Blog # 18

While other schools took the more conventional route of promoting their school to prospective students, The University of British Columbia decided to do a lipdub to the songs Raise Your Glass by Pink and Celebrity Status by Marianas Trench to show students why they should choose UBC.

The video was amazing and looked tons of fun.  The best way to attract students who are all probably tired of the old mundane school routine is to show school in the best possible way.  I understand schools that showcase their libraries and multiple buildings and prestige but I think showing off student life is the smartest thing to do.  University, I think, is more about the experience of it than the books and studying, because anybody can learn things out of books without having to go to university.  

I won't be going to UBC, although after seeing this video I kind of wished I had applied in the first place, but seeing things like this makes me excited for my own upcoming university experience.     

Blog # 17

Is music just the songs a person hears on the radio or that piece composed by Mozart?  Or can music be anything?  "The Stupid Orchestra" arranged by Micheal Petermann shows us that music doesn't always come in the most conventional forms. 

Yes, it does sound a bit strange and many can argue that it just sounds like noise but it must be music to someone, right?  It must be because live performances of the Stupid Orchestra were played at the MKG Hamburg until the end of April with people attending them.

I watched this video in amusement while pondering what makes something music and something just noise.  I've come to believe that  what makes something music is all about perspectives.  People see (and hear) things differently.  While one person might see bird chirping as music another could just find it to be a nuisance.  Music is like visual arts where what defines something as a work of art is just opinions.