the music of memory:

an expressive song interpretation

DIRECTIONS: !
" " your song: !! ! ! ! "

your name:

Answer these questions to the best of your ability about your chosen song. Use your sketchbook brainstorm from the other day during class as a guide. Remember: its ok to think outside the box. Ive talked with several of you about how your song doesnt have to have lyrics, or how if music isnt really your thing, you can use something else as an inspiration.

Artist/band/musician/composer/author: ! ! ! ! ! Title:!

Where did you rst hear this song? Who introduced it to you?

Is there a particular time, event, or way in which you listen to this song?

What individual lines or lyrics stand out to you?

(EXAMPLE: I love the line the stars came falling on our heads / but theyre just old light)

What memories or associations do you have with this song?

(EXAMPLE: my roommate freshman year, Liz, cut her hair after she & Jordan broke up; Susan and I listened to this song when driving)

If you had to pick a color or color scheme for this song, what would you pick, and why?
(EXAMPLE: Samson makes me picture in-between light, like before dawn, or right as the sun sets - dim yellows and oranges paired with deep blue greens or purples)

What imagery stands out to you from this song - or from your memories or associations with this song, or how you think the sound would look?
(EXAMPLE: I think about dull scissors and cutting hair, about sheets of paper, about lying in the grass and looking up at the stars)

What are some possible ways you COULD you show the meaning of this song - either through imagery in the lyrics, an abstract interpretation of the sounds, imagery of your memories of this song, or a combination of any of the three?
(EXAMPLE: talking about my thumbnail sketches of how I could show Samson)