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This is so interesting! With so much research in our class about music it’s nice to hear some naturally occurring sounds. The connection to how the calls influences human interaction with nature is a really […]

I like that you focused in on the messages of one band, especially one like the Chili Peppers that have so much to offer as far as messages and reflecting the society around them. Also tying in how they expressed […]

First of all, super respect for making a mashup because I’m clueless about that kind of thing. I also appreciate your idea of the prophetic nature of the music, and I find it particularly interesting because I’m […]

I’m excited to see the rest of your research. This is so interesting because it’s so apparent–you go to a jazz concert where the musicians improvise, and the audience whoops and cheers in the middle of the […]

Like Adam, I appreciate your focus on not singing for beauty, which was a very new concept. The sort of raw emotion that was expressed through grunge was a huge breakthrough for rock music, and the effects can […]

I think this is a great topic to connect with politics because it was such a central focus of its time. Women took their pride to an extreme to prove to people that they deserved some attention and that they […]

I also liked how you broke it up into the separate sounds and gave them each the attention that they don’t get on an everyday basis when you actually experience them. You highlighted them individually, which […]

I liked your emphasis on the “willfully deaf” aspect. It’s so true that we don’t hear so much, simply because we take it for granted. Others who are actually deaf don’t experience these sounds because they don’t […]

I liked that you included atypical sounds to show what a soundscape could be turned into if we appreciated and paid attention to the otherwise monotonous, everyday sounds we hear, like a dripping faucet. Instead […]

I think it’s really interesting that you chose to just portray this one scene. I could totally picture it because of your exact descriptions, including movements of the screen that we would be watching this scene […]

Your vivid descriptions add a lot to the mood conveyed in your separate scenes. I liked your description of Baltimore, with the hooves and voices, which clearly emphasizes the activity and bustling that went on […]

I enjoyed how you used specific songs to convey the moods of various parts of Douglass’ journey in addition to the sounds that would naturally be present in the environment. Like WIll, I love the idea of using […]