FRO13 EWA

What’s up guys,

Music plays a tremendous role in my life and I couldn’t imagine life without it. To give you guys the heads up, when I say I love music, I mean I love all types of music and absolutely appreciate them. Growing up in New York, Hip-Hop/Rap has definitaley been one of the main genres I have been listening to, along with rock. If it was up to me, I would choose so many more artists and more diverse genres, but these are the songs that define me in a way. Gotta rep the East Coast rap, showing all the 5 boroughs some love. Sorry for going over 10! The Beastie Boys are MY boys. Just a couple jewish kids from Brooklyn that impacted the entire rap genre, which nobody thought was possible. “Sabotage” and “No Sleep Til Brooklyn,” are a couple of my favorites. Everybody loves 50, and everybody needs to party like its their birthday every once in a while, so “In Da Club” deserves a spot. Having Brooklyn and Staten Island roots, gota rep Wu-Tang Clan. These guys just go hard, and people don’t understand how much influence they have in music, even til this say, so when you step outta line, gota blast “Protect Ya Neck.” Shooting all the way to Cali, The Game definitaley deserves a spot with “Hate It or Love It.” Biggie set the bar for rap back in the day, “Juicy” is everybodys favorite so we’ll show that mix a lot of love. Of course Eminem plays a huge role. When the going gets tough, put on “Lose Yourself” and anything is possible, you just gota want it. For the times when I could give a shit about what anyone thinks, “The Anthem” by Good Charlotte goes on blast. We have to thank Queensbridge for giving us Mobb Deep. “Shook Ones” just makes you feel shook, its that simple. Jumping all the way to a different genre, Led Zeppelin’s “Going to California” makes you feel like your dreams can come true one day, just gota see where this road called life takes ya. The Chili Peppere deserve a spot with “Under the Bridge.” Such a calm and relaxing song with a great message. What kind of New Yorker would I be if I didnt show jigga some love, so Jay-Z gets a big fat spot with “99 Problems.” Last but not least, although he’s not my favorite and a lot of what he does and says pisses me off, gota respect his music, because he does own the entire rap game, along with the other rappers up here. Kanye gets a spot with “Runaway” and “Blood on the Leaves.” Love the classsics, but love the new school stuff too. Give these songs a listen. Some powerful shit.

-Mattyhttp://grooveshark.com/playlist/Freshman+Orientation/91296215

HI! My names Paola& yup, I’m Ecuadorian. This is a picture of me wearing one of our traditional outfits for an Ecuadorian cultural event. The skirts super heavy, the shirts itchy, and I’m not much of a hat person, but I’d never turn down an opportunity to dress up like a “Cholita”.

Although I’m glad to be out of there, I can’t deny that Westlake High School & the grad class of ’13 were and will continue to be important to me. They were irritating, obnoxious, and allllwayyss screamed ‘hair ball’ in the hallways (don’t ask why, because I’m still waiting for someone to explain), but I spend the best and the worst 11 years of my life with them. It’s no secret that the entire school district celebrated when we left, after all we were the worst class that walked through those hallways, but hey, at least we left our mark, right?

The few people who made being a Westlaker a little less torturous. To go from seeing their faces 24/7 to a couple of selfies here and there honestly sucks. Now they’re off to St. John’s, Bowling Green State, New Haven, SUNY Buffalo, University of Maryland, and Stony Brook.

Oh hey girl 😉 She’s my best friend, my partner in crime, the person I talk to nonstop, the one who knows more about me than I do, I mean this girl is practically my sister. Now she’s off in Queens, only a train ride away, but still very very far away from me.

What girl doesn’t love chocolate? If I could only eat one thing for the rest of my life I’d be more than happy with a life time supply of Snickers. Legit the best chocolate bar ever created & if you haven’t had one I am judging you.

My other half and my worst enemy all in one. This midget, who actually isn’t so little anymore, is my entire world. I love her to infinity and beyond, although getting asked if she’s my daughter is starting to get on my nerves. Do I really look that old?

These two love birds <3 My madray & padray. The only people who will always be by my side no matter how many times I disappoint them. I know everyone says the same about their parents, but I do owe it all to them. If they hadn’t pushed me I don’t think I would have even gotten through the first day of kindergarden. One’s a complete goofball and the other’s totally not, but they make it work. All I can say is you can’t help but those these two kids.

