As I aim to create a Chinese-inspired EP, learning about the music of China will be a crucial step in completing this project. The chapter “The Music of China”, within the book “Listening to The World” by Antoni Pizà, is a great resource that provides a brief overview of Chinese music. The chapter covers its …
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Drawing Inspiration from “Taiwan” by Zac Zinger: A Chinese-Jazz Fusion Composition
One media product that inspires the project I want to create is the song “Taiwan” by Zac Zinger. The composer explains that this piece was inspired by his trip to Taiwan and is dedicated to the people he met there. The piece features traditional Chinese instruments such as the erhu, guzheng, and dizi fusing them …
MSP Final Project Blog: Introduction and Initial Ideas
Introduction Hello everyone, I hope you are all doing well! My name is Calvin Ton and I use he/him pronouns. I am a South Philadelphia native with a B.S. in Music Technology from Boyer College of Music and Dance. With a background in music and audio, I joined the MSP program hoping to broaden the …
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