My first entry... (week 1)

So I don't know how I totally forgot about the blog today. What can I say, it's been hectic. So since class I've been thinking about the role that music plays in my life, and I feel that like most other people music is something really big. Although I do not play an instrument, I grew up with a lot of instruments in my family. My grandpa is a musician of Mexican, Norteño music, a little similar to the conjunto music that we heard in class. But my grandpa and all 7 of his sons play multiple instruments ranging from the guitar, accordion, trumpet, bass, drums, violin, and others I don't even know the names for. And so music also plays a big role in our family.
In my own life sometimes I can't imagine my life with out music, or with out sound that can carry meaning. I like how the professor in class talked about the relationship between music and dance, because I think that's a really strong relationship for me. I feel that regardless of whatever type of music it is, I can usually move my body to it, or it can generate feelings that translate into movements for me, whether its the energy moving through out my body, or just the tapping of my foot, or something. Which is one of the reasons that I love karaoke! I love it because it really has the ability to connect people through music, which can convey emotions, and dance which is a way to express the emotions or even the feelings.
As for why I'm taking this class, and what I hope to get out of it: Well I'm taking this class because it's my last GE, and It sounded interested. I wanted to get a different perspective on music, an analytical perspective, I guess. So far I'm excited for class, I really like the idea of ethnomusicology, i think it's really intersting and I can't wait because I feel that I'm going to learn A LOT in this course, specially since it covers so much.