It was 2041 when.....

It is truly amazing to think towards the future and to ponder what would be different about our everyday lives. Think 30 years from now in 2041…..

First day I would  wake up to an alarm clock that would be made of glass in the form of a tablet. Then I would walk into my bathroom and say shower on temperature Ninety five degrees and it would come on at that temperature. After a quick shower no more finding a dry towel. I say quick dry and a burst of air would come from the shower floor drying your body and hair. I would then get dressed as always but the style has become more edgy and interesting. I walk to my garage and there would be a tube. I would enter a location and it would become a speeding bullet to the school. Rather than taking me 38-45 minutes to get to school. It would take 5 minutes. I would go to class and see that glass is our chalk/white boards. They are interactive for the teacher and students. With that in the desk are small screens that display the board and gives you access to the lesson plans and even powerpoints and notes. We would be learning about the same things. Our subjects only change so much. It is like music, over the many years of its existence it has changed very much at all.  Then by the time lunch rolls around you would think that everything would be the same. Fast food become dehydrated and cheaper. I buy a mcdouble and fries and all I have to do is add water and heat it. I see a renewal in jazz music in this time and the classical music is still around, but the modern symphonic music has become more insane and questionable. But in the same sense becoming more interesting. Sheet music will be a thing of the past. All of the band will play with digital music stands that are interactive between conductor and players. Conductors can write on the music that they are looking at and have them see changes and even take note of style and idea from the conductor. Then I would go home after a long day and go to sleep and repeat the same cycle over again.

My Big Five For Life

My bucketlist is very extensive but there are specific things on this list that are my "Big five for life". My big five for life consists of these things such as:

5)  Go tour Europe and go to see some of the greatest orchestras in the world.

4) Compose a major work for concert band/Symphony Orchestra/ marching band and have it performed by the best bands.
3) Change one persons view of music, or even to pass my passion on to other people/students

2) Enter in a conducting competition done by the London Symphony Orchestra and hopefully win.

1) Conduct a major symphony orchestra/ become the music director of a major symphony orchestra

There is only one thing on this list that if I didn't accomplish I would feel as if I was a failure. That is number 3 on my list. It's not always about what you do, its about who you affect in the long run. To tell you the truth I do not see my big five for life changing very much at all. I say this because my love and passion for what I want to do will never change. And most of these things relate to what I want to accomplish in my lifetime.

Mediocrity in our schools???

The trouble with school is that they are always trying to teach the wrong lesson. The school in the United States, especially high schools have allowed students to become mediocre and ruin the responsibilities that they need to learn. For example, teachers in high school and we have all had these teachers allow us to turn in thing extremely late and provide students with extra credit to boost their grades. What does this teach the youth of tomorrow? It allows students to believe that everything that they got away with in high school they can get away with in college. This causes student to believe that they have many chances to make up the mistake they have made. When in reality they don't have anytime at all. There's a quote that an instructor once said to me...."There is no love in the heart of time." What you do one moment can effect you, cause what you did in that moment like waste time or be immature ou can't get that time or that chance again cause it is more than likely that you have made a very bad impression of yourself. I have a friend who is in school with me, and he has been a slacker for a long time. But he seems to not get the fact that this is a one chance opportunity. In this first week of school, he has already skipped his math class thrice. But as a friend you can only do so much before you fond that you are kicking a dead horse. 

You know teachers in high school tell you that you will get an optimal education... But in reality that is not true. So I think that our public school systems need to go back in time. Teachers need to be there to teach because they want to not just to get paid. Teachers motivate and inspire people. It's always the good teachers we remember rather than the bad ones. So schools need to add expectations and if they don't want to do them, then they will go no where in life. It's your life, live it!

AHHH WATCH OUT FOR THAT......Beaver?

When I saw this commercial I couldn't help but laugh at it. But basically this is a Bridgestone Tire commercial from the superbowl. The thesis of the commercial is that Bridgestone tires are reliable and as they say "Drivers who want the most out of their cars its bridge stone or nothing!" The purpose was to commit the viewers to relay and to purchase Bridgestone tire because they are reliable. Bridgestone was targeting drivers, and people who travel constantly by car such as business people, tourist, and common folk. If I needed new tires I would have tried these out. Because the commercial made me laugh, I thought about buying from Bridgestone.    

This is our earth! Lets save it!

After calculating my footprint, I found that I needed 4.8 earths, and 21.3 global acres to support my life style. When you go to the beach and you walk in the wet sand you leave a footprint, now that is not the footprint I’m about to explain but it is similar. An ecological footprint is what waste we produce, and what we are leaving behind for the rest of the generations. This ecological footprint makes us realize how much we use, and how we are destroying our planet. So a way I can help with my ecological footprint is to purchase products with less packaging and that are made with recycled products. I choose this because it is something in my family that we do buy a lot. And yes we recycle everything we can but we also can help out a little more by using products with less packaging and that are made from recycled products.

Wie ein Naturlaut (Like a sound of nature) assignment 2

The salty air fills my nostrils as I get out of my car and into this familiar place. I remember times of love, fun, and great times. I sit on a bench and look out onto the water. I hear what Mahler called in his first symphony “Wie ein naturlaut” (Like a sound of nature). The birds chirp, and coo as the children play on the jungle gym. I see fishermen on the pier casting their lines hoping for a great catch. Then I look to where I remember being for a good part of my life. The water it has been around me my whole life. I look onto it and see the sunlight glimmering off the water almost blinding me. I see and hear the sound of motor boats flying by. I look closer and see a fin, then behind it two more. I ponder to myself, where are they going? I watch the fins cut through the water endlessly.  This site reminds me of the times of being on a boat and seeing them swim right next to us. Some days you would get luck and see them jump out of the water as you are flying by. As I see this I can’t help but think of the Mahler 1^st symphony. I keep humming the first movement to myself. I look up towards the sky and I see that the cumulus clouds seem ready to burst. So I must start heading home, away from nature, and away from such fond memories.

Greetings classmates,

                My name is Kenneth Carter and I eat, sleep, and breathe music. I’m a Florida boy, have lived in Port Charlotte for my whole life. Nice town to raise kids, but horribly boring for us. In my high school band I was the Drum major of the 2010-2011 season, I also wrote the warm ups during my year of being Drum major and for this year’s marching season.  On top of that I was also the student conductor for the top band of my high school, earned straight superiors in student conducting at district, and conducted in the Central Park Band Shell.

                 I came to FGCU to study what I love, and when I heard the Wind orchestra here play I was ready to be a part of a growing organization. I’m going to major in Music Education. I’m also a saxophone player who has had the opportunity to play 4 of the 6 saxophones in the family. Right now I play on a Selmer Mark VI. The Mark VI is the best saxophone you can play and I’m so lucky to have one. My goals when I’m out of college are to conduct one of the top United States symphony orchestras, or become a high school band director and spread my love for the art form to others. My all time favorite conductor is Gustavo Dudamel at the L.A. Philharmonic Orchestra, and my favorite composer is Gustav Mahler. 

                 In my free time I love listening, and writing music on a program called finale. On a more serious note my family is very important to me. They have supported me through all my endeavors, including college. Without their help, and support I would not be where I was today and I can never thank them enough for their help.  So that’s musical old me!