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=Required Listening= __**Assignment 1**__
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Listen to "Love Your Abuser" below. Then listen to it again trying to figure out what ideas the band is trying to get across. Think about these questions as you are listening to the song: 1. What kind of mood do you think the band is trying to get across? 2. How do they try to get this mood across? 3. What do you think about the rhythm of the song? How did they use rhythm? 4. Pick one thing about this song that you will try to incorporate into your next song. What is it and how do you think you could make this happen in your song? 5. What did you like about this song or what was the strongest part? Be specific. And you have to at least mention one thing. 6. What didn't work as well? 7. Why is it called "Love Your Abuser"?

media type="file" key="02 Love Your Abuser.mp3" width="240" height="20" This is an instrumental with a lot of electronic music. In fact this entire song could be done on the computer without any real instruments. Instrumentals (songs with no vocals) are difficult to create that keep your interest throughout the whole song.
 * "Love Your Abuser" by Lymbyc Systym from the 2007 album Love Your Abuser (Electronic music instrumental)

__**Assignment 2**__ media type="file" key="Peacebone.mp3" width="240" height="20" Check out how this band uses electronic music, unusual sounds, vocal effects and poetic lyrics to create a unique song.
 * "Peacebone" by Animal Collective from the 2007 album Strawberry Jam

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