For my Section 2 Activity, I created a melody on the piano and then improvised off of the melody for a few minutes. I then played the recording separately to three of my friends and asked each of them what emotions and feelings the recording brought out for them. All three of my friends had […]

This survey was probably the most fulfilling personal survey I have filled out. It is specific, yet the questions it asks are about specifics that are extremely critical to one’s life. From the beginning, the survey forced me to think thoroughly about my “worlds” in ways I have never before. In high school, I had […]

I was very intrigued by the movie clip about a white voice from “Sorry to Bother You.” I feel like a lot of what we learned in lecture this week can be applied to analyze this clip. On Monday, we learned about “thick events.” This is the idea that there are histories and dynamics that […]

What challenges did I experience in these initial phases of collaborative work? What advantages or gains can I identify from working out this project with another individual(s)? When my partner and I first met, we realized that there was not a single time we were both free to meet to go to an event. This […]

Preface I took piano lessons from Ken Ard for eight years so he is a very important and very present figure in my life. This past weekend, when I returned home to San Diego, I was lucky enough to watch him and his band perform live on Sunday night at Centifonti’s Bar and Grill (I […]

February 12, 2020: Understanding BB King’s “The Thrill is Gone” This afternoon, I listened to the live performance of “The Thrill is Gone”, a blues song performed in 1970 by BB King. My dad is a huge fan of the genre of blues. I understand that blues music is a unique and artistically genius genre […]

Over the past week, I have been observing the art of opera, which became popular in the 1500s and 1600s. This week, my classmates and I learned about the importance of expressing the feelings of the character when singing opera. We learned that opera is a form of storytelling and that it is layered with […]

How did my exploration of a non-traditional or unpopular voice change my understanding of how we relate to voices?  Going into so much depth when analyzing an unpopular voice was a crazy activity for me because I never thought about how important voice is in our daily lives. You can analyze a lot and be […]

How can this monstrosity of a person come off as so normal and sensitive? This is the type of question that continues to circle in my head as I watch Harvey Weinstein speak at the New York Gala and get interviewed at the Zurich Film Festival. Voice is such an integral part of what makes […]

Two years ago, my mom shared a story with me about her life. Almost 30 years ago, she had just graduated from UCLA and was working in a journalism firm. She was asked by her boss to interview a film producer. He was young and new as a producer but was beginning to make a […]