For this story, Connie Rocha remembers the time she entered WWII at the young age of 16 where she began working at Kelly field as a sheet metal mechanic and then later after transferring to another repair depot in Hawai’i she continued to work as a aircraft mechanic till the end of the war and… Continue reading We Can Do It: How One Woman Found Independence During WWII- StoryCorps
Month: August 2021
StoryCorps – Grayden Knoll
In this story, Melanie Dunne and sister Marissa Miranda remember Josh Dunne, Melanie’s husband and retired marine who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan. Josh then struggled for years with a traumatic brain injury and severe PTSD. This story was paced as a memorandum, with a solemn song in the background of the opening and closing… Continue reading StoryCorps – Grayden Knoll
Bandaid on a Bullet Hole -Morgan Wallen
“Bandaid on a Bullet Hole”, is on the album “Dangerous”, by country superstar Morgan Wallen, which was released earlier this year in January. Like a bunch of country songs it is about a broken relationship. Wallen does a good job with the intro, as it is slow with a piano rhythm flowing well with the… Continue reading Bandaid on a Bullet Hole -Morgan Wallen
Bella’s Lullaby
The hit song off the soundtrack of the 2008 blockbuster book adaptation Twilight, Bella’s Lullaby is a piece of music most young people could recognize by ear. This being an orchestral piece of score there are a variety of instrument types that come together in this piece. Strings and percussion are the two that play… Continue reading Bella’s Lullaby
Hide and Seek – Imogen Heap
Hide and Seek by Imogen Heap was released in 2005. You may find that a certain part sounded familiar since it was sampled in Jason Derulo’s 2009 hit single Whatcha’ Say. In this song, Heap makes use of a vocoder setting on a DigiTech Vocalist Workstation harmonizer, a tool that layers live vocal tracks into… Continue reading Hide and Seek – Imogen Heap
The Mandalorian
“The Mandalorian” was composed by Ludwig Goransson for Star Wars/Disney’s original series with the same title. Because the show is a space western, Goransson wanted to make the track both futuristic and old-school and stuck to traditional instruments, staying away from computers and synthesizers. The song is influenced by the main theme from the classic… Continue reading The Mandalorian
Find a Way – a Tribe Called Quest
“Find a Way” is not only a fantastic song, but a great example of the role our brain plays in the interpretation of sound. A Tribe Called Quest provides the vocals for this hit 1998 song, while the beat was produced by renowned producer J Dilla. A key feature of J Dilla’s music is his… Continue reading Find a Way – a Tribe Called Quest
A Day In The Life
“A Day in the life” is a is a song by The Beatles that was released as the final track of their 1967 album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band produced by George Martin. John Lennon and Paul McCartney did most of the songwriting and inputted their own unique sound production for this song alongside… Continue reading A Day In The Life
How High the Moon
Les Paul’s namesake guitar is how he is often remembered in history. The guitar was based on an initial design by Les Paul called the “Log”. He was searching for a way to amplify his guitar when playing with a band, and improvised a solution that was later refined by Gibson guitars. He was a… Continue reading How High the Moon
Portsmouth Sinfonia
Portsmouth Sinfonia was small orchestra made of both experienced and novice musicians. In many cases, the experienced musicians switched to instruments they typically didn’t play. While the resulting album is often played for laughs, it is also quite serious. We are so used to hearing slickly produced content that when we hear something that is… Continue reading Portsmouth Sinfonia