BLOG #22

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So what is your name?

What grade are you in?

6

and how old are you?

11

Do you enjoy listening to music?

Yes

What is your favorite kind of music?

Rap

Rap? Is that there a reason why that’s your favorite kind of music?

Because my brother got me into and uh we both like listening to it and its really fast and  all like boyish cause I like being boyish.

Um so you like being boyish?

Yeah

Well your athletic, so that probably why?

And I sports with them

So how many do you think you listen to music daily? Like how many times a day?

Like 3 or 4 times

Do you know like know when?  In the morning?

In the morning, after school, on the way home from school on the radio, to school on the radio and like sometimes I like have my headphones and listen to it on my ipad and sometimes I have practice after school so I listen to on the way there

Do you listen to when you are at practice?

No not really

Because it is outside, right?

Yeah

Um, so do you listen to music with your freins a lot?

Yeah

Do you like, can you like describe a particlur time where you were hanging out listening to music or hanging out together listening?

At the social

Really?

Yeah

So were you like dancing or singing along?

We were like Dancing

Were you singing the words to the song?

Uh for some of the songs

Do you know which songs they were?

No

But what kind of songs did you know? Like the upbeat ones you hear on the radio?

Yeah, like the ones that everybody knows

Was there a dj?

Yeah, he was an old dude but he played good music

So do your friends like the same music youd do?

Yeah, well some of them don’t like rap but I like the other faster kind, like rap is kind of like the faster kind. And gangman style, some people just don’t like rap but thye like the other songs

Do you like rap because its faster?

It just like has a lot of curse words and stuff and makes me feel all like “homie”

Do you say the curse words? Do you think its alright?

Yeah, especially when its on the clean version I think its alright. Beause sometimes there is the occasional “ass” on the clean version.

So if its clean you can say it?

Yeah

Can you describe one of your facorite songs?

Mercy

Who is by?

Lil wayne and I think its kanye west

How does it go?

She sings it and includes curses (lots of them that say “ass”)

You know all the words?

Yeah, basically

And its fast too, right?

Yeah

So why do you like that song so much? Is it that word? Or how it sounds?

Because of the beat an dbecause my friends like that and it gets me in the mood for soccer

Why?

Because its an upbeat kind of song and I like to listen to music before soccer games cause like im in the car and my dad usually brings me to soccer and h

E listen to normal songs and they are slow and then I hum the songs in the game and it isn’t good when I have the bad songs in my head, like the slow songs. I like the fast songs, cause they are like tought

So they make you feel tought?

Yeah

So your friends kind of like the same music as you? But why don’t you think they like some? Can you think of a song they don’t ike that you do?

Um I like one one direction siong and some people are like how do you like that, you listen tor ap how do you like that?

Um why do you think people that don’t like it don’t like it?

Cause I usually hang out with people who do sports, like the tougher people, and the girls I hang out with don’t think its like cool to like that kind of song cause you are supposed to be all tough

So most of your friends know the words to most of that you know?

Yeah,

Like the popular songs? So like that you really like, do you listen to them everyday?

Yeah, kind of

How many times do youy thinkj?

Yeah

How long does it take you to remember a song you think?

Um well like most of the new songs are on the radio a lot and since im in the car listening to the radio I hear them a lot. And when I like a song a lot ill listen to it on my ipad so like probably like 5 days.

What happens if the song is really popular and your with your friends and they don’t know the words to the song?

Does that happen?

No, ususally everyone knows the words to the son

Imagine if someone came into class singing call me maybe and one person didn’t know the words? What would you think?

And we are like “do you not know what that song is?” it is weird

Do you think youneed to know certain songs to fit in?

Yes

Do you listen to music in school?

No

Do you have music class?

Yeah but since we go to catholic school its all “gody music” and its not my style

Do you think its harder to remember that because its not your style?

Well,like I just did a play and I kind of wanted to cause everyone had to and I wanted to learn quick and first and I wouldn’t want to if no one else did but since everyone was I mine as well do it to.

Do you think you wanted to because it was important to be that part?

