In today’s class we talked about WWI WWII and the Cold War. Overall leading up to the “Military Industrial Complex” that Eisenhower coined during the Cold War. This has a lot to do with computer systems that were used during that time and how it has increased and grown better overtime. My teacher had mention identity and how the government controls it yet it also comes with perks like no one can steal my identification (easily that is. If someone tried they could possibly accomplish their goals) and allows for a sense of security. With this radical production of technology it easier to keep track of things like identification for example when the army needed to give out penchants to soldiers who have served in the war, there needed to be a system to keep the people in order which got better with the use of computers.

This is what understood from class, but honestly I’m not really sure what the purpose of this lesson was. I know I’ll figure it out later though, for now I will just keep thinking about it.

-Andrea Moye

I’m basing these dates off when I’m supposed to have class.  Now before I get into it let me say that these quotes I have are from a live stream on twitch, a platform that allows people to talk, make music, or play games live while also communicating with whatever followers they have.

On September 1st I on twitch watching a youtuber known as Rockit (real name Russel Mckamey, but I will be referring to him as Rockit, on the left) from Rockit Gaming. Rockit and his partner Vinny Noose (Vincent Newsome, on the right) have numerous songs for video games like Halo or Hello Neighbor, and have new music every Friday.

During the stream I asked Rockit “What are your views about compression on today’s music?”

He Replied “Compression today is used a lot more artistically then it ever has been before… for our generation of music listeners are trained differently on what sound good…”

He goes on to talk about loudness, which has been discussed in class. Then he states “…Compression is used to hear everything at the same level without affecting the rest of it. As listeners we are trained differently in today’s era and we almost need it with the way music is produced.

After sometime (cause he’s in the middle of playing a game) Rockit gives his opinion on whether he thinks compression is good or bad. Saying “I love compression, used in the right way it makes everything sound natural and perfectly balanced, [the key is] it’s to balance it out within the mix!”

I love Rockit Gaming along with the other singers seen down below. They call themselves Nerdcore and make amazing songs, I recommend checking it out. I’m extremely grateful to Rockit for answering my question and giving me the opportunity to look into the mind of a music creator.

Game On!

Rockit is in the middle with red hair

-Andrea Moye

So I did this before but I couldn’t find any sign of it earlier.

In my first day of class I was asked to listen to Katy Perry’s Firework and listen how her voice no matter what did not change a bit in volume despite knowing that she is yelling during her chorus. Later in the class we were asked “why does your generation like this type of music?” My answer is that I believe our generation does not notice it. I think we are overwhelmed by the catchy-ness of the musical background that the vocal variation is drowned out. Personally I know that if I hear a good beat and I can grove to the music, I’m not paying attention to much of anything else in the song. As for the class in total, I think its going to be very interesting. I’m still not entirely sure what to expect from this class but I’m excited to try something new and see what I can learn from here.

-Andrea Moye