While I was looking through the options for the First Year Seminars, this music roots class stood out to me. It sounded very interesting and I thought I would enjoy learning more about different types of music.
If you could take 5 pieces of music with you to a desert isle, what would they be?
- "45" by Shinedown
- "Everything Changes" by Staind
- "Here We Are" by Breaking Benjamin
- "I Miss You" by Incubus
- "Boston" by Augustana
What's a piece of music you associate with a parent, grandparent, or someone you know well that's at least a generation older than you.
I've never heard any of the music that my grandparent's listen to. I honestly don't think they listen to a whole lot. My dad enjoys listening Led Zeppelin. My mom listens to a lot of modern Christian music.
If we all decided to replace the national anthem with a new song, and everyone agreed that you got to choose, what would you recommend?
It would be tough to choose a new song to be the national anthem. Obviously the national anthem should be patriotic. That is an important element. I know that modern isn't always better but maybe something that isn't so traditional. There is no way I could choose a song without input from other people. I think it is fine the way it is.
What kinds of music related performance stuff (if any) do you do?
Throughout high school I was pretty involved in band. I'm not in band anymore but I did enjoy it while I was. I participated in contests through our school and I did two summers of marching band. Over the summer, I traveled to Europe with a band and we played concerts in seven different countries. We traveled for two and a half weeks.
Given the readings and what (little) you know about Governor Blanco, if you had a chance to ask her one question, what would it be?
I guess I would ask her what it was like dealing with hurricane Katrina. I haven't been through a terrible natural disaster like that so I would like to know what it was like having to work to rebuild everything from pretty much nothing.
