Week 10 Copyright Laws and Music Theory Essay

a few of you asked me to come up with a list of possible topics for the final paper so here it goes. Please notice that our last weekly assignment is due this Thursday and it’s about Rip!, The Film. THERE IS NO WEEKLY ASSIGNMENT FOR WEEK 10, so that you can focus on writing your final paper. Also, you will find the Final Paper Assignment, the Attendance Quiz and the Long Listening list for Week 10 here in Canvas on Thursday evening.

Now, this list of topics is not exhaustive by all means. I am adding to this list all the topics we addressed in class, whether directly or indirectly, plus artists that are included in the Long Listening Lists. This is to give you many options. Remember, the important thing about the paper is YOU AND YOUR OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENCE. So be creative! 😉 And, as always, feel free to reach out if you have any questions!

POSSIBLE TOPICS FOR THE FINAL PAPER:

FROM WEEK 6

Women in Western concert music, Women composers, Diversity issues in Western concert/classical music, Anahita Abbasi, Lydia Brindamour, Celeste Oram, Tiange Zhou, Galina Utsvolskaya, Alicia Urreta, Helena Tulve, Kaija Saariaho, Maria Helena Rosas Fernandes, Eliane Radigue, Hilda Paredes, Younghi Pagh-Paan, Daphne Oram, Pauline Oliveros, Liza Lim, Sofia Gubaidulina, Unsuk Chin, Chen Yi, Wendy Carlos…

FROM WEEK 7

Indigenous peoples of the Americas and current musical practices, Cultural appropriation, Indigenous rock, hip hop, etc., Indigenous artists in experimental and concert music, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Raven Chacon, Tanya Tagaq, Inuit Throat Singing, Brent Michael Davids, A Tribe Called Red, Hamac Caziim, Bro MCs, Sak Tzevul, Rockdrigo Vargas, Joy Harjo, Benjamín Kumantuk Xuxpë; as examples of inappropriate cultural appropriation: Alok’s Yawanawa, Caroline Shaw’s Partita for 8 voices.

FROM WEEK 8

Music at the US-Mexico Border, Gloria Anzaldúa’s ideas/metaphors about the border, identity, border art and artists (Nepantla, Coyolxauhqui, etc), Peter Burke’s Cultural Hybridity concept, Norteño Music, Tejano or Conjunto Music, accordion and bajo sexto as identity markers, Nortec Collective (Bostich, Fussible, Hiperboreal, Panóptica, Terrestre, etc), Murcof, Haydée Jiménez, Glenn Weyant, Border Songs project by Robert Neustadt, Los Pingüinos del Norte, Los Tigres del Norte, Los Lobos, Grupo Codiciado, John Luther Adams’ “Inuksuit – A Border-Crossing Presentation”, led by UCSD Professor Steven Schick, Le Ra, Flaco Jiménez, Los Cenzontles

FROM WEEK 9

Leslie García aka Microhm, Fax, Ensenada Jazz, Enrique González Medina, Francisco Eme, Frida de la Sota aka Maki, Wilfrido Terrazas, Necking, Fandango Fronterizo

FROM WEEK 10

Remix culture, copyright laws and music, sampling, RiP! A Remix Manifesto (film), Girl Talk, Negativland, internet sharing/downloading, Clyde Stubblefield, Lawrence Lessig, Creative Commons, MySpace, Danger Mouse, Brazilian Techno Brega and Baile Funk, DJ culture