Good Vibrations
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What role does music play in your life? Do you listen to it when you are happy? Or sad? Does it mark memorable life moments for you or remind you of past experience?
Hopefully all of the above are true, because for this lab you will be creating a soundtrack for your life! You will have a lot of creative freedom for this lab as it should be a very personal and meaningful journey.
Start by making a list of all of the songs that remind you of a part of your life. It might help to start from the youngest age that you can remember and think about what songs represent that time.
You can focus on specific moments, like the Christmas that you received your favorite toy, or you can focus on general time periods, like that year that you moved to a new town and were the new kid in school—or a combination of both!
You will need to come up with a minimum of ten songs that represent important moments, experiences, or memories from your life. Do your best to spread out these moments and songs (i.e., don’t choose 10 songs from the year that you were 8 years old).
Number a word processing document from 1-10 (or however many songs/moments you choose). For each number, please include the following information:
The name of the song and the artist who sings it
A link to the song (nowadays, you can find a digital version of most songs online in the form of a music video or audio file; if you cannot find your song online, provide a link to the lyrics that you find online)
An image that is representative of this song (the album cover, a photo of the artist, etc.)—make sure to include a link to where you found this image
A description of the moment/time period/event/experience in your life that this song reminds you of and why you believe this song reminds you of this
A description of the emotion that this song evokes in you
Once you have created this list of 10 songs that acts as the soundtrack to your life, please write a brief reflection on the activity as a whole. Some questions to think about for your reflection:
Did you enjoy creating this soundtrack to your life? Why or why not?
What role has music played in your life, in general?
What parts of creating this soundtrack for your life did you find challenging? What parts did you find easy or enjoyable? Explain.