TUFTS! MY OBSESSION WITH FOREIGN MUSIC

Self-identity and personal expression take many forms. For example, music, clothing, politics, extracurricular interests, and ethnicity can each be a defining attribute. Do you surf or tinker? Are you a vegetarian poet who loves Ayn Rand? Do you prefer YouTube or test tubes? Are you preppie or Goth? Use the richness of your life to give us insight: what voice will you add to the Class of 2014? (200 words)

I have an obsession with foreign music. I'm not exactly quite sure why, but I do. I get excited hearing the ballads of the Arab pop-stars, Sami Yusuf and Nancy Ajram, the feisty Spanish tracks put out by the Mexican artist, Juanes, and the rock singles from the Japanese guy band, Arashi. Simply hearing the sound of their music puts me in a state of jubilation and delight. On occasion I have been known to abandon the music scene in the United States for months at a time in favor of music from the Czech Republic or that of Lebanon. Lately, I've relapsed again, this time into a state of shock, overwhelmed by the music scene in South Korea. But it's not all that bad because I get to learn about a new culture and language each time I retrogress. Last time when I dove into the to songs of Sami Yusuf and Nancy Ajram, I ended up taking a six week course in Arabic. This time, I might learn some Korean.

ANYONE?

foreign music! woo. but no bumping please.


long winded.


not to be anal or anything, but I get excited doesn't sound exactly exciting.


same thing as get excited? maybe switch/swap/insert/delete/etc..


On occasion, I have abandoned...*


what's this supposed to mean? you've gone back to a previous hype? what bands btw? 2pm/gdragon/suju?


make it sound like this is EXCITING...I get a feeling this was not written with umph~ unless your tone is different, but it just doesn't sound positive. Why mention the bad, the retrogress when you can mention the NEW, the exotic, the EXPLOSIVE or SOOTHING rhythms of these different cultures and ethnic/linguistic bands...

Okay...so here's what I thought. I like you excitement for music. I like how you involve yourself with what you hear and enjoy living with different cultural tones/moods/etc. HOWEVER, you don't place that music in good light. you list jumping back and forth from one band to another, seemingly at random.

The prompt:


Do you talk about a voice? what will you ADD? different tastes in music? linguistic experience? what?~

This is so good! Not ust this sentence, but the presentation of the whole essay. I like this about a relapse, though. An adjective is necessary before "music scene," though.

It seems to end abruptly.

:-)