Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Possible Commonplace Ideas
For my commonplace essay I am thinking about arguing that today's modern music is inferior to the music of previous decades. I will talk about how modern music is much more commercially driven and is more manufactured than it used to be. Another idea is how cowboys and western themes are used in music, both past and present.
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The idea about modern music's "inferiority" is intriguing. What evidence might you use? How will you compel your audience?
ReplyDeleteI took an Art Education class and music then compared to today was debated a lot on in that class so i would be interested in hearing your argument. The second part is also interesting to me since i used Ghetto Cowboy by Bone Thugs N Harmony for my primary source.
ReplyDeleteI, as well, am intrigued by your first idea of music. For the logos argument you could use the past few Super Bowl half time shows to illustrate that one of the biggest sporting events in the US depends on older music and doesn't believe the audience wants the newer music. I believe that pathos will really come out in your voice since you seem passionate about the topic. You could also try to incorporate both ideas into one.
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