My passion

I really love hearing music especially when I feeling a little bit left out, when I'm doing my chores, when I am doing my homework. I mostly hear music all day long. When I'm sad it helps me forget what had happened and it makes me feel relaxed. I use to not hear music that I liked because my parents wouldn't let me and I had to hear their music which I didn't really like some of it I did. Other of their music just made me fall asleep I think that is why he would play it. I like it how music can make you feel different and also how sometimes the songs describe how you are feeling at the moment. I hear all different types of genres, but I really like rap I've heard it in Spanish and English. Rap makes me relax and forget all my problems that I am going through. I can change mood really easy even though I try to be nice and happy all the time. When I need a time alone I go into my room and turn on the music and close my eyes. 
Berenice S.

my passion for music

I have a really big passion for music. Music helps me escape from all of my problems. I appreciate music I really enjoy many types of songs. I like how each song has it meaning and a message when I listen to a song sometimes I am able to relate and let all of my stress and emotions out. Music plays a big part in my life. I think that you should take the opportunities that you have in school and try out for band or something because once you get older maybe you want to do a career that has to do with music or singing. Not many people get this opportunity like me I learned but when I was in elementary school and I never took advantage of playing music my high school year. Many people don’t know what they want in life yet until they get older but I think that music can help you out you can relate and connect and it can help you get all of you stress out.  When you listen to music you can actually see the true beauty to everything.  There are many things you can do like sing in a choir or do a music play or play in a band and then once you do one of those things that when you start to appreciate music.   

A.O

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/12/18/its-beyoncs-at-no-1/?smid=pl-share

        This article made me realize that no matter what type of music you sing you can get many hits. There are many songs made specifically for Christmas but not many people like them because they are to traditional.  Like Beyoncé got a hit album and from days there were selling many copies but only on iTunes. Can you imagine if they were selling her album in stores they would probably sell out. Before she sold her album there was many more artists above her that were selling a lot but she bumped them all off the chart she the biggest sensation now. This proofs that music is a big part in peoples life's otherwise they wouldn't want to buy new albums. Some stores like big companies even said that they will not be selling the hit at their stores. Beyoncé even said that she doesn't want to release her album the way she had done it.  Music can help you relax it can help you take out all your emotions it can be inspiring music can do many things in your life. At the same times there are people who don't like certain types of music because of the rhythm or the beat and in my opinion i think that really matters as long as you understand what the message is. Music plays a big part in my life it helps me with my problems and some artist have even inspired me do many new things it changed my world completely. Many people have different opinions and they don't appreciate what music really is. Many types of music can have many different opinions emotions and beats but everyone has a certain artist that they like but when they hear one that had a bad rhythm then that's when the criticize the artist/singer and i don't think that is right because the singer took time and was patient and for people not to appreciate music i don't think that right.
A.O

Things Change

A long, long time ago there was a little girl named Liz. Liz enjoyed playing with her friends. She was really friendly. Liz was more outside of her house. She would be at a friend's house, at the park or just simply out on her yard. Since she wasn't much inside her house, she didn't realize that her mom was almost everyday sad or mad. Once Liz got older she started having less and less friends because she got more and shyer as the time passed by. Liz became a quiet little girl that stays home. They would argue about anything. One time her mom got mad at her for not doing something, so Liz told her well can't you wait a moment? Her mom got mad at her response and was going to hit Liz when she notices. Liz grabbed her mom's hands. ``why are you grabbing my hands?" her mom asked ``because why are going to hurt me?" said Liz. The kept on arguing about the same thing for an hour. “What are you going to hit me?" her mom asked. "No I'm not" said Liz. Liz decided to go to her bedroom to not argue with her mom. She had heard that many people heard music to get inspired, to get relax, forget their problems or to show their emotions. "If I probably hear music I will forget about all my problems" She was looking through her songs and found a rap song that made her relaxed. Since she only had a song of rap. She divided to download more music from the genre rap. Liz started to talk less to her mom; she didn't want her mom to be in her personal life. When Liz would be sad, mad, angry, or just feeling lonely she would just hear music and try to ignore the world around her. Liz would hear music all day long and when she wouldn't she felt weird. She thought of music like a personal therapy that helped her not worry about her emotions. When Liz got older she got married and she decided to leave her family behind in the past because they did many damage to her when she was a teenager. She had fights with her mom every day and anywhere. Liz was happy away from her mom and with her husband and children. She tried to be a good mother and not like her mom. She talked with her children and supports them when they needed it. Later when she got old her children thanked her for being such a great mother with them. She died happy as like she was born.

Berenice S.

Popcast: The Best Albums and Songs of 2013

Once I saw the tile "the Best Albums and Songs of 2013. I was like I need to see which ones are the best. I realize with the little article that it can very hard to find the albums and songs because there are many of them out there. I found it interesting that the critics don't have the same taste of music which can make their job even harder to make a list of songs or albums. I think that if I would have the job to find the best of the best I couldn't decide which ones to list. These critics probably have to hear many songs before having the final list of the best songs or albums. I personally did like some of the songs; since not everybody has the same taste of music you may not like all the songs on the list. I think that it would be great to take a look at it to see if you haven't heard one that you might like. It’s pretty cool when you discover a song or album that you like that you never knew it existed before. Some of the songs on this list by these critics I didn't even knew that they existed either because I have not heard the song, but also because I didn't know some of the artists. I even found out the names of some songs that I didn't know before. Everyone at least once has liked a song and didn't know the name of it. I really enjoyed reading this little article and hearing the songs.

Berenice S.

Poem

Podrá nublarse el sol eternamente,

Podrá secarse en un instante el mar;

Podrá romperse el eje de la tierra

Como un débil cristal.

¡Todo sucederá! Podrá la muerte

Cubrirme con su fúnebre crespón;

Pero jamás en mi podrá apagarse

 La llama de tu amor.

 It may cloud the sun forever,

 The sea may dry in an instant,

 It can break the axis of the earth,

           Like a weak crystal.

 Everything will happen it will result in death,

 But never in me can

 The flame of your love

           Go away.

 A.O

How to play hot potato

Ana and Berenice talking about how to play how potato and also demonstrate how to play it.