Sinnia Brown Final Project: Unravel Me

Berklee is not a walk in the park. My goal in coming here was to better myself as a person and a musician. I had many challenges in my first semester, but I made it through.  I had many  falls down the steps, off of my bed, and randomly down the steps this semester and had to deal with a lot of stress. One of the them being, trying to get to classes on time when you're in pain and struggling can be quite a lot to deal with. I also faced a lot of hardship with ear training. SOL SOL SOL SOL LA SOL DO SOL DO RE.... (Let it be by The Beatles) I struggled a lot in that class  with learning my theory. I'm proud to say that I over came a lot of my fears with both oral and written theory and feel a lot more comfortable.


While at home, I would watch videos of Berklee Students performing in Loft Sessions and in February I was able to perform in the same place as so many great artist before me.
 Sinnia Brown ft. Irena Leslie, Denzel, Anna, & Cam

I've learned that I write bad charts, and my band does't appreciate it because most of it was wrong. Victor and Irena could tell you.

Irena made corrections because I used a capo and bad website instead of relying on the skills I was learning at
Berklee about transposing. 

I learned what it was like to start my own band with people I hardly knew, and work with different personalities and cultures. It turned out to be quite a joyful experience.

My Band Sinnia Brown & Kawan got to perform at
Berklee Spring Fest Patio show. 

My lovely band Victor, Leslie, myself, Tony, Irena, and Denzel.

I gained MANY computer skills, and have done things that I never imagined myself doing.... Finale for example. I learned to properly compose  full scores with A melody, chord progressions, drums, and bass. 

I had the opportunity to research the life of Mr. Frank Ocean and in doing so, I realized a lot about 

myself and the type of artist and writer I would like to become. Frank Ocean is a story teller and a quiet storm so to speak. He pretty much stays out of the spot light with ghost writing and isn't very open about his private life despite his, "coming out" about being bisexual.  I would like to be that type of artist; someone who is talented, driven, open, yet still able to be private and expressing thy self through music. 

"The idea of recognizing your strengths and using them in as versatile a way as you can is cool to me."

                                                                         -Frank Ocean

I see my next for 5 years at Berklee being a very bright future. I've already declared my major, Music Education and plan to dual major in performance as well. I see myself and my band doing great things. I have so many plans I can barley comprehend.  I want to fully immerse myself within Berklee and take all that it has to offer next semester. I want to have a steady job, and book gigs all over Boston. I plan to have my very own cafe show next spring. 

I've learned that you have to roll with the punches. Life will throw a lot of curve balls in your path, and instead of trying to dodge them, my goal is to hit them straight out of the park. 

Just wait and see....Unravel Me.

 -Sinnia Brown 

Are you un-American?

Did you ever try and google un-American? Hardly anything that isn't absolutely foolish pops up. Things such as catabolism or arrange marriages come into question as being un-American, but it's not even true.
There have been cases in the U.S where one human was eating another. It may not be popular but since he was American doesn't that count? America is known for home of brave and land of the free, but many girls/women have been forced to marry many different men to gain a higher social standard. They may not call it an arranged marriage but that's what it is.

Do you know what I find un-American? This topic. America is built on many different nations, religions, and cultures. That's what makes America! We are all different, if we weren't we would be like every other country. We shouldn't waste time trying to exclude people because of being different. You can't get mad at certain people for let's say, eating dogs (it's gross, it makes me sad and I wouldn't do it but,) people in America have dogs fights and no problem watching them die. It's equally wrong, but people only see their point of view.
I don't really consider anything to be un-american for the fact that almost everything is American because America is everything.

Activity 8

During the great depression  people were out of work and trying to find jobs anywhere. This man is walking around with his resume on his chest. 

  Mothers couldn't feed their children. Families were suffering just to scrape one meal together and the parents often went without to do for their children.






People were forced to live in T-pee's and wooden like cabins because they could no longer afford their homes. These type living areas could be found all around the county.


America was a thriving place until October 29th, 1929. Everything changed money could no longer be found and people went hungry. People all over lost their homes, savings, and many died.

Lap 5 Reflection

I believe my group did well. I feel like the class had a clear understanding of what our chapter was about. I feel that we could have been better prepared as a whole but I still think we did well. The only issue would be us being so separated. Things got in the way during our lap 5. Susan and I were missing a lot so that lead to us not being able to work together and leaving Michael. I feel like the presentation could have been better if we were not so divided at the time but I still think it went well. 

Child Labor Activity 3

I recently read this article about Child Labor in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/hine-photos/

     During the 1800s it was very common for children to be working. There were no laws or restrictions on child labor like there are now. A reason why a lot of those laws are in place are because of Lewis Hine. Lewis was a photographer of the time who took in upon himself to show the real work being done in America and by who.
    Wages at the time were extremely low, and families needed almost everyone working to support the family but it was a never ending cycle. By the children working they're not in school getting the education that could possibly get them out of this poverty striking lifestyle. It's really sad when you think about it, especially living in this day and age. We as young people tend to complain about going to school and not having a job. They didn't even have a choice.
     The huge companies and factories did not want the rest of the world to know of the harsh conditions that the children were in. There were many injuries and "accidents" that went on during the time that were covered up. It is already identified by many researches that children are not fully developed until pretty much  21+. That being the reason we have age restriction laws on so many things. The work that these factory owners allowed these children to do were way more demanding physically and mentally then their small bodies and minds could comprehend.
  Lewis Hine went into these factories and documented the TRUTH that went on. He died in poverty but his work still lives on today.

"There is work that profits children, and there is work that brings profit only to employers. The object of employing children is not to train them, but to get high profits from their work."

-- Lewis Hine, 1908

Me singing Only Want to Give it to You

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_profilepage&v=hkr57p11i-Q

Blog 1 (Compare industrialization in China today to the description of a Carnegie factory of the past)

    Andrew Carnegie is a man who made his fortune in Steel. His Steel was the best of its’ time as well as being cheap. Carnegie made millions; the workers on the other hand had a different story to tell. Since Andrew’s steel was so cheap, his wages were extremely low. For the work that they did, as well as the conditions they deserved so much more. This trip down memory lane, happens to be still relevant, just in a different country. 


    Look around, almost everything in front of you right now is "Made in China." We honestly don't think much about the things we see in store and the things we own. When I first got an ipod I didn't wonder "Whoa, I wonder who made this and how much they were being paid to do so." I said thank you to my mom and that was it. Andrew's Steel Mills had very horrible work conditions. The pay and health care coverage of the time was even worse. Consideration for the works health was not a main factor. 


     This brings me to how industrialization in China has changed it so. Supply and Demand. 3 words that make the world run... oh yeah that and money.  Once American business owners realized that they could pay people less and do the same job a lot of the business moved else where a lot of it to China. For instance Apple Inc. uses China to assemble their products. The wages are low, the conditions are not always safe and sanitary, much less comfortable.  They work extremely long hours, and actually live on base. 


    The industrialization in China is not much different from the industrialization of  Carnegie's time in America. The only true differnce is the year, the location, and the products.