CUNY Academic Commons | David Yee | Activity https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/members/davidy/activity/ Activity feed for David Yee. Sat, 01 Jan 2050 18:00:18 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 fd85777eec2905a11fbcece9b9887608 David Yee commented on the post, Blog 9, Mak, on the groupblog Exploring Music Spring 2020 https://expmusspring20.commons.gc.cuny.edu/blog-9-mak/#comment-782 Tue, 19 May 2020 18:36:53 -0400 Good analysis on the person’s presentation. I really liked the two songs you chose if you were to do this topic, and you had such a good interpretation of the lyrics. It was cool that you also compared it to the […]

]]> ed599f014662505ee68f1d2390dd6be3 David Yee edited the blog post Blog 9, Yee in the group Exploring Music Spring 2020 https://expmusspring20.commons.gc.cuny.edu/blog-9-yee/ Tue, 19 May 2020 07:47:06 -0400 The topic I chose was Music and Loss, the reason being that some of the songs that many artists create have such a strong message that it causes the audience to feel their exact emotions. The first song presented […]

]]> 1b9ed29ba966ceb720690f3b377a79ad David Yee commented on the post, Participation Post for "Music and Nation" | Week of 4/29-5/6, on the groupblog Exploring Music Spring 2020 https://expmusspring20.commons.gc.cuny.edu/participation-post-for-music-and-nation-week-of-4-29-5-6/#comment-753 Thu, 07 May 2020 04:39:54 -0400 I agree that the ninth symphony was used to express the emotional relief of the citizen because after the wall was taken down people were free and the song was a representation of the freedom they acquired. I also […]

]]> f0405b05e1aa0622ecb51934832506cc David Yee commented on the post, Participation Post for "Music and Nation" | Week of 4/29-5/6, on the groupblog Exploring Music Spring 2020 https://expmusspring20.commons.gc.cuny.edu/participation-post-for-music-and-nation-week-of-4-29-5-6/#comment-750 Thu, 07 May 2020 03:42:13 -0400 1) Compare the controversy around Hendrix’s performance and Fergie’s performance. What was similar or different to how people reacted immediately afterward?
Both performances attracted a lot of attention bec […]

]]> 1fc4ff7ec15e9dd1183ff5ff8d44b9a0 David Yee commented on the post, Blog 8, Iraheta, on the groupblog Exploring Music Spring 2020 https://expmusspring20.commons.gc.cuny.edu/blog-8-iraheta/#comment-729 Tue, 05 May 2020 16:12:35 -0400 I wanted to do this song as well because it sends such a strong message with both the lyrics and the video. I really liked your interpretation on the lyrics and also how you explained the commentary about gun […]

]]> f86422243bc42e46ded101ab0b4f4a63 David Yee edited the blog post Blog 8, Yee in the group Exploring Music Spring 2020 https://expmusspring20.commons.gc.cuny.edu/blog-8-yee/ Tue, 05 May 2020 15:52:21 -0400 The song I chose is Better Days by Victoria Monet ft. Ariana Grande and it revolves around the Black Lives Matter Movement. This song was created to honor the death of Philando Castile and Alton Sterling after […]

]]> be39cbef993e9d212ed2da3f628a0f4d David Yee commented on the post, Blog 7, Du, on the groupblog Exploring Music Spring 2020 https://expmusspring20.commons.gc.cuny.edu/blog-7-du/#comment-679 Thu, 30 Apr 2020 03:34:26 -0400 Wow I like how you mentioned that without music, the ceremony would be less meaningful and how it created a different vibe to the ceremony. I agree with your point in Church Music, the message is important because […]

]]> 573ae77404362a0d90334154acfa3d1a David Yee edited the blog post Blog 7 Yee in the group Exploring Music Spring 2020 https://expmusspring20.commons.gc.cuny.edu/blog-7-yee/ Thu, 30 Apr 2020 03:29:06 -0400 The Sema Ceremony is worshipped by Mevlevi, which places “a strong emphasis on music, which sends the practitioner’s physical body into a slow dance of graceful and ecstatic turning” connecting their soul with […]

]]> 7d6c345fab112db2e37288eb010450bb David Yee commented on the post, Participation Post for "Music and Spirituality" | Week of 4/22-4/29, on the groupblog Exploring Music Spring 2020 https://expmusspring20.commons.gc.cuny.edu/participation-post-for-music-and-spirituality-week-of-4-22-4-29/#comment-666 Wed, 29 Apr 2020 23:01:48 -0400 I agree with your point that Music doesn’t require a text to be considered sacred because it’s the message that makes it sacred. With the use of instruments, the sound helps connect people. I like all the points […]

]]> c25562b1f2bdbdc7722a543787fa7396 David Yee commented on the post, Participation Post for "Music and Spirituality" | Week of 4/22-4/29, on the groupblog Exploring Music Spring 2020 https://expmusspring20.commons.gc.cuny.edu/participation-post-for-music-and-spirituality-week-of-4-22-4-29/#comment-665 Wed, 29 Apr 2020 22:49:28 -0400 1.Come up with a few ideas about what makes music sacred? Location? Purpose? Style? Message?
2. Do you think music needs to have religious text in order to be sacred?

