Camiria's musical journal

      It is always beautiful to learn about the musical traditions that a culture holds. For this blog entry, I want to focus on the music that is played at a funeral. This is because the music played at a funeral holds  significance and great meaning to everyone attending. I will be breaking this blog up into two parts. The first part will focus on my experience with music while I attend a funeral held on my dad's side and the second part will be focusing on a funeral that is held on my mom's side. Funerals are a way to celebrate the life of a lost one and their are many cultural traditions that are followed. Music that is played at an African american funeral is often the blues, jazz, and soul music. Artist who make touching music with these kinds of genres include Whitney Houston, Kirk Franklin and Patti Labelle. At an African American funeral, I feel like the music during the service is meant to allow everyone to show and share their emotions. The music that is p...

       The person that I choose to interview for this blog assignment is my mother, Amanda Sardin. I actually am excited that I got to do this and learn more about her, as I have been wanting to interview her about various topics recently. I find it intriguing to learn about the people who were on this earth before us. As well as how life or the world has changed since their youth. Before I interviewed my Mother, my expectations were surprisingly successful. This is because when I am around her, she never has a certain kind of music playing. The music that she plays is somewhat diverse and I like to think that's where my open minded sense of music taste derived from. The first question that I asked my mom is "who were your favorite musicians in your childhood and while you were growing up?". Her response was "One of my favorite musicians growing up was Monica. Monica's music meant something special to me because not only were her lyrics moving, but also the r...