Music News 08.28.13

• What to make of Miley Cyrus at the VMAs? (Billboard)
• Don't forget: Ten years ago today, Madonna, Britney Spears, and Christina Aguilera caused their own sensation at the VMAs (Huffington Post)
• Eminem announces The Marshall Mathers LP 2 (Rolling Stone)
• Muslim women speak out on Lady Gaga's new song "Burqa" (Huffington Post)
• After a man-heavy summer, female artists to take center stage this fall (Entertainment Weekly)
• What types of music increase the likelihood of a teen driver crashing? (Daily Mail)

Reflection 02: Reel Songs—Music in Movies

It's difficult to imagine the movie-going experience without music. For over 100 years, music has been an integral part of what makes the movies so special. Many films are regarded as legendary, in part, due to their musical soundtracks. Below is a list of iconic scenes made even more memorable through their use of song. Choose two to three of the following scenes to examine how music enhances its overall effect. For example, how does the music effect you, as a viewer? Are you being manipulated? And if so, how? What emotions are being elicited? What would change in the scene if the music were omitted? Finally, can you imagine this scene with different music? What would be gained and lost?

Choose one of the following:

1. "As Time Goes By" from Casablanca (1942, Music and lyrics by Herman Hupfeld)
2. "Put the Blame on Mame" from Gilda (1946, Music and lyrics by Allan Roberts and Doris Fisher)
3. "The River Kwai March" from The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957, Music by Malcom Arnold)
4. "Moon River" from Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961, Music by Henry Mancini)
5. "The Sound of Silence" from The Graduate (1967, Music and lyrics by Paul Simon) 
6. "Main Title" from Jaws (1975, Music by John Williams) 
7. "Gonna Fly Now" from Rocky (1976, Music and lyrics by Bill Conti, Carol Connors, and Ayn Robbins)
8. "You Should be Dancing" from Saturday Night Fever (1977, Music and lyrics by The Bee Gees)
9. "Can You Read My Mind? (Love Theme)" from Superman (1978, Music by John Williams) 
10. "Main Title" from Halloween (1978, Music by John Carpenter)  
11. "Rhapsody in Blue" from Manhattan (1979, Music by George Gershwin)
12. "Chariots of Fire" from Chariots of Fire (1981, Music by Vangelis)
13. "Saying Goodbye" from E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982, Music by John Williams) 
14. "Old Time Rock and Roll" from Risky Business (1983, Music and lyrics by George Jackson, Thomas E. Jones III, and Bob Seger)
15. "If You Were Here" by from Sixteen Candles (1984, Music and lyrics by The Thompson Twins)
16. "Love is Strange" from Dirty Dancing (1987, Music and lyrics by Mickey Baker, Sylvia Vanderpool, and Ethel Smith)
17. "Unchained Melody" from Ghost (1990, Music and lyrics by Alex North and Hy Zeret) 
18. "Bohemian Rhapsody" from Wayne's World (1992, Music and lyrics by Freddy Mercury)
19. "You Can Never Tell" from Pulp Fiction (1994, Music and lyrics by Chuck Berry
20. "These Days" from The Royal Tenenbaums (2001, Music and lyrics by Jackson Browne)
21. "Starálfur" from The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004, Music and lyrics by Sigur Rós) 
22. "Brokeback Mountain 2" from Brokeback Mountain (2005, Music by Gustavo Santaolalla)
23. "Anyone Else but You" from Juno (2007, Music and lyrics by Kimya Dawson and Adam Green)
24. "You Make My Dreams" from (500) Days of Summer (2009, Music and lyrics by Sara Allen, Daryl Hall, and John Oates) 
25. "Symphony No. 7" from The King's Speech (2010,Music by Ludwig van Beethoven)

Requirements:

• Must be in MLA Style
• Must be two full pages in length
  

Due: Sec. 03 & 23—We 09.04; Sec. 86. Tu 09.03

Multimedia Presentations, Sec. 86

As you know, this semester you and a classmate will be responsible for a 10-minute multimedia presentation and a class hand-out. By midnight on Tuesday, September 3rd, you and a partner should be signed up for a topic and date.  

