CJ's musical place

Welcome to my blog! I'm excited to share with you some of the most interesting and coolest songs I've discovered. I have decided to write about songs from Scandinavia, Japan , China and south Korea . I’ll be exploring a mix of genres and artists that have influence d music across the globe .   I decided to go and explore music from the Nordic tribes, specifically the Norse and Viking tribes, they lived in the regions now known as Scandinavia (Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Iceland) during the Viking Age. I choose a traditional Norse folk song called  "Völuspá". Völuspá is an ancient poem about the creation of the world, the gods, and the eventual end of the world, it was also a part of Old Norse poems that were passed down orally through the generations. This song is often performed with  a hardanger fiddle and flutes. The song has a very powerful storytelling element, combined with the distinctive sound of the hardanger fid...

Music plays a significant role in nearly every event—weddings, birthday parties, and even funerals. Almost every celebration includes music! I chose to talk about my cousin’s wedding because we are very close, and her bubbly personality really shined through in every part of the celebration. The song 'The wobble' starting playing, bringing everyone together on the dance floor—even the little kids joined in, laughing and clapping along. The upbeat music created an atmosphere of pure joy, with friends and family dancing freely, making sure that everyone had a great time. As people moved to the rhythm, the energy was contagious, filling the room with smiles and laughter. The dance floor became filled with people and with that the shoe's were kicked off, hands waving, and everyone was so in the moment that no one cared about being judged or how tired they were. By the end of the song, everyone’s spirits were lifted, and it felt like the perfect celebration of love, laughter, an...