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 The song I chose for this week is "How Deep Is the Ocean" sung by Bing Crosby. The song was composed by Irving Berlin in 1932 and is said to have been developed from a different song of his called "To My Mammy". The version I listened to (linked below) had an some orchestra and band instruments playing behind Crosby's singing. The instruments seem to play louder as Crosby sings louder or sometimes during pauses in the lyrics. The song keeps a slow pace and is pretty mellow during the whole piece.  The lyrics are made up of mostly sets of questions as responses to other questions. For example the lyrics "How far would I travel / To be where you are?" is responded to with "How far is the journey / From here to a star?" Another example of this is when Berlin writes "How many times a day / Do I think of you?" then writes the response question "How many roses / Are sprinkled with dew?" The only line that doesn't seem to en...

 For this week I listened to "I Got Rhythm" by George and Ira Gershwin. One of the versions I listened to was sung by Ethel Merman (linked below). The song was composed by George for a musical called Girl Crazy. Since "I Got Rhythm" was written specifically for a musical, the goal was probably to make the audience feel a certain way during the piece. The song starts a little slower in the full version from the musical that was sung by Judy Garland (linked below). After opening, the song is upbeat and repeats a catchy rhythm a couple times through out the song.  The lyrics of the song talk about having a list of things and not needing to ask for anything else. The chorus repeats "I got rhythm, I got music, I got my man, who could ask for anything more?" and lists other things like having 'sweet dreams' and 'daisy's'. Overall the song's goal seems to be to make the audience of the musical feel happy during the scene it was played with...

 My Name is Cali Nelson. I don't have a specific genre or artist that I would say is my favorite, I just like a variety. My brother listens to a lot of 80s rock so I've heard a lot of that along with a mix of other genres like indie, dance pop, rap, oldies, etc.