Unfortunately, I was feeling pretty under the weather this week, so I wasn’t able to attend class. I emailed Guillaume and got caught up on what I’d missed – sounds like the majority of the class time was dedicated to hands-on lab work and exploring a few new resources including a couple AI image generating cites.
While, by nature of not being able to be in class, I do not have as much to reflect on this week as in past weeks, I was able to make some progress on my inquiry project: namely, I had a really good conversation with a friend of mine who has a background in music composition and it also very interested in experimental music and music history. I specifically asked if they had any good ideas of genres or movements in music that were prominent in the 1970s that I could address in this week’s blog post. A few things they brought to my attention were the cross-genre explosion of music in Iceland when they suddenly gained access to the world of music, from classical to rock music, all at once. While that sounds, interesting, I need to check whether or not that occurred in the 70s to see if it would be relevant for this week. What really stood out to me, however, is the development of dub reggae in Jamaica in the 1970s. Obviously, I’m writing this before starting my research for this week’s inquiry post, so we’ll see what I end up going with but I am getting excited about the music I am discovering throughout my inquiry project!