oct. 1
This week, we worked a little on song analysis.
It's not weird for me to analyze music interpretively (I'm a Music Theatre Major, for God's sake) but it will prove a lil uncomfy trying to do so while analyzing the music in layman's terms.
I say this because a lot of my current curriculum involves me analyzing music from a theoretical standpoint, i.e. chordal analysis, complex accompaniment/composition choices, and other music theory stuff like basic time signature, key signature, accidentals, rhythms - all the way to more abstract ideas like feel, pulse, etc. So I'm trying to write this paper for anyone to read in this class, whereas in other classes I am trying to write for those with a theoretical musical knowledge.
That's it y'all
It's not weird for me to analyze music interpretively (I'm a Music Theatre Major, for God's sake) but it will prove a lil uncomfy trying to do so while analyzing the music in layman's terms.
I say this because a lot of my current curriculum involves me analyzing music from a theoretical standpoint, i.e. chordal analysis, complex accompaniment/composition choices, and other music theory stuff like basic time signature, key signature, accidentals, rhythms - all the way to more abstract ideas like feel, pulse, etc. So I'm trying to write this paper for anyone to read in this class, whereas in other classes I am trying to write for those with a theoretical musical knowledge.
That's it y'all
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