Music and family Blog

     

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&b flow that was present in her songs made me want to listen to her music on repeat. Also, in my youthful years the trend of having a musical group was popular. With that being said, my favorite groups at the time were Xscape and brownstone." Below, I have entered a video of the girl group Xscape. When my mom originally told me about this group, nothing came to mind. However after doing further research, I came to a realization that I have heard this group before. Not only have I listened to them before, but a lot of their songs are popular remixes or samples that are used in today's music. I also found it cool how she mentioned that singing groups were popular while she was growing up. It made me realize that they're not really popular American singing groups anymore, especially girl groups. Now that this decline in female singing groups has been brought to my attention, I am definitely going to be on the lookout for recommendations.

  

The next question that I decided to ask my mom was "What was one of the happiest experiences that you have had with music in the past?". She took her time with finding the best answer that she could for this question. I could also tell that she was reliving the moment while explaining her answer. Her answer was "One of the happiest experiences that I had with music was when I was in your grandmother's house and I was sleeping. While I was sleeping, a movie was playing and in the movie the song real love could be heard. I woke up to that beautiful song and I remember the rest of the day being just as beautiful. My day was filled with family and memorable activities". When my mother mentioned the song real love by Mary J Blidge, I thought of the happy memories that I shared with this song. This song reminds me of the house that I was raised in. It reminds me of when I walked home from school on a  sunny day, came home to my mom cleaning and cooking, getting to pet my childhood cat, and being surrounded by my family. In conclusion, I enjoyed the opportunity I had to learn more about my mom's history, it was fun and I can't wait to interview another one of my family members.