CUNY Academic Commons logo
  • People
  • Groups
  • Sites
  • Courses
  • Events
  • Activity
  • About
  • People
  • Groups
  • Sites
  • Courses
  • Events
  • Activity
  • About
  1. Account
  2. Commons Profile
  3. Activity
Profile picture of Norvel Wallace

Norvel Wallace

Student

  • Commons Profile
  • Activity
  • Sites
  • Groups
  • Friends
  • Personal
  • Mentions
  • Followed Sites
  • Friends
  • Groups
  • Profile Photo Profile Photo

    Exploring Music Spring 2020

    Norvel Wallace commented on the post, Participation Post for "Music and Nation" | Week of 4/29-5/6, on the groupblog Exploring Music Spring 2020

    I agree with your opinion that Hendrix’s controversy was more serious than Fergie’s controversy, as Fergie was just laughed at for a couple weeks after the incident, while Hendrix’s Woodstock performance is still […]

    6 years, 1 month ago
  • Profile Photo Profile Photo

    Exploring Music Spring 2020

    Norvel Wallace commented on the post, Participation Post for "Music and Nation" | Week of 4/29-5/6, on the groupblog Exploring Music Spring 2020

    1. Both of these performances were very controversial, but for different reasons. Hendrix’s performance came during the peak of the Vietnam War, which many Americans did not support, and was criticized afterwards […]

    6 years, 1 month ago
  • Profile Photo Profile Photo

    Exploring Music Spring 2020

    Norvel Wallace commented on the post, Blog 8, Thorpe, on the groupblog Exploring Music Spring 2020

    Hello, I liked how you explained that different people may have different interpretations of the song, as it’s something I never noticed before while listening to it. As a person who did a song from the same […]

    6 years, 1 month ago
  • Profile Photo Profile Photo

    Exploring Music Spring 2020

    Norvel Wallace edited the blog post Blog 8 Wallace

    The piece I decided to discuss is “Alright” by Kendrick Lamar, which became associated with may different rallies with in the Black Lives Matter movement, and talks about police brutality as a whole against […]

    6 years, 1 month ago
  • Profile Photo Profile Photo

    Exploring Music Spring 2020

    Norvel Wallace commented on the post, Khan blog 6, on the groupblog Exploring Music Spring 2020

    Hello, I like how your blog includes multiple types of reggae music, and including Koffee – Toast is a good way to show the recognition the the genre has received, and the popularity that it still enjoys. It’s […]

    6 years, 2 months ago
  • Profile Photo Profile Photo

    Exploring Music Spring 2020

    Norvel Wallace edited the blog post Blog 6 Wallace

    Both of my parents are Jamaican, and the music genre most popularly associated with Jamaica is reggae. Created in the late 60s, it quickly became extremely popular throughout the island in the 1970s, and reached […]

    6 years, 2 months ago
  • Profile Photo Profile Photo

    Exploring Music Spring 2020

    Norvel Wallace edited the blog post Blog 5 Wallace

    After watching all 4 performances, the type of performance I would be most comfortable with as an audience member is definitely the jazz club. In the example of the jazz club the atmosphere felt more comfortable, […]

    6 years, 2 months ago
  • Profile Photo Profile Photo

    Exploring Music Spring 2020

    Norvel Wallace commented on the post, Participation Post for "Music in Concert", Week of 3/18-3/25, on the groupblog Exploring Music Spring 2020

    1. How is the audience behaving? What are they doing?
    The audience is singing along to the lyrics of the song, and some of them are recording Khalid and and other performers on stage. Some others are also waving […]

    6 years, 2 months ago
  • Profile Photo Profile Photo

    Exploring Music Spring 2020

    Norvel Wallace commented on the post, Allycia, Blog 4, on the groupblog Exploring Music Spring 2020

    Hello, I also agree with the music from the car being both diegetic and non-diegetic. Also, it was interesting that you added the translation and related it to Andre’s predicament.

    6 years, 2 months ago
  • Profile Photo Profile Photo

    Exploring Music Spring 2020

    Norvel Wallace edited the blog post Blog 4 Wallace

    In the movie clip I chose (the opening scene of Get Out), a black man (Logan) is lost and talking to a friend on the phone, when a white car starts to trail him. Clearly feeling uncomfortable, he turns back, and […]

    6 years, 2 months ago
  • Profile Photo Profile Photo

    Exploring Music Spring 2020

    Norvel Wallace commented on the post, Khan Nadiyah Blog 3, on the groupblog Exploring Music Spring 2020

    Hello, I like your post a lot because SoundCloud is probably the biggest platform that an artist can blow up on nowadays, as its’s free and anyone can listen to music that is released. I completely forgot that […]

    6 years, 3 months ago
  • Profile Photo Profile Photo

    Exploring Music Spring 2020

    Norvel Wallace edited the blog post Blog 3 Wallace

    The piece of musical technology that I decided to choose is an instrument, the piano. The piano is a keyboard musical instrument (invented around the year 1700 by Bartolomeo Cristofori) that has wire strings, […]

    6 years, 3 months ago
  • Profile Photo Profile Photo

    Exploring Music Spring 2020

    Norvel Wallace commented on the post, Blog 2, Wang M, on the groupblog Exploring Music Spring 2020

    Hey, I like how you identified one of the instruments that were used in Alapana in order to show how timbre was included in the piece, in contrast to Kyrie from the Pope Marcellus Mass. I also liked that you […]

    6 years, 3 months ago
  • Profile Photo Profile Photo

    Exploring Music Spring 2020

    Norvel Wallace edited the blog post Blog 2 Wallace

    The two listening examples I chose to use were Alapana from Sitar, Sarode, and Tabla, and Kyrie from the Pope Marcellus Mass, and the three musical elements I will be discussing in tandem with them is harmony, […]

    6 years, 3 months ago
  • Profile Photo Profile Photo

    Exploring Music Spring 2020

    Norvel Wallace commented on the post, Blog 1 Lu, on the groupblog Exploring Music Spring 2020

    Your blog post was very informational, and I liked how you linked the translation of the word Renaissance to the actual rebirth of music in this time period. The music created during this time was indeed very […]

    6 years, 4 months ago
  • Profile Photo Profile Photo

    Exploring Music Spring 2020

    Norvel Wallace edited the blog post Blog 1 Wallace

    The Twentieth-Century Period was characterized by remarkable new innovations in many different fields, and things that excited me about this period included the new genres of music that were started during this […]

    6 years, 4 months ago
  • Profile Photo Profile Photo

    Exploring Music Spring 2020

    Norvel Wallace commented on the post, Welcome!, on the groupblog Exploring Music Spring 2020

    Hello, my name is Norvel Wallace, and I am currently an undergraduate sophomore who plans to major in Finance. My favorite genres of music include hip-hop/rap and R&B, and my favorite artists include Kendrick […]

    6 years, 4 months ago
  • Profile Photo
    Norvel Wallace became a registered member
    6 years, 4 months ago
CUNY Academic Commons logo
  • People
  • Groups
  • Sites
  • Courses
  • Events
  • Activity
  • About
  • Help
  • Privacy
  • Terms of Service
  • Accessibility
  • Creative Commons (CC) license unless otherwise noted
Built with WordPress Protected by Akismet Powered by CUNY CUNY logo

Need help with the Commons?

Email us at [email protected] so we can respond to your questions and requests. Please email from your CUNY email address if possible. Or visit our help site for more information:

Visit our help site
Skip to toolbar
  • Help
  • Register
  • Log In