The Music Scene (Inner and Outer)

Outer Journey

The music in the city was everywhere. Every single place on Bourbon and Frenchmen street had live bands. These bands ranged from jazz to rock and roll. There was also karaoke in some places like the Kat’s Meow. Bourbon street is a combination of clubs and bars. The Jazz clubs were very nice to go in. It was hard to experience some of the places because they do open at certain times and I was too tired. The best places to hear music are just on the streets. The streets have performers that are independent. Some of the people are good and some of them are not the best. There was one street performer that walked up to the class and tried to rap. He was not the best person doing it, but maybe with a little bit of a bit and tweaking he could be decent. There were street bands playing music and it was very good to experience. It is hard to say what street they are on because one day they could be in one are and the next day be somewhere else.

The Frenchmen street places had a variety of music, but jazz was the most common. I liked the people at the Spotted Cat. They had a jazz band play. BB Kings was the best when it came to having music and food. Having both food and music makes a huge difference in how well I like a place. The bands changed occasionally, but they interact with the crowd. The rest of the places I went to didn’t interact well with the crowd. Once the band knew that there were celebrating their birthday, he pulled them on stage. I enjoyed that because not all of them interact like that. Normally I like pop and alternative music, so listening to jazz and other genres was a nice change.

Anytime music (Inner)

Music is the heart and life of the city. Music is a large part my life as it is part of New Orleans. I listen to rock music when I need to have lively music for my work out. I listen to classical when I am studying or writing a paper. I listen to pop music when I wake up to get ready for the day. Music is important to how I function in the day. I love music because it helps people express how they feel and what they do. I love the focus that some of these people must put time into making the music. Some people are more musically inclined than I am, I wish I would have learned a bit before I graduated high school.

Before coming to this city, I knew that music was important. There are people who spend their whole life in New Orleans performing to make a living. I like that do what they love for work. I hope to get to that point in my life that I can do the same. We went to BB Kings restaurant and the band playing was Willie Lockett & the Blues Krewe, they were the springy bunch who took two of the girls on stage for their birthday. They made the music have a home feel because of their invitation on stage. The music in the city made me feel for the city. The Jazz is important in the history because it was made in New Orleans. The music it self made this trip worth coming to.