Delvatje
My blogs
| Location | Canada |
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| Introduction | My name is Melanie and I was raised in a fundamentalist Christian home, where I was not allowed to listen to "mainstream" music and had very little access to pop culture more widely. I was allowed to listen to classical music and some contemporary Christian music, but even that was highly controlled. As a result, I have little-to-know understanding of or familiarity with mainstream music and music culture. I thought Beatles were insects, that Michael Jackson had always been 'white', and that ZZ Top was a type of hairstyle. This is true of all pop culture, and I have done a LOT of catching up on movies and tv, but music has seemed too overwhelming to me...maybe because there are so many genres, artists, cultural contexts and eras to think about. But I want to understand why my dear friend L couldn't get out of bed for days after Prince died. I want to get the music-related jokes and references. I want to learn about how different cultures and their joys and struggles gave birth to forms and genres of music. Most of all, I want to understand the human connection to music. |