World Music: A Collection of Thoughts on Sound

https://soundcloud.com/kellen-obrien/changing-perceptions-of-video-game-music Introduction to Podcast: Hello everyone, this will be my last post up here. Directly above I've posted a link to my final podcast assignment. Directly below I've got my (relatively small) works cited page. The article is kind of interesting if anyone wants to check it out. I don't want to give away too much of the podcast, but it's essentially about music in video games. I talk a little bit about what classic game music actually sounds like and some sonic signifiers that are used to identify it (heavy use of synthesizer, looped tracks, etc.). Then I talk a little bit about how video game music is perceived by society, and how its association with games seems to lessen its value in some people's eyes. I close up with a discussion on how video game music covers can change people's perception of the music. If someone doesn't appreciate video game music very much, they might appreci

Link to Playlist:  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZi7usYx9ca90vzaa114eN-zEGTwhy_6C Artist Statement:   The theme of this playlist was video game music covers. As we talked about in class with our discussion of Mariachi Entertainment System, video game music can be a way for artists to attract listeners to different genres of music (in MES' case mariachi). The idea is that people will be more likely to listen to songs in a genre they aren't used to if they recognize the song being covered. With that in mind, I searched for covers in different genres to demonstrate how video game music is used to introduce people to lots of different styles of music. I personally believe these covers serve another purpose as well. In my experience, many people tend to unfairly regard video game music as a lesser type of music because of the medium it is used in. When this music is covered in a genre that people more readily recognize as music, such as jazz or metal, they're more l