Day 5 - The freeze
On this day we were unable to attend school due to the frigid conditions in the Houston area. This was a minor setback that we experienced but it was ok in the end because we rescheduled all the activities we had to later days.
Day 1: Introduction to Music production and DJing
Today in the first class of music production and DJing, we started the J-term with some questions about our experience with music, such as if we played instruments, and if so which ones, when we fell in love with music, our earliest musical memory, etc... After a bit of open discussion, we took a small break. Afterward, we watched videos on the history of music, human's instruments through different eras, the invention of sheet music, and its origins in the church. We then had another discussion on sheet music and whether or not it is limiting to musicians, as well as cultural shifts in what is and isn't considered high culture. By the time it was finished, it was time for lunch. Once lunch was over, we watched more videos, these ones being on the music industry and record companies. We talked about whether or not the oversaturation of music was a good thing, about the financial struggles of a music artist with record labels, and the complications of trying to break into an in...
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