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In this blog, I will be talking about the Mexican music culture because people need to understand what exactly it is that Mexicans listen to. Many people think of the stereotypical trumpets and women in colorful dresses with men riding their horses and having big Sombreros, but this is not the case. So, first, I would like to start with the 60s- 70s to give an overarching idea of how Mexico was back then. The music was typically very high-pitched formal romance music. Some famous artists were Leo Dan and Jose Jose. Who, at the time, were two renowned artists who were most known for their romance music. One of the songs made was Mary es Mi Amor- by Leo dan and Amar y Querer.   The song in the first video is by Jose, and the song in the second video is by Leo Dan. As you can see, they are both similar in the way that they sound more formal and as though they are being performed on stage rather than a studio-produced song. Like many singers at the time, these men were more focuse...
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American Roots Music

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“Same Love” by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis Ft. Mary Lambert I chose to do this topic over the song “same love” because it shows the perspectives of fear  and struggles throughout the song related to social issues. Specifically, this song is more towards the LGBTQ+ community, and the reason it all came to be such an amazing and popular song was that it had so much meaning behind it. The songwriters are also telling their life stories throughout. This song really hit it off in 2014 and won a Grammy award for Macklemore and Lewis, but Mary Lambert is the actual songwriter of this song. Lambert grew up knowing that she was gay and felt guilty about it, especially because she was involved in church. She stated that she would go to church on Sundays and cry and apologize for being a sinner. From a personal view, I believe that this helped a lot of people open their eyes and really take a look at the bigger picture of things in the sense that being part of the LGB...
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Music And Gender

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 When it comes to the music industry, I believe that there have been a lot of gender norms in a way that women have been more limited when it comes to expressing themselves with their music. In an article I found, called “Gender expectations in the Music Industry,” it gives a lot of good claims over this argument and goes more into detail using Madonna as an example. She received the Billboard's Woman of the year award and gave a speech with the claim of reality of the music industry. She states that she felt inspired by David Bowie because he “embodied male and female spirit and that suited me just fine.” Most times when males tend to let out a more feministic side of them, they might get criticized, but it’s always worse when women try to express themselves in a masculine way. The article brings up a great quote that says “Women in the music industry have been marketed by using sex and femininity for so long that when an artist doesn’t adhere to this, it’s hard to sell them. More...
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My name is Aiden Ayala and this is my freshman year here at Converse University. To start off as my go-to song I would say it’s “She’s Mine pt. 2” by J. Cole. Recently I have been really into him and I felt like I could listen to many of his songs on repeat. I’m also an athlete here as part of the Cross Country and Track team, so whenever I have to do workouts or runs on my own I like to keep myself entertained with music and as of right now I can say that J. Cole has been a top favorite, mainly because he has meaning behind his songs and I feel like some are relatable. To go back on the topic of athletics, one of the ways to get myself focused and try to be in a good mindset, I would definitely have to play J, Cole to get me in the great racing mood. I think anyone can always just catch themselves listening to at least one J. Cole song because he has had so many great hits whether it was back in his 2014 album or even his most recents. For ...
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