#evolutionofmusic

Hey there!

Long time, no talk! I’ve been hard at work on my passion project and have completed my first portfolio piece and am now focusing hard on my second one. For this piece I’m creating a podcast that covers the evolution of music. I had an idea to include interviews with some of my friends to better understand what music other people like. I will for sure be back to update on that! 

I’m super excited to be working on a podcast since I’ve been trying to actually start one up by myself for fun! 

In my spare time right now I’m planning ahead and writing my script/important points to cover in my podcast. I’m hoping that conversation will naturally flow when I try to record my podcast but I do plan on having some notes ready as prompts, as well as some facts to back up my points. 

Next steps for my podcast are most likely going to be scheduling a day to record and edit my episode so that it’s all ready to go when it needs to be handed in! 

Talk to you later, 

Calia!

Hello everyone!

I recently went to see Patrick, my community connection, in person to both see him perform and speak to him about my project. If you missed my previous post about this, Pat and his brother Matt play all over the region with just their guitars and voices, as a group called Patsy and The Muscle. They play music from all kinds of genres and attract crowds of all ages. I personally think that Pat’s voice sounds like Marcus Mumford of Mumford & Sons! 

Anyways, I asked Pat numerous questions about his music preferences and knowledge during one of the intermissions at his show. Here’s what he came up with...

What do you think about the music on the top charts right now?

Rap isn’t my thing and I don’t think it takes much to make a rap song, but the alternative and rock songs that make it are usually really good! I think that there are some really talented musicians and producers out there but they’re not using their talents to their advantage. It takes a lot to produce or write a song which is not reflected in the rap songs that are way up there on the charts. 

Why do you like/dislike it? Any songs that stand out in particular?

I think that Shallow from A Star is Born is a very well written song and was sung very well by both Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper. I also like High Hopes by Panic! At The Disco, it’s a “pop-ier” song than what I normally listen to but it’s very catchy and I think that Brenden Urie is incredible. 

Do you think that music has evolved in a positive or negative way? How do you think it could be better?

I think that all of the songs being released now are following the same few patterns and it all sounds very repetitive to me. In the past there were so many unique pieces of music that made it onto the top charts, but now it all sounds the same to a lot of people. Music has taken a wrong turn somewhere in my opinion. I think we need to go back to creating pieces of music that mean something and that explore new elements of music. Music needs creativity and that’s not what we’re getting anymore.

Do you think that each decade has its own style of music? (ex: disco in the 70s, grunge in the 90s)

Absolutely. When you think of the 70s you think of disco right away, when you think of the 60s you think of Motown and The Beatles. Each decade had its trends and that’s what we think of when we think of that decade. 

What is your favourite decade of music? Why?

I would have to say the 70s because a lot of iconic artists came from that time. A lot of the music that we play at our shows are actually from the 70s, like Led Zeppelin and The Doors, so clearly I take a lot of inspiration from it. The songs are just so catchy and great to sing along to. 

Why do you think music evolves so much through the years?

It’s hard to say, since there’s so many things that go into music. It could be the writing influences but it can also be the audience that’s listening to it. 

Do you think music repeats itself? By this I mean, do we tend to go back to old styles of music that used to be popular, or does music have endless possibilities that we can keep evolving to?

There’s only so much you can do with music, as hard as that is to say. There’s limits to the different notes and chords you put together, so we see a lot of sampling happening now. An obvious one is Ice Ice Baby, it’s clearly using Queen’s song. So yeah, I would say that we need to repeat music. 

After speaking with Pat, it seems like he is still in love with those classic rock tunes that are legendary. I’m curious if age has anything to do with opinions on music. I would like to interview more people from different ages to see what kind of patterns I can find.  Until next time, 

My choir teacher is getting her panties in a twist because we’re doing Evolution of Music for our spring concert and it has I Kissed A Girl, which is sung by Katy Perry. She thinks our audience will be offended by it, as well as the Bohemian Rhapsody part which has the word devil in it. I’m sorry if anybody gets offended by this but she has such a large religious stick stuck up her ass, and she seems to be so scared of getting fired that she ruins every good song we pick.

Sorry for the rant but I’m just really hating this.