EY Y01 L36 Music

  1. There are many ways to access and enjoy listening to music; CD, radio, streaming (e.g. Spotify) to phone or tablet, YouTube, mp3, vinyl etc. What is your preferred way to listen to music? Why?
  2. There are many places to enjoy our favorite music; driving/in the car, walking/cycling to work, in bed, at work, around the house. Where do you listen to music the most? How does it change your mood?
  3. Can you play an instrument? If yes, tell us about how and when you learned and how often you play now. If no, do you regret never picking it up? If you could learn from today, which instrument would you choose and why?
  4. What genre of music do you listen to the most (for example, JPop, JRock, JRap, 60s Classic Rock, Trad Jazz, German 90s House etc. etc.)? How old were you when you started to become interested in that genre? What got you into that genre?
  5. What is your favorite album, single or recording from that genre? Tell us a bit about how you first heard it, how often you listen to it now and why it means so much to you?
  6. What genre, artist or song do you consider annoying, impenetrable, undeserving of artistic merit or unlistenable?

Question 1

I used to have all my favorite songs in my iPod. I lost it at some point and kinda stopped trying to store music. I sometimes listen to music on my phone via iTunes, my family has a shared account, or I'll play something on YouTube while I'm working.

Question 2

I like to listen to music when working sometimes, it helps keep me alert, I get bored when it's too quiet sometimes. I also like listening or singing in the shower, gives me something to do, but I only do this when I'm happy. I also listen to music sometimes on long journeys, but recently, I've just been reading books and I prefer not listening to music when reading so I can focus on the story.

Question 3

I can't play an instrument at all, but I really enjoy singing. I wish I took voice lessons, like my grandmother suggested when I was a child, but I didn't believe I had a good voice.

Question 4

I listen mostly to alternative music. I like listening to the interesting musical arrangements they come up with to produce unique melodies and I also loved the imagery they would have in the lyrics.

Question 5

I love listening to female singers with dreamy voices like Florence and the Machine and Laura Marling. My favorite songs are My Manic and I by Laura Marling and Safe and Sound by Taylor Swift featuring The Civil Wars. Taylor Swift sang in a completely different style for this song, this is the only time you will hear her voice sound like that, it's so different from anything she's done. I really like the lyrics of these songs, it reminds me of my relationship, the melody is also really soothing and deep.

Question 6

I really have little respect for rap songs now a days. They talk about the same thing, money, drugs, women. I don't like the values that their songs represent and feel that it's too superficial and violent.

Tough Vocabulary

- English - - Japanese -
superficial = shallow, lacking deep concepts or feelings