Music Music Music

1. Dubstep
- Skrillex
- Skrillex is a very popular dubstep DJ that is known worldwide. My sister is a "Bass head", which is what Dubstep lovers are known as, as Dubstep music uses great amounts of Bass and has Bass drops that will blow your mind. Skrillex uses Ableton as his choice of DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) to create his beats that have crowds going into a craze. Most DJ's today use computer software which has prerecorded sounds of other instruments to create their music. This directly correlates music and technology as they use mixers, and software to align their beats that they then release to the "bass heads."

2. Post-Modern Crisis
- U2
- U2s recording of "Where The Streets Have No Name" was like something you would see out of a movie as they decided to record the video on the top of a liquor store in downtown Los Angeles before cops ultimately shut it down after 10s of thousands of people got word of it from friends and the radio and decided to go enjoy a free concert as U2 was one of the most popular bands at that time after releasing their album "Joshua Tree." I myself am a huge fan of U2 as well as my mother is. My Mother has seen U2 live upwards of ten times, in 3 different countries including, The USA, Canada, and Ireland. The electric guitar is an instrument that the band heavily relies on to make a soothing sound that flows perfectly with the soft voice of Bono, the lead singer of the band. 

3. Girl Power
- Lady Gaga
- Lady Gaga is very popular and a well-known singer and songwriter of the last decade. She as well recently stared in the Grammy-nominated and winning movie, "a Star Is Born." Gaga uses many technologies in her live performances as well as her music video performance to engage her viewers as much as possible. Her halftime performance at the Superbowl in 2017 was one for the ages that saw her being performing on top of the stadium and then slowly dropping down to the stage on the field with the help of some harnesses. Which then features her doing flips in the air while laser beams and lights flash around her to excel the visual effects of her performance. 

4. Punk
- Sex Pistols
- The Sex Pistols are a very influential band from the Punk era. The Sex Pistols rely heavily on the use of the electric guitar and the synthesizer to craft their music. you can also hear a little bit of auto-tune that the lead vocalist used to produce a very unique sounding voice. I chose the Sex Pistols because I am already familiar with their music so I knew a great deal of what they use to produce their wonderful punk music 

5. Virtual
- Gorillaz
- The Gorillaz are a band that I have never seen before. They do not have real musicians who perform but instead of virtual characters that are supposed to resemble the band. This in itself is a use of technology as they have to make the animated characters appear as if they are singing the songs and mouthing along to the lyrics. This new wave band is a pretty cool idea because the performers in the band never have to perform, they just record the music and then let their animated characters go on tour and make the music videos. This is something that I look forward to seeing how it can progress in the future as virtual performances will take away the stress of musicians who go on tour and have to be separated with their families and also will allow the musicians to hide their fame behind an animated character. 

Creepy Video

This is one of the creepiest and most disturbing videos that I could find on youtube. While it is a bit creepy its also very funny.

Creative Video: Bills Mafia

I created a Hype video of the infamous Buffalo Bills Sunday tailgate. From lighting ourselves on fire to jumping through tables, this is Buffalo.

XEROX

For my Xerox project, I created a tree out of cut out pieces of my hands and feet. I created a tree because a tree represents strength and prosperity. I chose to create a tree because I think a strong tree represents a strong life, with the use of hands, legs, and feet I interpret that having a strong base as a human translates to being sturdy and confident like a tree is in the forest. Trees are also essential for life as they produce oxygen for us to breath. The healthy body parts I used can translate to being healthy, strong and a confident individual will lead you a very prosperous life as trees have, as they can live 100's of years. This project was a very fun project that brought me nabk to arts and crafts I did as a kid. The big difference was that this arts and crafts project has a bigger and deeper meaning than when I was a kid and would cut out my hand to make a turkey.

Flipbook

I created an Easter theme flipbook which shows a Red egg pumping up the crowd before riding down a ramp and doing some cool tricks on a skateboard. This project, while although very tedious work was a lot of fun and enjoyable. When I was younger I used to always make flipbooks so I can't believe now as a college student I am creating them again! I hope you enjoy!!

Mr.Roboto

I think mine, as well as many others biggest fear, is the day when AI (Artificial Intelligence) gets too advanced for our own good that they take over the world and then that's the end of human civilization. While today we are still in control I think the things robots can do is extremely impressive. They do more than just help create cars and other things on an assembly line, today they are able to talk, cook, and do things just as normal LIVING humans can do such as intimidate breathing, blinking and talking in accents and many different languages. This is crazy!!!! some are created so well that it is hard to tell if it is a robot or a real person. If you've seen the movie Transendence, starring Johnny Depp you can see firsthand what can occur when we advance technology such as robots too much. In the movie AI takes over peoples living bodies and can repair cuts and broken bones in seconds, this is a pretty cool thing if then they didn't take over your mind and make you follow commands as now you are under their control. Luckily that is just a movie, but if that happens in real life, you can find me on the next SpaceX rocket en route to Mars because there is no way I would make it out alive after the "Robot Revolution." As technology is advancing some of the things they are able to do is amazing and makes everyday life easier. I just hope that it doesn't get to the point where we can no longer control it.

Artist and Inventor Differences

To me, an artist is someone who creates something, usually in the form of music, a painting, or a drawing in order to express themselves. Often they are created for pleasure that has no real use but to have people observe it and form their own opinions. An inventor is someone who creates a product that is like any other or someone who advances an already created product. An artist and an inventor are two terms that can intertwine as an artist is creating something unlike anything done before but it isn't used for anything like a physical technology or other product would be used. therefore I believe while closely related there is a fine line between an inventor and an artist.