Podcast #3

There were a lot of different and interesting kinds of music on this podcast. The part that I found most interesting was when they were talking about the many different ethnicity that they included in folkways. Cornander(sp?) and Mo Ash got together and found some of the craziest music styles. These included yodeling, jug stompers, and a really fun one- throat singing. I found this type of music very interesting because the one guy could sing two different sounds. This relates a lot to blues and country because it goes back to how we started getting our rhythms and different types of music. Blues started with just the basics and had evolved.
Another part I found interesting in the podcast was when they were describing Mo Ash's character. He had 3 basic rules..never sign a star its to costly, never press more records than dictated by immediate demand,and all records will remain available to the public. He discussing how music is a documentation and people use it has a reference point so even if its not the most important, don't take it off the market. Mo Ash was described as both open but knew what he wanted. He could tell within 30 sec whether he liked a song or not. I feel that music is a documentation and our fys class is looking back at these references to learn more about our culture and past experiences.
I found the jazzy instrumental music very easy to listen to. I liked the piano playing the most.. how the top hand played a lot of diff quick moving notes and the bottom hand played steady chords it was the "voice" and the background. It was also neat that they had children's music in their collection. This music can stay around forever... like the song Skip to my Lou which took me by surprise when it was played.