College Music: Do you Approve?

As I was hanging out with a few of my friends last night there was a major dispute regarding what music should be played. Once one song was chosen by one of my friends another person would go the iHome and switch it again. Although this may seem like a minor detail in the grand scheme of things, the type of music that is filling a room really dictates the mood.

Most people would probably classify my music taste as “what’s popular,” or as I learned at my summer internship “Top 40.” I know this doesn’t make me particularly unique in a sense, it is music that most people can tolerate when hanging out with friends and it evokes a positive mood.

Electronic Music

Electronic gets is roots from artists all over Europe. One of the main pioneer groups were Kraftwerk, a German electronic group. Once electronic was getting big overseas, it eventually came into the United States. Detroit became a satelite city for Europe because it was one of the only few cities that started having disc jockeys play European electronic artists at the clubs.Believe it or not, Detorit... [More]

MMMBop Revival

It all started at the very beginning of my freshmen year when I saw an ad in the student newspaper for a Hanson concert at the Wildhorse Saloon in downtown Nashville. I was so excited to be living in Music City and desperately wanted to relive some childhood memories, so I asked my hallmate to go with me. When I look back on this, I'm kind of embarrassed that I asked a virtual stranger to go to... [More]

Good Luck Jane

Good Luck Jane all started with Jake Cooper and Andrew Slutsky, “in 8th grade” according to Jake.  They were best friends who just so happened to have hidden musical talent, Jake on the drums and Andrew on the piano. “We used to make his neighbors come watch us so we could put on stupid concerts for them,” Jake recalls.  Ever since middle school they knew that music is something they... [More]

Euro Trash?

I just came back from a semester where I studied abroad in Rome, Italy, and my song of choice before a fun night out was always "Disco Pogo", a techno celebration from German DJ's whose names I will never be able to pronounce. I loved shouting out the chorus, "Disco Pogo ding-a-ling-a-ling!" all night long.