FRO13 EWA   <<<<< Playlist

Hi, I’m Hugo and here are a few songs that really speak to me; some more than others. College has definitely been a huge change of pace for me and a call to responsibility for the most part. In this playlist I included several songs from the band Passion Pit who have really helped me continue through adversity this past year. In following the story of how it’s lead singer has battled through a disorder that we share has been inspiring especially in these past months that my life has taken such a change with college and all the other aspects of my life. I hope to continue to get to know my classmates better and am looking forward to accommodating myself more to college life and developing as a person.

http://grooveshark.com/#!/playlist/My+Life/91263706

My name’s Tamara, aka the girl who talks way too much about food. I don’t know if I could survive without listening to music daily. Whether it’s on the way to school or when I’m attempting to do homework, music is necessary. It’s impossible to pick only ten songs, but I tried. “Pocketful of Sunshine” and “Keep Your Head Up” are just a couple of the songs that put me in a good mood and make me think positive. ” “Nothing Special” is my go-to angry song. The lyrics get to me every time and I love listening to it when I’m pissed off. It somehow makes me feel better. “Save the Last Dance for Me” is by my future husband, Michael Buble. Just kidding, he’s married, I lost my chance. I love all of his songs because he has the most relaxing voice in the world and listening to him always calms me down. Also, I saw him in concert a week ago and fell even more in love with him! A lot of his songs, especially “Save the Last Dance for Me”, appeal to the hopeless romantic in me. I also have no shame for the Hilary Duff song in here considering she was my childhood idol. (Lizzie McGuire anyone?) I also met her at a book signing two years ago, have all of her CDs, and I still love her…no shame. “Please Don’t Stop the Music” is one of my favorite “dancing in my bedroom on a Friday night while no ones watching” songs. I just always have to dance when I hear this song, can’t help it. I had to include a Simple Plan song because I’ve been listening to them since practically the fourth grade. I’ve always loved their music and their lyrics are perfect. I included “Sweater Weather” because I heard it a couple weeks ago and CANNOT  get it out of my head, I’m obsessed. I love everything about this song and hope I don’t get sick of it although I’ve probably been listening to it every day since I first heard it. I hope this playlist gave an accurate description of me, I tried! Basically, I love food, Michael Buble, Hilary Duff, dancing when no ones watching, and I’m extremely clumsy, but no one’s written a song about that yet!

Hi FRO13 EWA!

I am Eunice Ng, and I chose to create a ten song musical playlist.

• One Night By. Matthew Koma (Betabloc3r remix)
• Foolin By. Dionne Bromfield (Feat. Lil Twist)
• Midnight City By. M83
• Why Even Try By. Theophilus London
• PDA (We Just Don’t Care) By. John Legend
• Hackensack By. Foundations of Wayne
• Thinking about you By. Frank Ocean (Ryan Hemsworth Bootleg)
• The Black Dress By. The Higher
• California Bound By. The Carolina Liar
• Love Song for a Foreign Exchange Student By. Magic Punches

Music plays an integral part of my life. It is a source of inspiration, and expression. It personifies emotions, and expresses it through melodies and rhythms. I consider it to be my day-to-day therapy, in where I can escape the harsh reality, and drift into a mind of nothing but good vibes. My musical taste ranges greatly, mostly according to my mood. So I wouldn’t necessarily agree that theses ten songs provide an understanding of who I am. However, I hope you’ll enjoy listening to these 10 songs as much as I do!

Robi’s 10

Above is a hyperlink for my playlist. Honestly, I am missing a lot of my favorite bands in that ten song list and I wanted to exceed ten songs, but that would take me forever. The reason behind adding those specific few is because they have been and still are songs that I can listen to when I need music to help me escape from life. It’s so hard to fit all of me into ten songs and that really didn’t happen. These ten songs have gotten me through the highs and lows of my life and I don’t think I would be where I am if it wasn’t for the beauty of music. Some of the songs like “Whiplash” and “Hate To Say I Told You So” get me really pumped and cheer me up because of the enthusiasm behind the lyrics and instrumentals. I have also seen 5/10 artists listed, live, and those concerts were just amazing! I love music and you can always see me listening to music on high volume. That’s how you know I am in my zone.

Hope you enjoy the music 🙂

With Love,

Robi Baazashvili

Hey lovely people,

This is the first post for the coming semester! I will be posting my playlist eventually. This is short and easy to finish. Have fun with this and be creative if you’d like! 🙂

Post One (due on 10/2/2013 at 11:59 p.m. SHARP) Create a two minute video, an eight image slideshow, or a ten song musical playlist that represents who you think you are to your classmates. Embed your creation in a blog post and then write no more than 500 words that explains how what you’ve created speaks to who you are. Here are some free tools that you can use for this assignment, but you are free to use whatever services you like:

Video Editors: 

o YouTube Editor http://www.youtube.com/editor/ Image slideshows:

o Blogs@Baruch built-in galleries (documentation forthcoming)

o Flickr – http://flickr.com

o Flickr Slidr – http://flickrslidr.com/

o Picassa – http://picasaweb.google.com/

o Image loop – http://www.imageloop.com/

Musical Playlists: 

o Grooveshark – http://grooveshark.com

o Spotify – http://www.spotify.com/us/

o Mixpod – http://www.mixpod.com/

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