Cristina Blog Entry

            Hello everyone, welcome back to my blog. I hope everyone is doing great! I am quite sad that this is going to be our last blog because I actually really enjoyed learning and writing about what we learned so far.  Moving forward ... I really don't have any family around where I live but today I will be interviewing my mother. I wanted to see her point of view on music seeing that she grew up in Mexico. So anyway I'm going to set up my blog in dialogue because I have three younger brothers and it is never quiet to reconded around the house ;) - Phone rings- (It's kind of hard to reach my mother because she is always working ... But here we go!) Cristina: Hello! ...  Mother: Hi, it feels like you are going to ask me a favor... (She knows me really well. She always knows when I want something or when I asked her for a favor!) Cristina: Yes, I actually need a favor. I have a blog I have to write where I have to ask you a few question...

Swing Music  Hello everyone and welcome back to my blog! I hope everyone is doing great. This week in class we are getting the chance to teach a genre to the whole class. With that being said, today I will be talking about Swing Music. There are so many things that I  personally found intriguing and hope to share with everyone today. I hope you like it and enjoy it! Before The Swing Era (I want to give you a little bit of what was happening before this period happened before i introduce you to swing) America was in the depression era. Money was in short supply in the country at that time. There was very little work, especially for musician. Many record sales dropped so musicians that were more talented or had connections started to get jobs on the radio studies. This is when radio started to become a household appliance. This era was known as the "Golden Age Of Radio". Even thought the economic condition of the time was critical; microphones and jukeboxes were made b...

 Music Of Malawi       Hello, welcome back to my blog! I hope everyone is doing well. Today, I will be talking about Malawi, Africa but before we start I'm going to introduce you to a bit of history. Malawi consist of three cultural heritage which is British, African, and American. With this in mind, this music has been spread throughout Africa. Malawian music beginner in World War II. When the war was over the guitar and banjo were more popular traditional music. Over the years; this type of music started to spread and blend together with different types of music styles. Moving forward, I hope you enjoy the rest of the blog! Gule Wamkulu (translate to "Great Dance") One of the many things that intrigued me about this dance is how spiritual they are with this dance. Gule Wamkulu has been inherited from past tribes. They are performed in initiation ceremonies, funerals, as well as the placing of a new chief, and many more events. Many of the Chewa, considered the...