music ethnography

A music culture I would like to use for my music ethnography would have to be my friend Caleb Mak. He tries to mix up his style of music by mixing rap and hip hop together in his song to give it a fresh taste. He his now working on acoustic songs and just had a concert recently back on January 16, where he played a couple of his acoustic songs. he already has an album out called L.O.V.E which stands for love of virtuous ecstasy. he is also working on two more albums one of which will be an all acoustic CD. In his songs he talks about the difficulty about relationships and ways to overcome the treacherous obstacle. This is a good music culture to study because of the different styles that he is able to bring to the table. I also think his music is influenced by his surroundings and culture because he was in a high school setting his music seems to focus more on attracting younger listeners while his beats seem somewhat synonymous with his culture. Here is a link for one of his song. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwkPcFW1xFM, it is called "The Joker" and it was one of his more popular songs.

influenced music culture

one music culture that has influenced would have to be my friend Caleb Mak. he has been making music since he was young and released his first album last year. At first I thought his music was just a way for him to pass the time because we were bored high school students, however whenever he finished a new song the same routine would occur. We would both arrive to school early and then I would go sit in his car and he would play the song while he drove around the parking lot. Then after the song was over he would stop the music and look over at me and would ask me what I thought about the song and so I would give him an answer. then he would tell me the story behind the song or what he was thinking about before he wrote the song, I could tell that he wanted to deceive in his song but I don't really know what that means and I honestly don't think he knows what that means either. However I realized how passionate his music was to him and that influenced me because he doesn't give up on what he is passionate about. He continues to make more music today and I'm an active listener and supporter for basically all of his music.