All topics and dates are first-come first-served. Topics will be crossed off as they are chosen. Anyone that has not chosen by this time, will automatically be assigned a partner, topic, and date.

Follow these steps:

1. Click on "Comments" at the end of this post.
2. In the "Post a Comment" box, leave the group's names (first and last), section, topic, and the preferred date—only one entry per group is required.

Example:
David Cortez and Kerry Clancy: The Music of Leonard Cohen, 10.16.13

Please be sure to post in the correct section!

Requirements:

• The work distribution is up to each pairing, though it should be somewhat equitable
• The presentation must be approximately 10 minutes in length
• There should be approximately 10 slides, including at least one video clip (no more than 2-3 minutes in length)
• You must provide a handout related to or outlining your presentation (23 copies) 
• On the day of your presentation, email both your presentation (or a link) and handout to me at dhdelao@gmail.com.

The best presentations will:

• Have an introductory slide which contextualizes the topic—very important 
• Use words economically 
• Include visually interesting illustrations
• Avoid a heavy use of animation and effects 
• Have a style that complements the subject matter and strikes the appropriate tone
• Engage the class through a conversational style, utilizing questions and/or activities
• Embed a relevant video or audio clip (e.g. YouTube, SoundCloud)*
• Conclude with a slide that summarizes the topic—also very important

Remember, this is an opportunity to be very creative, so feel free to have fun with the visual layout of your presentation.

*If you use PowerPoint 2007, here is a quick video explaining how to embed a YouTube clip into your presentation. Remember, embedding clips can save time during a presentation.

Lower scoring presentations might:

• Begin without an introductory slide and/or fail to offer any context upfront
• Be thinly researched
• Allow visuals to overrun their content, or lack a cohesive style
• Fail to engage the class in any meaningful way
• Lack multimedia
• End without a concluding slide

Remember, you are responsible for providing your own laptop.

These are the topics available for presentations:

1. All About New Wave 
2. Icons of Opera: Giacomo Puccini and Maria Callas
3. Game Changers: Nirvana's Nevermind
4. All about the British Invasion
5. Grease is the Word: Legacy of a Legendary Musical
6. The Singers and Songwriters: Cat Stevens, Joni Mitchell, and Jim Croce
7. Icons of Country: Patsy Cline and Dolly Parton
8. The Folk Music of Ireland
9. Icons of Rock: The Who and Led Zeppelin
10. The Holy Sites of Rock: Graceland, Yasgur's Farm, and The Apollo
11. Les géants de la musique Française: Charles Aznavour, Maurice Chevalier, and Edith Piaff
12. All About Bluegrass
13. Inside the Bollywood Musical 
14. Icons of Jazz: Thelonius Monk and John Coltrane
15. Vienna and the Classical Period
16. Music in the Classroom: A Crisis
17. The Sisters of Hip Hop: Lady B to Nicki Minaj
18. Go, Man Go: Inside West Side Story
19. Icons of Hip Hop: Run-DMC and Public Enemy
20. Blond Ambition: Thirty Years of Madonna
21. Game Changers: The Jimi Hendrix Experience's Are You Experienced
22. Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, The Big Bopper, and the Day the Music Died
23. Chinese Opera 101
24. MTV: The Early Years 
25. Where Things are Poppin': American Bandstand
26. Mexico's Mariachi 
27. Icons of Folk: Bob Dylan and Joan Baez
28. The Musical Returns: Moulin Rouge! to Les Misérables
29. Music Cities: Nashville, Detroit, and Seattle
30. Woodstock: Three Days of Peace and Music

Choose from these dates:

Week 05: Patsy Cline

Tu 09.17

1. Kyle S./Alejandro A.—Go, Man Go: Inside West Side Story

2.

Week 06: Carlos Santana

Tu 09.24

1. Noel Z./Nathan T.—Icons of Hip Hop: Run-DMC and Public Enemy
2.

Week 07: Blondie

Tu 10.01

1.
2.

