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I chose to link with Seime for this task as we shared the least choices in common. As well, as I read my peers’ blogs, I felt Seime and I took very different approaches to this task so I thought it would be most interesting to compare our processes.

Seime’s choices seemed to come from a less methodical and more of a personal or aesthetic approach. He often makes connections between the musical pieces and his personal life, a song that he may listen to when he participates in or does something (ie. yard work, a trip, hiking, jogging, working out). He describes the emotions and feelings that the pieces evoke within him; mystery, peace, energy, focus, joy, achievement, reflection, inspiration, and thought-provoking.

He also made choices based on the popularity and interestingly the irreplaceability of a piece. I was less personable in my choices and more methodical in the origin or instruments used. We both made note of how El Cascabel made us want to dance and Senegal Percussion made us want to move. We also both chose the same piece from Bach (Brandenburg), I chose only one song from the list of classical composers and he chose three; one each from Bach, Beethoven, and Mozart.

Seime makes note that choices are all a matter of taste and personal preferences whereas my choices lay more within statistics of origin and instrument.