Reflection 5 &6
The song is inspired and has attributes of throat singing which is where Tanya’s musical background originated. The tradition of throat singing comes from the inuk culture. Tanya, used her background knowledge to create this song which has a lot of meaning to it. For Tanya, residential schools are something very personal. Although she wasn't personally victimized by these schools, her people were. Her lyrics and video are very powerful, but most of all her wordless expressions say it all. This is something I enjoy most about Tanya as I watched multiple videos of hers. She is able to get her message across without saying a word. It takes talent and a special person to be able to do that. She knows what she wants to convey, and she does it. Something else that I really enjoyed about this particular piece are the animal-like sounds in the background. At first it sounds like a regular backing track, and then I realize that they sound like animals. As I research about more First Nations artists, I see that animals are a huge part of their music which is really cool and interesting because you do not see that in many other genres of music.
Reflection #2
One way that I noticed myself incorporating body mapping awareness or kinesthesia into my life musically was during lessons. Gloria, my studio teacher, always encouraged me to be more aware of my body while I sing since the beginning of the school year. I tend to tense up, especially when I am nervous. This week, I remembered to be more aware of my body while I sing instead of my voice sounding good or not. I noticed that when I didn’t worry about how my voice sounded but more about the way I am presenting myself physically, my voice sounded better anyways. I made sure to loosen up especially around my shoulder and neck area. I noticed a dramatic difference due to this change. My voice sounded much clearer and the tone was at its fullest potential. When I am tense, my voice sounds more scruffed up and sometimes I wouldn’t be able to hit notes that I know I can. I was really happy with the results that showed strongly in my lesson times with Gloria. She said that she noticed this result as well. A non-musical way that body mapping/kinesthesia affected my life this week was stretching. I decided to do this every morning before I made my way to school. Usually I would be sore all day and tense. This affected me very strongly at school. Not only did it affect my voice, as mentioned before, but it made me quite stressed. Stretching in the morning really opened me up physically, but also mentally. It made me feel better and gave a fresh start to the morning.
The song is inspired and has attributes of throat singing which is where Tanya’s musical background originated. The tradition of throat singing comes from the inuk culture. Tanya, used her background knowledge to create this song which has a lot of meaning to it. For Tanya, residential schools are something very personal. Although she wasn't personally victimized by these schools, her people were. Her lyrics and video are very powerful, but most of all her wordless expressions say it all. This is something I enjoy most about Tanya as I watched multiple videos of hers. She is able to get her message across without saying a word. It takes talent and a special person to be able to do that. She knows what she wants to convey, and she does it. Something else that I really enjoyed about this particular piece are the animal-like sounds in the background. At first it sounds like a regular backing track, and then I realize that they sound like animals. As I research about more First Nations artists, I see that animals are a huge part of their music which is really cool and interesting because you do not see that in many other genres of music.
Reflection #2
One way that I noticed myself incorporating body mapping awareness or kinesthesia into my life musically was during lessons. Gloria, my studio teacher, always encouraged me to be more aware of my body while I sing since the beginning of the school year. I tend to tense up, especially when I am nervous. This week, I remembered to be more aware of my body while I sing instead of my voice sounding good or not. I noticed that when I didn’t worry about how my voice sounded but more about the way I am presenting myself physically, my voice sounded better anyways. I made sure to loosen up especially around my shoulder and neck area. I noticed a dramatic difference due to this change. My voice sounded much clearer and the tone was at its fullest potential. When I am tense, my voice sounds more scruffed up and sometimes I wouldn’t be able to hit notes that I know I can. I was really happy with the results that showed strongly in my lesson times with Gloria. She said that she noticed this result as well. A non-musical way that body mapping/kinesthesia affected my life this week was stretching. I decided to do this every morning before I made my way to school. Usually I would be sore all day and tense. This affected me very strongly at school. Not only did it affect my voice, as mentioned before, but it made me quite stressed. Stretching in the morning really opened me up physically, but also mentally. It made me feel better and gave a fresh start to the morning.