The idea of music being sacred comes from […]

]]> fa408a9aaba993593ce7633175ffc6d2 David Yee commented on the post, Blog 6 Mak, on the groupblog Exploring Music Spring 2020 https://expmusspring20.commons.gc.cuny.edu/blog-6-mak/#comment-542 Wed, 08 Apr 2020 18:53:44 -0400 Hi, I was unaware that Chinese people dominated a majority in Malaysia which was pretty cool. I’ve never heard of instruments such as Erhu, Guqin, and Dizi and when I searched them up it was really nice listening […]

]]> 3636f234f8fbd5269a18edf29fb1a604 David Yee edited the blog post Yee, Blog 6 in the group Exploring Music Spring 2020 https://expmusspring20.commons.gc.cuny.edu/yee-blog-6/ Wed, 08 Apr 2020 18:40:37 -0400 My parents come from China and in their culture, a folk culture dance is known as the Lion Dance. It is a very well known dance within the community and has been brought to many other places in the world. This […]

]]> 2e14cc49aa8481d34e780ee365fa4cb0 David Yee commented on the post, Participation Post for Music and Ethnicity | Week of 4/1-4/8, on the groupblog Exploring Music Spring 2020 https://expmusspring20.commons.gc.cuny.edu/participation-post-for-music-and-ethnicity-week-of-4-1-4-8/#comment-533 Tue, 07 Apr 2020 21:09:27 -0400 I agree with what you said on question two where you couldn’t choose to incorporate their music because it is degrading and it’s rude to their culture. I also didn’t know that the blues were songs that often help […]

]]> 64755bdedbe8b9b6d829c355cd48b575 David Yee commented on the post, Participation Post for Music and Ethnicity | Week of 4/1-4/8, on the groupblog Exploring Music Spring 2020 https://expmusspring20.commons.gc.cuny.edu/participation-post-for-music-and-ethnicity-week-of-4-1-4-8/#comment-532 Tue, 07 Apr 2020 21:05:30 -0400 1. Like Jazz,the blues was developed by Black Musicians in the deep South around the early 1900’s. Are there any other similarities between jazz and the blues? What sets the two apart? You can think about form, […]

]]> 0e7137b67305315d42a7d94f5ba2e1ff David Yee commented on the post, Participation Post for "Music and Dance" | Week of 3/25--4/1, on the groupblog Exploring Music Spring 2020 https://expmusspring20.commons.gc.cuny.edu/participation-post-for-music-and-dance-week-of-3-25-4-1/#comment-468 Tue, 31 Mar 2020 22:01:26 -0400 I agree with all the points you said. I liked how you mentioned that the rattle players would nod their head to the instrument as if the music was felt within them. And also for another weakness maybe you could’ve […]

]]> 1f05582444b77db8e0515332c9947c5b David Yee commented on the post, Participation Post for "Music and Dance" | Week of 3/25--4/1, on the groupblog Exploring Music Spring 2020 https://expmusspring20.commons.gc.cuny.edu/participation-post-for-music-and-dance-week-of-3-25-4-1/#comment-467 Tue, 31 Mar 2020 21:44:58 -0400 1. Describe how you hear two aspects of rhythm in this performance
The two aspects of rhythm in this performance that I heard was both beat and tempo. I notice in the video that the tempo is played at a fast […]

]]> 97928936e9de76e3a354cff48020b927 David Yee commented on the post, Participation Post for "Music in Concert", Week of 3/18-3/25, on the groupblog Exploring Music Spring 2020 https://expmusspring20.commons.gc.cuny.edu/participation-post-for-music-in-concert/#comment-368 Sat, 21 Mar 2020 22:03:27 -0400 I like how the first thing that we both noticed was how different the audience was when comparing Khalid’s concert and the Symphony. We noticed the same exact things which was real cool. I didn’t notice that some […]

]]> ed2dbb2f4a463e0b9d7dbfc70e84db9a David Yee commented on the post, Participation Post for "Music in Concert", Week of 3/18-3/25, on the groupblog Exploring Music Spring 2020 https://expmusspring20.commons.gc.cuny.edu/participation-post-for-music-in-concert/#comment-367 Sat, 21 Mar 2020 22:00:39 -0400 March 19
1. How is the audience behaving? What are they doing?
The audience is swaying back and forth to the beat as Khalid sings the song. Some people in the audience are waving their phone with their […]

]]> b9fdbc2881fb78c9af2abcb9db7633a5 David Yee commented on the post, Yi, Blog 5, on the groupblog Exploring Music Spring 2020 https://expmusspring20.commons.gc.cuny.edu/blog-5-yi/#comment-364 Sat, 21 Mar 2020 16:57:24 -0400 I agree with the fact that the least comfortable place watching as an audience member would the be chamber music recital. Just because it’s such a small place and you get very nervous because if you move by […]

