First, my thanks to you all for your kind attention toward our fine TA Joshua Brooks. See below for all you need for the prompt based on that class. And along with Joshua we thank you for your energy and enthusiasm this term. It is such pleasurable group of folks to work with, folks with wide minds, great ideas, and, we suspect, big hearts.
I do offer some tiny housekeeping suggestions. Please arrive to class on time or not at all. I never take attendance. In fact, I wonder why any university class of adults takes attendance. We all have a tapestry of lives, jobs, children, spouses, responsibilities, of which this class is but one thread. But lateness is a drag and very distracting. Class is not a buffet.
Also, with respect, please staple your submitted work and put your first and last name on every page.
IN CLASS OPEN MIC MON OCT 30
All genres welcome. Very loud sounds and large technical requirements are not. While this is called an “open mic” I truly mean it as an event where all the performers are known in advance so I can make a good running order. Please let me know by Mon Oct 23 at the latest a) what you will play b) who you are playing with c) running time d) tech requirements.
PROMPT 3 DUE THU OCT 19, STAPLED, DOUBLE SPACED MINIMUM 350 MAXIMUM 400 WORDS
Choose one of the pairs of the “same music” from the list provided and describe their differences. How do they each make you feel? Speculate as to why.
As well, offer your cogent opinion on the experience of viewing all music as non-authorial. What if we tinkered with all past music because we didn’t see the creator as the artistic or legal owner. As if the music just came into their head from another source. What would be the positives? What would be the negatives? Would that world be better than our own? Why?
Rick Wakeman 1:
Rick Wakeman 2:
Take on Me 1:
Take on Me 2:
Adele:
Lucky Chops playing Adele:
Humoresque:
Art Tatum playing Humoresque:
https://youtu.be/ZL-CVV616n
Beatles:
Brad Mehldau playing The Beatles:
Metallica:
Apocalyptica playing Metallica:
Bach: https://youtu.be/MY-aowxVXfI?t=2
Paul Simon: https://youtu.be/0OEWBq_jzuA