Week 08: Elvis Presley

Tu 10.08

1. Jonathan T./Drew S.—Woodstock: Three Days of Peace and Music

2. Keanu H./Tristen L.—The Holy Sites of Rock: Graceland, Yasgur's Farm, and The Apollo

Week 09: Tony Bennett

Tu 10.15
1. Faviola A.—Mexico's Mariachi
2. Nicholas L./Patrick M.—Blond Ambition: 30 Years of Madonna

Week 10: Queen

Tu 10.22
2. Emilie N./Donia M.—Where Things are Poppin': American Bandstand

Week 11: Kanye West

Tu 10.29

1. Disha D./Nyantara N.—Icons of Jazz: Thelonius Monk and John Coltrane
2. Wilson L./Steven S.—Game Changers: Nirvana's Nevermind

Week 12: ABBA

Tu 11.05

1. Alexis C./Phoebe C.—MTV: The Early Years
2.

Week 14: Radiohead

Tu 11.19

1. Dustin N./Nicholas H.—All About New Wave

2.

Week 15: Barbra Streisand

Tu 11.26
1. Zhane M./Allison C.—Icons of Rock: The Who and Led Zeppelin
2.

Week 16: Nirvana

Tu 12.03 

1.

2.

Multimedia Presentations, Sec. 23

As you know, this semester you and a classmate will be responsible for a 10-minute multimedia presentation and a class hand-out. By midnight on Monday, September 2nd, you and a partner should be signed up for a topic and date.  

All topics and dates are first-come first-served. Topics will be crossed off as they are chosen. Anyone that has not chosen by this time, will automatically be assigned a partner, topic, and date.

Follow these steps:

1. Click on "Comments" at the end of this post.
2. In the "Post a Comment" box, leave the group's names (first and last), section, topic, and the preferred date—only one entry per group is required.

Example:
David Cortez and Kerry Clancy: The Music of Leonard Cohen, 10.16.13

Please be sure to post in the correct section!

Requirements:

• The work distribution is up to each pairing, though it should be somewhat equitable
• The presentation must be approximately 10 minutes in length
• There should be approximately 10 slides, including at least one video clip (no more than 2-3 minutes in length)
• You must provide a handout related to or outlining your presentation (23 copies) 
• On the day of your presentation, email both your presentation (or a link) and handout to me at dhdelao@gmail.com.

The best presentations will:

• Have an introductory slide which contextualizes the topic—very important 
• Use words economically 
• Include visually interesting illustrations
• Avoid a heavy use of animation and effects 
• Have a style that complements the subject matter and strikes the appropriate tone
• Engage the class through a conversational style, utilizing questions and/or activities
• Embed a relevant video or audio clip (e.g. YouTube, SoundCloud)*
• Conclude with a slide that summarizes the topic—also very important

Remember, this is an opportunity to be very creative, so feel free to have fun with the visual layout of your presentation.

*If you use PowerPoint 2007, here is a quick video explaining how to embed a YouTube clip into your presentation. Remember, embedding clips can save time during a presentation.

Lower scoring presentations might:

• Begin without an introductory slide and/or fail to offer any context upfront
• Be thinly researched
• Allow visuals to overrun their content, or lack a cohesive style
• Fail to engage the class in any meaningful way
• Lack multimedia
• End without a concluding slide

Remember, you are responsible for providing your own laptop.

These are the topics available for presentations:

