Well hello again. I know it isn’t Thursday, but I am going to post ahead of time. Sorry for all of you who obsess with details. This one isn’t going to fit the previous pattern. Again, sorry not sorry.
As I said in my last post, our English class is done with exploring identity and remix in video games. Now our class is moving on to look at other forms of remix. This includes our second essay. So let me introduce my topic to you guys and tell me what you think? Here goes nothing…
Since our paper topics have to deal with remix of some kind, at first I was lost. I had no clue as to what I was going to research. My classmates were coming up with all these great topics and there I sat. Playing with my pencil and racking my brain for an inkling of an idea. Finally, after I left class, I got an idea. The identity crisis of country music. This came to me while I was frustrated with the crap that was on my Pandora Country station. Fed up, I created a Brooks & Dunn station. With the first opening notes of “Red Dirt Road” my day instantly brightened. I’ll really be looking at how country music has created its past identity and how it is changing to keep listeners. I hope to learn why this new ‘country’ is a far cry from the late 90’s and early 2000’s that I grew up on. To me, that is the real country. Country is supposed to be a story and have a meaning behind it. There are few artists that I make the exception for, because this new stuff isn’t making me want to continue tuning into the country music stations.
My sources for my paper are slowly coming together. I’ve found some good articles via the databases that the university allows students access to. Did you all know that there is an Oxford Music Database?! Me neither. Til earlier today that is. Most of the articles are older, so finding more current stuff is proving a little difficult, but I am confident in my skills of finding research.
So yeah. This is my plan for the second essay. I don’t think the topic will vary too much from what I’ve stated above. I will leave you with some comics. Happy early Thursday! ~V
Birth Of A Musical Genre.
Source: https://www.cartoonstock.com/directory/c/country_music.asp
Sunflowers and Riddles 