]]> 5c5dde045f34624040a4280db55f747c David Yee edited the blog post Yee, Blog 5 in the group Exploring Music Spring 2020 https://expmusspring20.commons.gc.cuny.edu/yee-blog-5/ Sat, 21 Mar 2020 16:50:16 -0400 After watching each performance, I feel like I would be most comfortable at a symphony orchestra. The reason being that I’m familiar with the environment so I know what to do once I get there. It is very calm […]

]]> 50332296ea630ff19c863ffe4161295f David Yee commented on the post, Blog 4, Kim, on the groupblog Exploring Music Spring 2020 https://expmusspring20.commons.gc.cuny.edu/kim-blog-4/#comment-327 Sat, 14 Mar 2020 23:21:54 -0400 I like how you mentioned that the music is like, a calm before the storm. I agree with you that the music/violin intensifies the situation showing how creepy the kidnapping is. I like how you used dissonance, it […]

]]> 3f88124da500a85de2e0640c8e5ffcbd David Yee edited the blog post Blog 4, Yee in the group Exploring Music Spring 2020 https://expmusspring20.commons.gc.cuny.edu/blog-4-yee/ Sat, 14 Mar 2020 23:16:51 -0400 The one I chose was “Get Out”, it starts off with a male individual walking around in an unfamiliar neighborhood. He is in a call with may be his significant other and as he ends the call and begins walking, a […]

]]> 056f03d85779762442a3c71d4f6f52bb David Yee commented on the post, Blog 3, Du, on the groupblog Exploring Music Spring 2020 https://expmusspring20.commons.gc.cuny.edu/blog-3-du/#comment-284 Sat, 07 Mar 2020 05:10:59 -0500 I typically enjoyed how you first pointed how there are many important things used in concert rather than just saying only one thing. I liked how you knew your information about how there many different types of […]

]]> 19689a5c59450bf5a270b16971cc1c6b David Yee edited the blog post Blog 3, Yee in the group Exploring Music Spring 2020 https://expmusspring20.commons.gc.cuny.edu/blog-3-yee/ Sat, 07 Mar 2020 05:05:57 -0500 A very important tool in music that has helped many artist in the industry would be auto-tune. Auto-tune is very important because it is a piece of software that corrects the singer if they are singing out of […]

]]> 68172493affa8fb91364975c110827bd David Yee commented on the post, Blog 2 Thorpe, on the groupblog Exploring Music Spring 2020 https://expmusspring20.commons.gc.cuny.edu/blog-2-thorpe/#comment-250 Sun, 16 Feb 2020 07:07:49 -0500 I really like how you connect the musical concepts with the actual experience of the listener! I found it very helpful in understanding what you were saying, as I could personally think back to the “story” that I […]

]]> 55449ec0fecc9a04870bfcdf2c31e58c David Yee edited the blog post Yee Blog 2 in the group Exploring Music Spring 2020 https://expmusspring20.commons.gc.cuny.edu/yee-blog-2/ Sun, 16 Feb 2020 07:02:14 -0500 I chose to listen to the piece, “Kyrie from the Pope Marcellus Mass” and “Kyrie (monophonic)”. I found three musical elements that stood out which were harmony, melody and rhythm. Harmony is the sounding of two […]

]]> 871e1a2d0eec2b44873c2eca8fbb6288 David Yee commented on the post, Salvati Blog 1, on the groupblog Exploring Music Spring 2020 https://expmusspring20.commons.gc.cuny.edu/salvati-blog-1/#comment-219 Sun, 09 Feb 2020 02:23:12 -0500 I thoroughly enjoyed how you connected the musical style that dominated the Renaissance Period with the dominance of the Roman Catholic Church in Europe during that time. I found your connection both natural and […]

]]> e8ce653b5a74593fa0892a6a7fff348f David Yee edited the blog post Yee Blog 1 in the group Exploring Music Spring 2020 https://expmusspring20.commons.gc.cuny.edu/yee-blog-1/ Sun, 09 Feb 2020 02:16:56 -0500             The twentieth century represents a
time so closely related yet so distant from the world in which we live in today.
Though it saw the rise of much of the technology we still depend on today, the […]

]]> b4d05cdbcade47e4cf96e96aadc191c6 David Yee commented on the post, Welcome!, on the groupblog Exploring Music Spring 2020 https://expmusspring20.commons.gc.cuny.edu/welcome/#comment-8 Mon, 27 Jan 2020 20:52:19 -0500 Hi! My name is David Yee, I am currently an undergraduate freshman student at QC majoring in Elementary and Early Childhood Education. I don’t think I have one specific artist or type or music that I enjoy over […]

]]> 311022c2606baae6eceffe7d908fc637 David Yee became a registered member https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/641841/ Mon, 27 Jan 2020 19:49:52 -0500