1. All About New Wave 
2. Icons of Opera: Giacomo Puccini and Maria Callas
3. Game Changers: Nirvana's Nevermind
4. All about the British Invasion
5. Grease is the Word: Legacy of a Legendary Musical
6. The Singers and Songwriters: Cat Stevens, Joni Mitchell, and Jim Croce
7. Icons of Country: Patsy Cline and Dolly Parton
8. The Folk Music of Ireland
9. Icons of Rock: The Who and Led Zeppelin
10. The Holy Sites of Rock: Graceland, Yasgur's Farm, and The Apollo
11. Les géants de la musique Française: Charles Aznavour, Maurice Chevalier, and Edith Piaff
12. All About Bluegrass
13. Inside the Bollywood Musical 
14. Icons of Jazz: Thelonius Monk and John Coltrane
15. Vienna and the Classical Period
16. Music in the Classroom: A Crisis
17. The Sisters of Hip Hop: Lady B to Nicki Minaj
18. Go, Man Go: Inside West Side Story
19. Icons of Hip Hop: Run-DMC and Public Enemy
20. Blond Ambition: Thirty Years of Madonna
21. Game Changers: The Jimi Hendrix Experience's Are You Experienced
22. Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, The Big Bopper, and the Day the Music Died
23. Chinese Opera 101
24. MTV: The Early Years 
25. Where Things are Poppin': American Bandstand
26. Mexico's Mariachi 
27. Icons of Folk: Bob Dylan and Joan Baez
28. The Musical Returns: Moulin Rouge! to Les Misérables
29. Music Cities: Nashville, Detroit, and Seattle
30. Woodstock: Three Days of Peace and Music

Choose from these dates:

Week 05: Patsy Cline

Mo 09.16 

1. 

2.

Week 06: Carlos Santana

We 09.25 

1.

2.

Week 07: Blondie 

We 10.02

1. Naveed E. and Hark G.—Icons of Hip Hop: Run-DMC and Public Enemy

2.

Week 08: Elvis Presley

Mo 10.07

1. Anna D./Cristina R.—Grease is the Word:Legacy of a Legendary Musical
 

We 10.09

1. Mayra G./Jazmin G.—Mexico's Mariachi

Week 09: Tony Bennett

Mo 10.14

1. Anthony N./Yevgeny M.—Sisters of Hip Hop: Lady B to Nicki Minaj

We 10.16

1. Natalie Y./Taylor W.—MTV: The Early Years

Week 10: Queen

Mo 10.21

1. Haley H./Judaia G.—The Musical Returns: Moulin Rouge! to Les Miserables

We 10.23

1. Delwin L. and Dan Y.—Game Changers: Nirvana's Nevermind

Week 11: Kanye West

We 10.30
1. LisaMarie M. & Jannik E.—Blonde Ambition: Thirty Years of Madonna
2.

 

Week 12: ABBA

Mo 11.04

1. Dalia R./Alexandria H.—Woodstock: Three Days of Peace and Music

We 11.06

1. Santiago R./Jennifer W.—Inside the Bollywood Musical

Week 14: Radiohead

Mo 11.18

1.

2.

Week 15: Barbra Streisand

Mo 11.25

1.

We 11.27

1.

Week 16: Nirvana

Mo 12.02

1.

2.

Multimedia Presentations, Sec. 03

As you know, this semester you and a classmate will be responsible for a 10-minute multimedia presentation and a class hand-out. By midnight on Monday, September 2nd, you and a partner should be signed up for a topic and date.  

All topics and dates are first-come first-served. Topics will be crossed off as they are chosen. Anyone that has not chosen by this time, will automatically be assigned a partner, topic, and date.

Follow these steps:

1. Click on "Comments" at the end of this post.
2. In the "Post a Comment" box, leave the group's names (first and last), section, topic, and the preferred date—only one entry per group is required.

Example:
David Cortez and Kerry Clancy: The Music of Leonard Cohen, 10.16.13

Please be sure to post in the correct section!

Requirements:

• The work distribution is up to each pairing, though it should be somewhat equitable
• The presentation must be approximately 10 minutes in length
• There should be approximately 10 slides, including at least one video clip (no more than 2-3 minutes in length)
• You must provide a handout related to or outlining your presentation (23 copies) 
• On the day of your presentation, email both your presentation (or a link) and handout to me at dhdelao@gmail.com.

The best presentations will:

• Have an introductory slide which contextualizes the topic—very important 
• Use words economically 
• Include visually interesting illustrations
• Avoid a heavy use of animation and effects 
• Have a style that complements the subject matter and strikes the appropriate tone
• Engage the class through a conversational style, utilizing questions and/or activities
• Embed a relevant video or audio clip (e.g. YouTube, SoundCloud)*
• Conclude with a slide that summarizes the topic—also very important

Remember, this is an opportunity to be very creative, so feel free to have fun with the visual layout of your presentation.

