Questioning the Media Chapter 3

Question 1: Who was your first favorite group or singer? How old were you at the time? What was important to you about this music?

When I was twelve years old, I got my first CD. Growing up I had many tapes and had many music groups that I enjoyed listening to. But the first one that I remember getting and listening to over and over, and being able to sing along was a CD by Aselin Debison. I was born in 1990, and I loved listening to Aselin Debison because she was the same age as myself. Aselin is a Canadian pop and Celtic music singer, and s

he continues to write songs. My grandmother traveled to her home in Canada, and when she came back she brought me a gift, which was a CD titled Sweet is the Melody. I enjoyed this music because it was from Canada, where my family is from, and was from a young singer. I was able to sing along and relate to some of her music. One of her songs was about, a friend that had moved away and how just a simple want to stay friends will keep two people together. A few years before this CD came out, I had my best friend from preschool move away. We struggled with missing each other, because we had lived every waking moment together. This song brought hope to each of u

s, as to how we were going to stay friends together as long as we wanting to stay friends. Her music was comforting, uplifting, and overall enjoyable for me to listen to.

Question 2: If you ran a noncommercial campus radio station, what kind of music would you play and why?

If I ran a noncommercial campus radio station I would play Religious music. All types of Religious music, because I think there is not enough of it played. I do not think that it should be just Christian music, but any other music that any religious groups enjoy. I think that all religions should be able to rejoice and celebrate with music together. There are not many channels that have religious music that is not Christian, and since we are all in one world everyone should be open to listening to all religious music. Living on a religious based campus, I do not hear much religious music. So if I had a campus radio station, I would choose to broadcast religious music.

Question 5: Do you think the Internet as a technology helps or hurts musical artists? Why do so many contemporary musical performers differ in their opinions about the Internet?

I think the Internet as technology helps musical artists, because then they are able to express their music on the internet. They can choose to have their music on the internet for free or for a cost. Except I do not think that YouTube benefits musical artists, because anyone can post anything for a free cost. Many contemporary musical performers have a different opinion because some of them want to be able to have their music available for anyone to listen to at no cost at all. But then they are some musicians who want their music to be only available to people that pay for the music and give back to the artists.