Yeah, it was my responsilibty

If it were school and you had to memorize it would you?

Yeah but I rather listen to thinkgs on the radio. If you listen to gody music outside of music class you are considered a “los-a status”

So you like the sound of music and pace?

Yeah

Do you understand what the words in song mean?

Some of them, most of them

Can you give me an example of song?

I learned in one song the word provocative and it means like and that your trying to be sexy and you don’t have a lot of clothes on.

So you asked your mom what it means?

Yeah

Do you think its cool to know that?

Um no, but when I learned it, I sang it a lot more and on the bench for bball I would say “what, that’s provactive”

Because you knew what it mean?

Yeah because you cant sing it if you don’t know because then people be like well what does that mena

So you feel cool you know it?

Yeah

Do you ever sing a song at social acitivity?

Yeah

Is it fun?

Yeah

Why do you think its fun?

Because its something we can boith relate to and we can make up dances and sing it its something to do

So if she didn’t know the words it would nt be fun?

Yeah because then we have to do a different song?

Do yo remember that girl you told me new all the rap parts? Did you thik that was cool?

Yeah and then I didn’t know it so I had to go and learn it

Can you tell me why some people might not like a polular song?

Well, like the one direvtiont hing people think they have to be tough if they are on sports. And a kid on my soccer team says “mercy” is stupid because they sing in weird high bvoices but it makes it different. Hes a hater though.

Do you like to sing song to your friends they don’t know?

Yeah

What do you think they think about that?

Like maybe they would want to learn that song. If my friend lauren didn’t know a song, she would say “oh im gunna get that song when I get home” and we tell eachother that. The next time we would always listen ot it and we will both know it to sing it.

Why do you think its easy to memorize songs?

From listening to so many times.

Don’t you wish schhol work was like that?

Yeah, sometimes we used songs to memorize the layers of the earth and its rap and I like it and I still know the words.

Can you sing it?

sang it

then in class I would raise my hand and say I knew it already and sang it to the class

did they think it was cool?

Yeah, they wanted to learn it to

So if you like it you remember it more?

Yeah becayse it has a rhtym that I like

Is there any part of the song you remember faster?

Yeah, the chorus or the part I like the most

Why is iut the easitest?

For the song in the play, it was a part that everyone liked nad it sounded good and we had to do something with our arms so it was easier to remember

Is there cerain things oyu mess up on?

Yeah

Can you give me an example?

For gangman style but its south Korean

Why do u mess up on certain parts than others?

Cause I didn’t focus on parts, usually the second verse cause the first everyone really remembers

When you want to learn a song what do you do?

Listen to over and iover again

Uou don’t look up the lyrics?

Well if I want to know it fast, I will youtube the song with lyrics and listen and watch them righ there.

So its right infront of your face?

Yeah its cool

What if someone says the wrong words? Do you get in arrguments about the words?

There was abig fight in school one day becasuse people were in an argument about the words of the song.

It was a huge argument?

Yeah betweemt the class

So its part of school? You talk about it?

Yeah we talk about music

So do you think you remembner because you like it?

Yeah or if everyone else knows

What if you don’t know the words in the song? Do you always ask your mom?

If I didn’t know it, I wold just look it up on my ipad or something or google it knows everything.

Is there any other stories yu can think of?

No

Nothing? No fun things you did with songs?

Well yeah me and my friend imitated Justin beiber and we sang a song and made a video of it and it was really fun and we like acted it out.

So its really social?

Yeah you are always talking about. Even in school you are mouthing the words. Cause this kid, cause we have a cool group in the shoool.

Are you in the cool group?

Yeah its me and 3 othe rpeople

Wow, that’s limited!

So I was like mouthing the first part of the song and then he finished it but then lauren didn’t know the words so she had to go home and remember it.

So you told lauren about the song?

And yeah and she came back and could sing with veryone. I told her in the summer and then she came back to schhol and new the entire thing.

Oh wow! Well is there anything else?

Noooo

Well you did an awesome job!

Thanks, wait is it on?

Yeah

Just so you know Meagan o’callahan is an awesome girl!