Hello, today is the last post on this blog. For today's post, I am in class listening to Anna Kelly's presentation. Her blog is about finding popular songs from a variety of artists, then finding brass music that has similar a similar vibe or style.
She first shared Kendrick Lamar's Luther. He is very well known, having 20 grammys and a pulitzer. He recently performed at the Superbowl. The brass group is No BS Brass, they produce a lot of covers to songs. This one is called H H Pace.
Next up we have Bad Guy by Billie Eilish. She recently won a Grammy, and is becoming more and more popular with the youth today. The brass song paired with this song is by Young Blood Brass Band called Waiver. This is a part of their album Is that a riot? They are known for their groove based style with brass instruments, along with some others like saxophone.
The final song I want to share from Anna's presentation is one by The Charlie Daniels Band called the Devil went down to Georgia. I grew up listening to this song, I loved the violin part and how crazy and wild it felt. I had a chance to hear them live many years back at a Montana State Fair. Play that country tuba is the song that Anna paired it with. This was arranged for Brass Band by Steve Shanley.
For today's blog I picked a game that goes along with the idea of pairing something popular with something else. The game Apples to Apples is a great comparison. Each player takes a turn being a judge and they select a word, or a personality trait. Then each other player secretly selects a card that goes best with that card. The judge then chooses one of those cards to win the round. First player to collect 5 judge cards wins!
Thank you all my readers for visiting my blog each week! I hope you were able to learn about brass music. I tried to share at least 12 different brass ensembles and their music, in a way to help you become more aware of the world of brass music, and even thought brass players aren't as popular as country or rap singers, they still have a lot to share. I hope you also enjoyed all the board games that I shared with you, they are each fun and, I would love to play each of them with you! As long as we listen to some brass music too!
I love the comparison to apples to apples -- what a clever simile! I honestly felt like I was playing this game a little bit while trying to put together this presentation, especially in trying to compare harmonic structure, beat and feel.
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