*If you use PowerPoint 2007, here is a quick video explaining how to embed a YouTube clip into your presentation. Remember, embedding clips can save time during a presentation.

Lower scoring presentations might:

• Begin without an introductory slide and/or fail to offer any context upfront
• Be thinly researched
• Allow visuals to overrun their content, or lack a cohesive style
• Fail to engage the class in any meaningful way
• Lack multimedia
• End without a concluding slide

Remember, you are responsible for providing your own laptop.

These are the topics available for presentations:

1. All About New Wave 
2. Icons of Opera: Giacomo Puccini and Maria Callas
3. Game Changers: Nirvana's Nevermind
4. All about the British Invasion
5. Grease is the Word: Legacy of a Legendary Musical
6. The Singers and Songwriters: Cat Stevens, Joni Mitchell, and Jim Croce
7. Icons of Country: Patsy Cline and Dolly Parton
8. The Folk Music of Ireland
9. Icons of Rock: The Who and Led Zeppelin
10. The Holy Sites of Rock: Graceland, Yasgur's Farm, and The Apollo
11. Les géants de la musique Française: Charles Aznavour, Maurice Chevalier, and Edith Piaff
12. All About Bluegrass
13. Inside the Bollywood Musical 
14. Icons of Jazz: Thelonius Monk and John Coltrane
15. Vienna and the Classical Period
16. Music in the Classroom: A Crisis
17. The Sisters of Hip Hop: Lady B to Nicki Minaj
18. Go, Man Go: Inside West Side Story
19. Icons of Hip Hop: Run-DMC and Public Enemy
20. Blond Ambition: Thirty Years of Madonna
21. Game Changers: The Jimi Hendrix Experience's Are You Experienced
22. Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, The Big Bopper, and the Day the Music Died
23. Chinese Opera 101
24. MTV: The Early Years 
25. Where Things are Poppin': American Bandstand
26. Mexico's Mariachi 
27. Icons of Folk: Bob Dylan and Joan Baez
28. The Musical Returns: Moulin Rouge! to Les Misérables
29. Music Cities: Nashville, Detroit, and Seattle
30. Woodstock: Three Days of Peace and Music

Choose from these dates:

Week 05: Patsy Cline

Mo 09.16 

1.

2.

Week 06: Carlos Santana

We 09.25 

1.

2.

Week 07: Blondie 

We 10.02

1.

2.

Week 08: Elvis Presley

Mo 10.07

1. Anna K./Tina N.—Icons of Jazz: Thelonius Monk and John Coltrane

 

We 10.09

1. Anthony T./Diona D.—Music Cities: Nashville, Detroit, and Seattle. Date

Week 09: Tony Bennett

Mo 10.14

1.

We 10.16
1. Cynthia A./Angelica C.—The Sisters of Hip Hop: Lady B to Nicki Minaj

Week 10: Queen

Mo 10.21

1. Shwetha S./Tuyet V.—Inside of Bollywood

We 10.23

1. Feaomalupe M./Jazmine R.—Blond Ambition: Thirty Years of Madonna

Week 11: Kanye West

We 10.30
1. Barbara N./Nancy Y.—The Musical Returns: Moulin Rouge! to Les Misérables2. Mark H./Robert T.—Icons of Rock: The Who and Led Zeppelin

 

Week 12: ABBA

Mo 11.04

1. Patrick V. and Jenavie G.—Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, The Big Bopper, and the Day the Music Died

We 11.06

1. Greg W. and John N.—All About the British Invasion

Week 14: Radiohead

Mo 11.18
1. Johnny R./Justin P.—Icons of Hip Hop: Run-DMC and Public Enemy

2.

Week 15: Barbra Streisand

Mo 11.25

1.

We 11.27

1. Cassidy P./Manvinder S.—All About Bluegrass

Week 16: Nirvana

Mo 12.02

1.

2.