24-hour music log
starting at 12:00 pm Friday, September 5, 2008
The following were heard between 12:00 and 1:00 pm from my computer, in my room:
“Handlebars” – the Flobots
“Us” – Regina Spektor
“Après Moi” – Regina Spektor
“The Call” – Regina Spektor
“Little Boxes” – Regina Spektor
“Samson” – Regina Spektor
The following was heard in my head at approximately 1:30 pm
“Don’t Stop Me Now” – Queen
The following was heard at approximately 2:45 pm
Various unidentifiable snippits of music wafting from the restaurants on Thayer
The following were heard between 3:00 and 5:00 pm, at a rehearsal for the a capirate group “ARRR!!!”
“The Bullgine” – Traditional (performed by ARRR!!!)
“Bully in the Alley” – Traditional (performed by ARRR!!!)
“The Grey Funnel Line” – Cyril Tawney (performed by ARRR!!!)
“The Fields of Athenry” – Pete St. John (performed by ARRR!!!)
“Bell Bottom Trousers” – Traditional (performed by ARRR!!!)
“Roll Your Leg Over” – Traditional (performed by ARRR!!!)
“Let it Be” – The Beatles (performed by Ryan Mott)
“Cape Cod Girls” – Traditional (performed by ARRR!!!)
“South Australia” – Traditional (performed by ARRR!!!)
“Low” – Flo-Rida (performed by Danny Musher)
“Whiskey” – Traditional (performed by ARRR!!!)
“The Mermaid” – Traditional (performed by ARRR!!!)
The following were heard between 5:00 and 5:30 pm, played on the piano and sung
“Tiny Dancer” – Elton John (performed by Eric Bair)
“Don’t Stop Believing” – Journey (performed by Eric Bair)
The following were heard between 5:30 and 6:00 pm
Generic Ringtone – “Nuance” – my friend Lynsey’s phone
“Don’t Stop Believing” – Journey (performed by Lynsey Ford)
“I Will Survive” – Gloria Gaynor (performed by Lynsey Ford)
“Mary Had a Little Lamb” – Traditional (performed by Lynsey Ford)
“The ABC Song” – Traditional (performed by Lynsey Ford)
“I’ve Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts” – Fred Heatherton (performed by Lynsey Ford)
(I should note that the preceding half dozen songs were only sung in excerpt. My friend Lynsey discovered that I was keeping a record of all of the music that I heard, and so she began singing random snippets of songs. I debated whether to include them, as they weren’t representative of what I would have heard had I not been keeping this log. I decided that they should be included, as they were pieces of music that I heard.)
At 8:00 pm I heard Ravel’s “Bolero” playing from my friend’s speakers.
Between 10:00 pm and 1:00 am, I heard an assortment of modern dance music (which I could not identify) coming from a set of speakers in the kitchen of Zeta Delta Xi.
I did not hear any more music until the log ended at 12:00 pm on Saturday, September 6
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3 comments:
I think that the way your friend reacted to learning that you were keeping track of the music is actually quite relevant to the nature of this course. One has to assume that the members of a culture studied by an ethnomusicologist could very well act differently when they realize that they are being observed. The problem the ethnomusicologist faces is similar to yours--should he (or she) publish what he deems to be "authentic" culture, or should he simply publish all that he finds and allow the educated reader to make up their mind? I think that you chose similarly to how they would proceed.
Great work Joe. My favorite part was when you mentioned music "heard in your head." Cognitive scientists call this "musical imaging," and some studies suggest that our experience of sound images can be perceptually more salient than our experience of actual sound. Thus, as I see it, your mentioning sound images in your blog is quite appropriate.
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